Finches in Quebec
Our list for Quebec has 6 finches recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
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 6, most common first
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Pine Siskin 11–14 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- House Finch 13–15 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Evening Grosbeak 16–22 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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