Birds to See in North Dakota in November
95 bird species on our list for North Dakota are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Mallard and House Sparrow. New this month: Common Redpoll, Common Merganser, Snowy Owl and Glaucous Gull and 3 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From North Dakota’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 95 birds in November
95 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.33% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.84% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.77% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.76% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.52% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.30% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.09% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.01% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.00% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.95% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.89% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.89% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.81% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.79% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.79% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.49% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.40% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.17% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesSummer visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% 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