Birds to See in Washington in November
132 bird species on our list for Washington are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Flicker, Mallard and American Robin. New this month: Goldeneye, Common Redpoll, Snowy Owl and Glaucous Gull.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Washington’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 132 birds in November
132 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.50% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.96% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.82% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.77% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Nov
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.62% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.27% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Nov
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWinter visitorRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 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

