Birds to See in Minnesota in November
108 bird species on our list for Minnesota are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch and Canada Goose. New this month: Common Redpoll, Evening Grosbeak, Snowy Owl and Glaucous Gull and 1 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
American Tree SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
GoldeneyeBusiest month of the year · Oct–Jun
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Snow BuntingBusiest month of the year · Oct–Mar
Tundra SwanBusiest month of the year · Mar–Apr
From Minnesota’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 108 birds in November
108 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.21% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 5.15% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.27% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Nov- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.67% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Nov- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.75% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov- GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.16% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.59% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.50% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.49% in Nov- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorRare58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–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