Birds to See in Quebec in July
169 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Robin, American Crow, Cedar Waxwing and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper and 8 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 169 birds in July
169 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.35% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.16% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.13% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.00% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.70% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.57% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.36% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.33% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.13% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.10% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.97% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.88% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.72% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.65% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.65% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.58% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.57% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.28% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
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