Kebnat

Podiceps

3 species

In Québec, the genus Podiceps (family Podicipedidae) counts 3 species of birds. The stars? Red-necked Grebe, Horned Grebe and Black-necked Grebe, the most often observed. The richest region: Capitale-Nationale, 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. Capitale-Nationale3
  2. Outaouais3
  3. Laurentides3
  4. Montérégie3
  5. Centre-du-Québec3
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  8. Mauricie2
  9. Estrie2
  10. Montréal2
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  12. Côte-Nord2
  13. Nord-du-Québec2
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine2
  15. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  16. Laval2
  17. Lanaudière2

Podiceps 3

Podicipediformes
All439Passeriformes181Charadriiformes80Anseriformes56Pelecaniformes18Accipitriformes15Galliformes13Strigiformes11Gruiformes9Piciformes9Columbiformes8Apodiformes5Falconiformes5Podicipediformes5Suliformes5Procellariiformes4Caprimulgiformes3Gaviiformes3Psittaciformes3Cathartiformes2Cuculiformes2Ciconiiformes1Coraciiformes1
Podicipedidae
All5Podicipedidae5
Red-necked Grebe2,915 observations
Horned Grebe1,764 observations
Black-necked Grebe23 observations