Birds to See in Mississippi in November
118 bird species on our list for Mississippi are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Cedar Waxwing, Hooded Merganser, Common Loon and Bonaparte's Gull and 11 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Swamp SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Ruddy DuckBusiest month of the year · Jun–Mar
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · All year
Long-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
American AvocetBusiest month of the year · All year
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
From Mississippi’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 118 birds in November
118 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.44% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.62% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.22% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.10% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.03% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Nov- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.43% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.42% in Nov- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.36% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.31% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.18% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov- American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.11% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–May · 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