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
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–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