Birds to See in Quebec in October
171 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Ring-billed Gull, Canada Goose and Mallard. New this month: Common Redpoll, American Tree Sparrow, Snow Bunting and Bohemian Waxwing and 12 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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.
Other months
All 171 birds in October
171 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Oct
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.53% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Oct
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Oct
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Oct
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.52% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.46% in Oct
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.35% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 1.17% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.03% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.83% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.69% in Oct
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.67% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Oct
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.67% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.64% in Oct
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.40% in Oct
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.38% in Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.30% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.28% in Oct
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.08% in Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.00% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
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