Kebnat

Sterna

4 species

In Québec, the genus Sterna (family Laridae) counts 4 species of birds. The stars? Common Tern, Arctic Tern and Roseate Tern, the most often observed. The richest region: Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, with 4 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. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean3
  3. Capitale-Nationale3
  4. Montréal3
  5. Outaouais3
  6. Côte-Nord3
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  8. Montérégie3
  9. Centre-du-Québec3
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent2
  11. Mauricie2
  12. Estrie2
  13. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  14. Nord-du-Québec2
  15. Laval1
  16. Lanaudière1
  17. Laurentides1

Sterna 4

Charadriiformes
All439Passeriformes181Charadriiformes80Anseriformes56Pelecaniformes18Accipitriformes15Galliformes13Strigiformes11Gruiformes9Piciformes9Columbiformes8Apodiformes5Falconiformes5Podicipediformes5Suliformes5Procellariiformes4Caprimulgiformes3Gaviiformes3Psittaciformes3Cathartiformes2Cuculiformes2Ciconiiformes1Coraciiformes1
Laridae
All80Scolopacidae35Laridae27Charadriidae7Alcidae6Stercorariidae3Recurvirostridae2
Common Tern6,890 observations
Arctic Tern661 observations
Roseate Tern51 observations
Forster's Tern49 observations