Pheasants & Grouse in Quebec
Our list for Quebec has 7 pheasants & grouse recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Quebec in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Jan
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaPassage migrantRare32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Grey Partridge 28–32 cm
- Red-legged Partridge 32–34 cm
- Rock Ptarmigan 34–36 cm
- Chukar 32–38 cm
- Ruffed Grouse 41–50 cm
- Common Pheasant 50–90 cm
- Wild Turkey 100–125 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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