Birds to See in Quebec in August
175 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow, Ring-billed Gull, American Robin and Mallard. New this month: Sanderling, Great Horned Owl, Dunlin and American Golden-Plover and 12 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Great Blue HeronBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · May
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
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.
Other months
All 175 birds in August
175 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.86% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Aug- Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.02% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.43% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.35% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.27% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.10% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.03% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.99% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.90% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.85% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.80% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Aug- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.72% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug- Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.66% in Aug
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.65% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.60% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.58% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.49% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.39% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.34% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.20% in Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.17% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Aug
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
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