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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Quebec in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 62, most common first
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisScarceRare12–14 cm
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Dec
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaScarceRare19–25 cm
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