Birds to See in Quebec in January
86 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch and Hairy Woodpecker. New this month: Vesper Sparrow, Varied Thrush, European Goldfinch and Chukar.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 86 birds in January
86 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.23% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 5.34% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.63% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.52% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.03% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.96% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.43% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.75% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.43% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.35% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.16% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaPassage migrantRare32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
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