Birds of Quebec
The 150 most-observed birds in Quebec, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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- 1
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis85 obstiming → - 2
MallardAnas platyrhynchos75 obstiming → - 3
Canada GooseBranta canadensis66 obstiming → - 4
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus59 obstiming → - 5Wood DuckAix sponsa56 obstiming →
- 6
American RobinTurdus migratorius56 obstiming → - 7
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens52 obstiming → - 8
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia51 obstiming → - 9
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias51 obstiming → - 10
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus49 obstiming → - 11
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis45 obstiming → - 12
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata44 obstiming → - 13
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis42 obstiming → - 14
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo41 obstiming → - 15
Rock DoveColumba livia39 obstiming → - 16Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus37 obstiming →
- 17
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula36 obstiming → - 18
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus35 obstiming → - 19
Common MerganserMergus merganser34 obstiming → - 20
Turkey VultureCathartes aura34 obstiming → - 21
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax33 obstiming → - 22
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata30 obstiming → - 23
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis29 obstiming → - 24
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus28 obstiming → - 25
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus27 obstiming → - 26
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura27 obstiming → - 27
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis27 obstiming → - 28
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis24 obstiming → - 29
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos24 obstiming → - 30
BuffleheadBucephala albeola24 obstiming → - 31
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea24 obstiming → - 32
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis23 obstiming → - 33
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus23 obstiming → - 34
House SparrowPasser domesticus21 obstiming → - 35
Great EgretArdea alba20 obstiming → - 36
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum20 obstiming → - 37
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris19 obstiming → - 38Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris19 obstiming →
- 39
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva18 obstiming → - 40
Northern RavenCorvus corax17 obstiming → - 41Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus16 obstiming →
- 42Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula16 obstiming →
- 43
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus15 obstiming → - 44
Barred OwlStrix varia15 obstiming → - 45
Common LoonGavia immer15 obstiming → - 46
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor14 obstiming → - 47
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis14 obstiming → - 48
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina13 obstiming → - 49
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens12 obstiming → - 50
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus12 obstiming → - 51
Brown CreeperCerthia americana12 obstiming → - 52
OspreyPandion haliaetus12 obstiming → - 53Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator11 obstiming →
- 54
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus11 obstiming → - 55
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius11 obstiming → - 56
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis11 obstiming → - 57
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe10 obstiming → - 58Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus10 obstiming →
- 59
Eurasian TealAnas crecca10 obstiming → - 60
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus8 obstiming → - 61
American WigeonMareca americana8 obstiming → - 62American Black DuckAnas rubripes8 obstiming →
- 63MerlinFalco columbarius8 obstiming →
- 64Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis7 obstiming →
- 65
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus7 obstiming → - 66Greater ScaupAythya marila7 obstiming →
- 67
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus7 obstiming → - 68Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator7 obstiming →
- 69Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula6 obstiming →
- 70Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps6 obstiming →
- 71
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis6 obstiming → - 72
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus6 obstiming → - 73
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia6 obstiming → - 74
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus6 obstiming → - 75
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea6 obstiming → - 76
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys6 obstiming → - 77
American WoodcockScolopax minor6 obstiming → - 78
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis6 obstiming → - 79
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus6 obstiming → - 80Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata6 obstiming →
- 81
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus6 obstiming → - 82
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis6 obstiming → - 83
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius6 obstiming → - 84
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus5 obstiming → - 85
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea5 obstiming → - 86
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus5 obstiming → - 87Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius5 obstiming →
- 88Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris5 obstiming →
- 89Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus5 obstiming →
- 90
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon5 obstiming → - 91
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla5 obstiming → - 92
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor5 obstiming → - 93
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus5 obstiming → - 94Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus5 obstiming →
- 95
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos5 obstiming → - 96
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens5 obstiming → - 97
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica5 obstiming → - 98
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis5 obstiming → - 99
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus4 obstiming → - 100
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus4 obstiming → - 101
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula4 obstiming → - 102
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus4 obstiming → - 103Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio4 obstiming →
- 104
GadwallMareca strepera4 obstiming → - 105Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator4 obstiming →
- 106
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota4 obstiming → - 107
American KestrelFalco sparverius4 obstiming → - 108
Common EiderSomateria mollissima4 obstiming → - 109
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla4 obstiming → - 110
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus4 obstiming → - 111
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus4 obstiming → - 112
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater4 obstiming → - 113
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina4 obstiming → - 114White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi3 obstiming →
- 115Blue-winged TealSpatula discors3 obstiming →
- 116
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus3 obstiming → - 117
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus3 obstiming → - 118
Green HeronButorides virescens3 obstiming → - 119
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca3 obstiming → - 120
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas3 obstiming → - 121Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica3 obstiming →
- 122Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria3 obstiming →
- 123Warbling VireoVireo gilvus3 obstiming →
- 124
European RobinErithacus rubecula3 obstiming → - 125Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis3 obstiming →
- 126
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus3 obstiming → - 127
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica3 obstiming → - 128
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata3 obstiming → - 129
Black ScoterMelanitta americana3 obstiming → - 130American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus3 obstiming →
- 131
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis3 obstiming → - 132
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum3 obstiming → - 133
Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis3 obstiming → - 134
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus2 obstiming → - 135Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina2 obstiming →
- 136
Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus2 obstiming → - 137
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus2 obstiming → - 138Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis2 obstiming →
- 139
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum2 obstiming → - 140
VeeryCatharus fuscescens2 obstiming → - 141
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia2 obstiming → - 142
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens2 obstiming → - 143
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica2 obstiming → - 144
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia2 obstiming → - 145
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana2 obstiming → - 146
American CootFulica americana2 obstiming → - 147
Northern PintailAnas acuta2 obstiming → - 148
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum2 obstiming → - 149
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2 obstiming → - 150
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa2 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.