Birds to See in Indiana in November
120 bird species on our list for Indiana are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and White-breasted Nuthatch. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Goldeneye, Snow Goose and Common Merganser and 13 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Indiana’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 120 birds in November
120 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.03% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.64% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.46% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 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