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Cormorants and Shags

Phalacrocoracidae · 3 species

In Québec, the family Phalacrocoracidae (order Suliformes) counts 3 species of birds. The stars? Double-crested Cormorant, Great Cormorant and Neotropic Cormorant, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, with 3 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its sounds, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

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.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Estrie3
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  3. Capitale-Nationale2
  4. Mauricie2
  5. Montréal2
  6. Outaouais2
  7. Côte-Nord2
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  10. Laval2
  11. Lanaudière2
  12. Montérégie2
  13. Centre-du-Québec2
  14. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1
  15. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1
  16. Nord-du-Québec1
  17. Laurentides1

Cormorants and Shags 3

Suliformes
All439Passeriformes181Charadriiformes80Anseriformes56Pelecaniformes18Accipitriformes15Galliformes13Strigiformes11Gruiformes9Piciformes9Columbiformes8Apodiformes5Falconiformes5Podicipediformes5Suliformes5Procellariiformes4Caprimulgiformes3Gaviiformes3Psittaciformes3Cathartiformes2Cuculiformes2Ciconiiformes1Coraciiformes1
Phalacrocoracidae
All5Phalacrocoracidae3Sulidae2
Double-crested Cormorant2,497 observations
Great Cormorant1,133 observations
Neotropic Cormorant2 observations