Birds to See in Idaho in November
109 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Flicker, Mallard, House Finch, Canada Goose and Song Sparrow. New this month: Bohemian Waxwing, Common Redpoll, Long-tailed Duck and Glaucous Gull and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Trumpeter SwanBusiest month of the year · All year
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Pacific LoonBusiest month of the year · Oct–Jan
Snow BuntingBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Lapland LongspurBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
From Idaho’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 109 birds in November
109 birds
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.13% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.88% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov- Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Nov- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Nov · 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