Birds to See in Kansas in November
117 bird species on our list for Kansas are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-tailed Hawk and Canada Goose. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Goldeneye, Common Merganser and Lapland Longspur and 11 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Pied-billed GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Ruddy DuckBusiest month of the year · All year
Fox SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
From Kansas’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 117 birds in November
117 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Nov- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.97% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.68% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.07% in Nov- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.03% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.00% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.86% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.85% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.72% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Nov- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.68% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.61% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov- Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Nov
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.46% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Jan · 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