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Shorebirds and Allies

Charadriiformes · 80 species · 6 families

In Québec, the order Charadriiformes brings together 80 species of birds, in 6 families. The stars? Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull and Killdeer, the most often observed. The richest region: Côte-Nord, with 73 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. Côte-Nord73
  2. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine71
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent66
  4. Capitale-Nationale66
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean64
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches64
  7. Montérégie62
  8. Centre-du-Québec61
  9. Montréal58
  10. Outaouais58
  11. Mauricie51
  12. Estrie50
  13. Abitibi-Témiscamingue50
  14. Lanaudière49
  15. Nord-du-Québec47
  16. Laurentides46
  17. Laval38

Shorebirds and Allies 80

Charadriiformes
All439Passeriformes181Charadriiformes80Anseriformes56Pelecaniformes18Accipitriformes15Galliformes13Strigiformes11Gruiformes9Piciformes9Columbiformes8Apodiformes5Falconiformes5Podicipediformes5Suliformes5Procellariiformes4Caprimulgiformes3Gaviiformes3Psittaciformes3Cathartiformes2Cuculiformes2Ciconiiformes1Coraciiformes1
Family
All80Scolopacidae35Laridae27Charadriidae7Alcidae6Stercorariidae3Recurvirostridae2
Ring-billed Gull56,431 observations
American Herring Gull33,284 observations
Killdeer25,870 observations
Great Black-backed Gull20,591 observations
Spotted Sandpiper18,501 observations
Wilson's Snipe14,558 observations
Greater Yellowlegs10,829 observations
American Woodcock8,645 observations
Solitary Sandpiper7,690 observations
Lesser Yellowlegs7,188 observations
Common Tern6,890 observations
Semipalmated Plover6,531 observations
Least Sandpiper6,159 observations
Bonaparte's Gull5,577 observations
Iceland Gull5,527 observations
Glaucous Gull4,990 observations
Semipalmated Sandpiper4,895 observations
Black Guillemot4,566 observations
Grey Plover3,999 observations
Black-legged Kittiwake3,925 observations
Razorbill2,949 observations
Sanderling2,550 observations
Dunlin2,507 observations
Ruddy Turnstone2,414 observations
Pectoral Sandpiper2,361 observations
White-rumped Sandpiper2,213 observations
Short-billed Dowitcher2,189 observations
Lesser Black-backed Gull2,065 observations
American Golden Plover1,904 observations
Upland Sandpiper1,869 observations
Black Tern1,485 observations
Caspian Tern1,473 observations
Red Knot1,162 observations
Common Murre1,152 observations
Baird's Sandpiper861 observations
Hudsonian Godwit861 observations
Red-necked Phalarope852 observations
Purple Sandpiper760 observations
Arctic Tern661 observations
Stilt Sandpiper576 observations
Wilson's Phalarope554 observations
Parasitic Jaeger548 observations
Atlantic Puffin498 observations
Black-headed Gull485 observations
Little Gull435 observations
Dovekie403 observations
Buff-breasted Sandpiper319 observations
Laughing Gull291 observations