Birds to See in Missouri in November
116 bird species on our list for Missouri are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Crow and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Goldeneye, Common Merganser and Red-breasted Merganser and 9 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Missouri’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 116 birds in November
116 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.90% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.15% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.13% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.05% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.89% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.88% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.70% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.50% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.17% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 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