Birds to See in Wisconsin in November
114 bird species on our list for Wisconsin are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch and Canada Goose. New this month: Goldeneye, Common Redpoll, Rough-legged Hawk and Snowy Owl and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Wisconsin’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 114 birds in November
114 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.98% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.52% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.11% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.91% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.87% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.86% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.63% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.55% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorRareRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–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