Rare Birds in Quebec
Our list for Quebec has 62 rare birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 16 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 37 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
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 62, most common first
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisScarceRare22–27 cm
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jan–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