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This checklist includes all bird species found in Bas-St-Laurent , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

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Country or region: Bas-St-Laurent [map]

Other names: Bas-Saint-Laurent

Number of species: 388
Number of globally threatened species: 19
Number of extinct species: 3
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2004-06-26
Last modified: 2024-11-27
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisRare/Accidental
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiRare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsRare/Accidental
Tundra Bean-GooseAnser serrirostrisRare/Accidental
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusRare/Accidental
BrantBranta bernicla
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisRare/Accidental
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mute SwanCygnus olorRare/Accidental
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorRare/Accidental
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusRare/Accidental
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusUncertain origin
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaUncertain origin
Wood DuckAix sponsa
GarganeySpatula querquedulaRare/Accidental
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraRare/Accidental
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeRare/Accidental
American WigeonMareca americana
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaRare/Accidental
RedheadAythya americanaRare/Accidental
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaRare/Accidental
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Labrador DuckCamptorhynchus labradoriusRare/Accidental Extinct
King EiderSomateria spectabilis
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNear-threatened
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
Black ScoterMelanitta americanaNear-threatened
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisVulnerable
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
SmewMergellus albellusRare/Accidental
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisRare/Accidental

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis
Gray PartridgePerdix perdixIntroduced species

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba liviaIntroduced species
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratoriusExtinct
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoRare/Accidental
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaRare/Accidental
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusRare/Accidental
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNear-threatened

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVulnerable

 
APODIFORMES: Trochilidae

Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

King RailRallus elegansRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Virginia RailRallus limicola
SoraPorzana carolina
Common GallinuleGallinula galeataRare/Accidental
American CootFulica americana
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusRare/Accidental
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
European Golden-PloverPluvialis apricariaRare/Accidental
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNear-threatened
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaRare/Accidental
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealisRare/Accidental Critically endangered (possibly extinct)
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVulnerable
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVulnerable
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
American WoodcockScolopax minor
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesVulnerable
WilletTringa semipalmataRare/Accidental
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNear-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnaxRare/Accidental
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNear-threatened
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaNear-threatened
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVulnerable
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNear-threatened
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriRare/Accidental
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae

Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
RazorbillAlca torda
Great AukPinguinus impennisRare/Accidental Extinct
DovekieAlle alle
Thick-billed MurreUria lomviaRare/Accidental
Common MurreUria aalgeRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusRare/Accidental
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaVulnerable
Ivory GullPagophila eburneaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaRare/Accidental
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanRare/Accidental
Common GullLarus canusRare/Accidental
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchusRare/Accidental
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusRare/Accidental
California GullLarus californicusRare/Accidental
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagusRare/Accidental
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Black SkimmerRynchops nigerRare/Accidental
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaRare/Accidental
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaRare/Accidental
Black TernChlidonias nigerRare/Accidental
Forster's TernSterna forsteriRare/Accidental
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Common TernSterna hirundo
Royal TernThalasseus maximusRare/Accidental

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVulnerable
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisRare/Accidental
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalisRare/Accidental

 
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae

Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaRare/Accidental
Common LoonGavia immer

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousVulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisRare/Accidental
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealisRare/Accidental
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisRare/Accidental
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Brown BoobySula leucogasterRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboRare/Accidental
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare/Accidental
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosRare/Accidental
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Least BitternBotaurus exilisRare/Accidental
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violaceaRare/Accidental
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaRare/Accidental
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorRare/Accidental
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaRare/Accidental
Little EgretEgretta garzettaRare/Accidental
Green HeronButorides virescens
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibisRare/Accidental
Great EgretArdea albaRare/Accidental
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias

 
CATHARTIFORMES: Cathartidae

Black VultureCoragyps atratusRare/Accidental
Turkey VultureCathartes auraRare/Accidental

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperiiRare/Accidental
American GoshawkAstur atricapillus
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusRare/Accidental
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoniRare/Accidental
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

American Barn OwlTyto furcataRare/Accidental

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asioRare/Accidental
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVulnerable
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ululaRare/Accidental
Barred OwlStrix varia
Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosaRare/Accidental
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusRare/Accidental
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusRare/Accidental
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbarius
GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiNear-threatened
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescensRare/Accidental
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiRare/Accidental
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaRare/Accidental
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicusRare/Accidental
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisRare/Accidental
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusRare/Accidental
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

White-eyed VireoVireo griseusRare/Accidental
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsRare/Accidental
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeusRare/Accidental
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common RavenCorvus corax

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Horned LarkEremophila alpestris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Purple MartinProgne subisRare/Accidental
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennisRare/Accidental
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulvaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

Brown CreeperCerthia americana

 
PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae

Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletusRare/Accidental
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedonRare/Accidental
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisRare/Accidental
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgarisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanusRare/Accidental
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesRare/Accidental
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendiRare/Accidental
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusRare/Accidental
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
Bicknell's ThrushCatharus bicknelliVulnerable
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
American RobinTurdus migratorius
FieldfareTurdus pilarisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Northern WheatearOenanthe oenantheRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae

Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

White WagtailMotacilla albaRare/Accidental
American PipitAnthus rubescens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinusVulnerable
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusIntroduced species
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
RedpollAcanthis flammea
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae

Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictusRare/Accidental
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae

Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaRare/Accidental
Field SparrowSpizella pusillaRare/Accidental
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusRare/Accidental
Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorysRare/Accidental
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaRare/Accidental
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteiiRare/Accidental
Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusRare/Accidental
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteriidae

Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virensRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusRare/Accidental
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaRare/Accidental
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Orchard OrioleIcterus spuriusRare/Accidental
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockiiRare/Accidental
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisRare/Accidental
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVulnerable
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorumRare/Accidental
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanopteraRare/Accidental
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaRare/Accidental
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilisRare/Accidental
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrinaRare/Accidental
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNear-threatened
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinusRare/Accidental
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominicaRare/Accidental
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolorRare/Accidental
Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescensRare/Accidental
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Summer TanagerPiranga rubraRare/Accidental
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Western TanagerPiranga ludovicianaRare/Accidental
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisRare/Accidental
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalusRare/Accidental
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisRare/Accidental
DickcisselSpiza americanaRare/Accidental

 

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