Birds to See in Kentucky in November
102 bird species on our list for Kentucky are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Crow, American Robin and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Sandhill Crane, Goldeneye and Snow Goose and 14 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Kentucky’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 102 birds in November
102 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.33% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.79% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.73% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.68% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.61% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.35% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.22% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaScarceRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentRare16–26 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 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