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
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Dec
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
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