Common Birds in Quebec
Our list for Quebec has 81 common birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 42 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Quebec in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–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