United States · Maine
Monhegan Island
311 species and 373,069 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 229 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis124 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 311 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gilsland Farm Audubon Center75 km251 species
All 311 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Monhegan Island?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 229 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Monhegan Island?
311 species, from 373,069 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Monhegan Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow, American Herring Gull, Northern Cardinal and Blue Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.