United States · Missouri
Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary
310 species and 463,031 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 233 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
GadwallMareca strepera
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
American CootFulica americana
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons157 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 310 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Horseshoe Lake State Park21 km300 species
- Tower Grove Park30 km209 species
- Busch CA52 km280 species
All 310 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 233 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary?
310 species, from 463,031 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-billed Gull, Mallard, Canada Goose, Trumpeter Swan and Double-crested Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.