Birds to See in North Carolina in November
145 bird species on our list for North Carolina are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Tufted Titmouse, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Eastern Bluebird. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Tundra Swan, Fox Sparrow and Red-breasted Merganser and 21 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From North Carolina’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 145 birds in November
145 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.14% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.99% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.11% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.11% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.83% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.80% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.29% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.23% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentUncommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusResidentRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 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