Canada · Quebec
Pointe-au-Père
277 species and 222,733 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June and September, with up to 197 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Quai, Pointe-au-Père0 km200 species
- RNF de Pointe-au-Père0 km240 species
- Le Bic24 km239 species
- PN du Bic – Belvédère Raoul-Roy37 km200 species
- RN de l’Île-aux-Basques-et-des-Razades – Île aux Basques71 km238 species
- Les Escoumins72 km250 species
All 277 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pointe-au-Père?
May–June and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 197 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pointe-au-Père?
277 species, from 222,733 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pointe-au-Père in November?
The most recorded in November: American Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, American Crow, Common Goldeneye and American Black Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.