Birds to See in Hawaii in November
50 bird species on our list for Hawaii are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Pacific Golden-Plover, Cattle Egret, House Sparrow, House Finch and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Greater Scaup, Ring-billed Gull, Canada Goose and Swan Goose.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
SanderlingBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
From Hawaii’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 50 birds in November
50 birds
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.88% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov- SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentCommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Nov
- Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentCommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov- Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiResidentUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made