Birds to See in Utah in November
129 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Northern Flicker, Mallard, Common Raven and Common Starling. New this month: Goldeneye, American Tree Sparrow, Cackling Goose and Trumpeter Swan and 11 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Pied-billed GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Common LoonBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
From Utah’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 129 birds in November
129 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Nov- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.11% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.75% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Nov- Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.08% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantUncommon58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRegularly 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