Yellow birds

50 species

In Québec, 50 species of birds have yellow in their plumage. The stars? American Goldfinch, White-throated Sparrow and Cedar Waxwing, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, with 47 species. The color is read from the illustration on each bird’s page (three colors at most): it describes one image, not always both the male and the female.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Observation database built on November 1, 2026.

  1. Capitale-Nationale47
  2. Outaouais47
  3. Montérégie45
  4. Bas-Saint-Laurent44
  5. Côte-Nord44
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine44
  7. Montréal42
  8. Laurentides42
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches41
  10. Lanaudière40
  11. Estrie39
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean38
  13. Centre-du-Québec38
  14. Abitibi-Témiscamingue36
  15. Laval35
  16. Mauricie34
  17. Nord-du-Québec31

Yellow birds 50

Yellow
American Goldfinch86,362 observations
White-throated Sparrow68,334 observations
Cedar Waxwing47,310 observations
Myrtle Warbler42,796 observations
Common Yellowthroat42,597 observations
Magnolia Warbler28,706 observations
Pine Siskin28,355 observations
Golden-crowned Kinglet26,304 observations
Nashville Warbler25,066 observations
Black-throated Green Warbler24,441 observations
Blue-headed Vireo20,403 observations
Blackburnian Warbler15,705 observations
Horned Lark13,460 observations
Great Crested Flycatcher12,561 observations
Cape May Warbler11,866 observations
Philadelphia Vireo11,696 observations
Mourning Warbler11,107 observations
Canada Warbler9,649 observations
American Bittern7,757 observations
Wilson's Warbler7,678 observations
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher7,651 observations
Palm Warbler6,880 observations
Eastern Meadowlark6,585 observations
Pine Warbler6,151 observations
Black-backed Woodpecker5,368 observations
American Three-toed Woodpecker2,353 observations
American Yellow Warbler1,997 observations
Yellow-throated Vireo812 observations
Dickcissel625 observations
Grasshopper Sparrow624 observations
Le Conte's Sparrow588 observations
Evening Grosbeak505 observations
Yellow-headed Blackbird492 observations
Connecticut Warbler484 observations
Yellow-throated Warbler293 observations
Western Tanager213 observations
Western Kingbird181 observations
Yellow-breasted Chat170 observations
Blue-winged Warbler152 observations
Western Meadowlark131 observations
Prairie Warbler127 observations
White-eyed Vireo106 observations
Townsend's Warbler66 observations
Budgerigar59 observations
Golden-crowned Sparrow48 observations
Hooded Warbler44 observations
Tropical Kingbird42 observations
Black-necked Grebe23 observations

Coming soon

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