Birds to See in New York in November
153 bird species on our list for New York are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, Canada Goose, Northern Cardinal and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck and Common Redpoll and 14 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From New York’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 153 birds in November
153 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.87% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.51% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.42% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.32% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–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