Canada · Quebec
RNF de Pointe-au-Père
240 species and 67,505 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and August–September, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pointe-au-Père0 km277 species
- Quai, Pointe-au-Père1 km200 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 240 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at RNF de Pointe-au-Père?
May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at RNF de Pointe-au-Père?
240 species, from 67,505 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at RNF de Pointe-au-Père in November?
The most recorded in November: American Black Duck, American Herring Gull, Mallard, Common Goldeneye and American Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.