Birds to See in Texas in November
178 bird species on our list for Texas are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, Turkey Vulture, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Mourning Dove. New this month: Cedar Waxwing, Whimbrel, Red-breasted Merganser and Bonaparte's Gull and 14 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Texas’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 178 birds in November
178 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.70% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.47% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.21% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.69% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.59% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.53% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.49% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.43% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Nov
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusWinter visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–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

