Ducks, Geese & Swans in Quebec
Our list for Quebec has 34 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 13 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Quebec in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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