Birds to See in New Jersey in November
155 bird species on our list for New Jersey are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Canada Goose, Northern Cardinal, American Robin and Song Sparrow. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser and Long-tailed Duck and 23 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From New Jersey’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 155 birds in November
155 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.63% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.66% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.64% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.62% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.55% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.54% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.53% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.53% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.47% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.42% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.37% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.36% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.25% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–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