Birds to See in Rhode Island in November
131 bird species on our list for Rhode Island are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull, American Robin and American Crow. New this month: Goldeneye, Horned Grebe, Common Merganser and Long-tailed Duck and 21 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Rhode Island’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 131 birds in November
131 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.31% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.09% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.98% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.93% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.73% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.73% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.53% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.33% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.20% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.08% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 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