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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Quebec in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 90, most common first
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–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