Birds to See in Virginia in November
147 bird species on our list for Virginia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Song Sparrow. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Fox Sparrow and Tundra Swan and 24 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Virginia’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 147 birds in November
147 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.82% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.15% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.03% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.01% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.00% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.53% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.31% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 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