Birds to See in Quebec in April
122 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Robin, Song Sparrow, Canada Goose and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Chipping Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Swamp Sparrow and 30 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Quebec’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 122 birds in April
122 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.74% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.44% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.57% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.12% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.87% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.64% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.86% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.83% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.80% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.67% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.44% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.40% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.35% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.22% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.21% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
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