Birds to See in Quebec in November
127 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Ring-billed Gull, Mallard and Canada Goose. New this month: Snowy Owl, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull and Long-eared Owl and 3 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
Common MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
GoldeneyeBusiest month of the year · All year
American Black DuckBusiest month of the year · All year
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
Common LoonBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jan
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.
Other months
All 127 birds in November
127 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.18% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.43% in Nov- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.85% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov- Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Nov
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov- American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.97% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.86% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.81% in Nov- Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.79% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.41% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.40% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.28% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.15% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Nov
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in 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