Birds to See in Louisiana in November
139 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Great White Egret and American Crow. New this month: Cedar Waxwing, Bonaparte's Gull, Fox Sparrow and Red-breasted Merganser and 7 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Louisiana’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 139 birds in November
139 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.34% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.26% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.23% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.20% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.52% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.51% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.22% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.13% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 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