Birds to See in Oregon in November
140 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Flicker, American Robin and Mallard. New this month: Common Redpoll, Glaucous Gull, Bohemian Waxwing and Ruff and 2 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Oregon’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 140 birds in November
140 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.78% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.29% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.83% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.63% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 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