Birds to See in South Dakota in November
89 bird species on our list for South Dakota are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, Mallard, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker and House Sparrow. New this month: Rough-legged Hawk, Goldeneye, Snow Bunting and Common Redpoll and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From South 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 89 birds in November
89 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.22% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.44% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.20% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.17% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.00% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.83% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.80% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.47% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.39% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.14% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% 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