Birds to See in Quebec in September
186 bird species on our list for Quebec are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Ring-billed Gull, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow and Canada Goose. New this month: White-crowned Sparrow, Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Duck and Horned Lark and 18 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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.
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All 186 birds in September
186 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 3.15% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.92% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.83% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.09% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.04% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.00% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.92% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.77% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.68% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.67% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.64% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.61% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.58% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.50% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.47% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.38% in Sep
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.32% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.28% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.22% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.20% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.20% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.05% in Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentRare80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorRare48–58 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
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