Birds to See in Quebec in March
95 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Common Starling, Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker and Canada Goose. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Common Grackle, Great Blue Heron and Turkey Vulture and 18 more.
On the move in March
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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 95 birds in March
95 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 7.63% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.03% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.02% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.27% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.93% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.03% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.61% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.32% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.28% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
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