Birds to See in Montana in November
100 bird species on our list for Montana are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Flicker, Common Raven, Mallard, Canada Goose and House Finch. New this month: Long-tailed Duck, Snowy Owl, Western Screech-owl and Glaucous Gull.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Montana’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 100 birds in November
100 birds
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 4.08% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.69% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.22% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.93% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.67% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.53% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.45% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.44% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.39% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.36% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusSummer visitorUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioSummer visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 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