Birds to See in Oklahoma in November
117 bird species on our list for Oklahoma are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Canada Goose and Ring-billed Gull. New this month: Goldeneye, Cackling Goose, Red-breasted Merganser and Common Merganser and 10 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Pied-billed GrebeBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Franklin's GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jun
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Ruddy DuckBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Horned GrebeBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
From Oklahoma’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 117 birds in November
117 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.26% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.49% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.40% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.28% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.11% in Nov- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.03% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.83% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.70% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.43% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.30% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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