Uncommon Birds in Quebec
Our list for Quebec has 90 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 47 summer visitors, 20 winter visitors and 18 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 90, most common first
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSummer visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
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