Birds to See in Pennsylvania in November
126 bird species on our list for Pennsylvania are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Hooded Merganser, American Tree Sparrow, Tundra Swan and Goldeneye and 9 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Pennsylvania’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 126 birds in November
126 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.61% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.51% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.45% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.13% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Jun–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