A Checklist of the Birds of
the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec & Coastal New Brunswick

Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
x = observed       h = heard only
  Jun Jun Jun Jun Jul
  1995 1996 1997 1998 2006
Canada Goose x x x x  
Wood Duck   x x    
Gadwall x x x x x
American Wigeon x x x x x
American Black Duck x x x x x
Mallard     x x x
Blue-winged Teal x x x   x
Northern Shoveler x x x    
Northern Pintail x x x    
Green-winged Teal x x x    
Ring-necked Duck x x x x x
King Eider   x      
Common Eider x x x x x
Harlequin Duck     x x  
Surf Scoter   x x    
White-winged Scoter   x x x  
Black Scoter x x x x  
Long-tailed Duck       x  
Common Goldeneye x x x   x
Hooded Merganser x        
Common Merganser x x x   x
Red-breasted Merganser x x x x x
Ruffed Grouse   x d x x
Spruce Grouse   x x   x
Common Loon x x x x x
Pied-billed Grebe x   x x x
Northern Gannet x x x x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x x x x
Great Cormorant x x x x x
American Bittern   x x   x
Great Blue Heron x x x x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron x x x x x
Osprey x x x x x
Bald Eagle   x   x x
Northern Harrier x x x x  
Sharp-shinned Hawk   x x x x
Broad-winged Hawk x x x x x
Red-tailed Hawk   x   x x
American Kestrel x x x x x
Merlin x   x x  
Virginia Rail   x     x
Sora x x x x x
American Coot   x x    
Black-bellied Plover x x      
Piping Plover         x
Killdeer x x x x  
Spotted Sandpiper x x x x x
Greater Yellowlegs x        
Least Sandpiper         x
Wilson's Snipe   x x x  
Bonaparte's Gull x x x x x
Ring-billed Gull x x x x x
Herring Gull x x x x x
Glaucous Gull     x    
Great Black-backed Gull x x x x x
Black-legged Kittiwake x x x x x
Common Tern x x x x  
Common Murre x x x x x
Razorbill x x x x x
Black Guillemot x x x x x
Atlantic Puffin         x
Rock Pigeon x x x x x
Mourning Dove x x x x x
Great Horned Owl x     x  
Short-eared Owl   x x    
Chimney Swift x   x x x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird   x x x  
Belted Kingfisher x x x x x
Downy Woodpecker x x x x x
Hairy Woodpecker     x    
Black-backed Woodpecker       x  
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker x x x x x
Pileated Woodpecker x x   x x
Olive-sided Flycatcher x x   x  
Eastern Wood-Pewee x   x x x
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher x   x x x
Alder Flycatcher x x x x x
Least Flycatcher x x x   h
Eastern Phoebe     x    
Great Crested Flycatcher   x   x h
Eastern Kingbird x x      
Blue-headed Vireo x x x x x
Warbling Vireo         x
Philadelphia Vireo x   x x  
Red-eyed Vireo x x x x x
Gray Jay     x    
Blue Jay       x x
American Crow x x x x x
Common Raven x x x x x
Horned Lark   x      
Purple Martin       x  
Tree Swallow x x x x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   x   x  
Bank Swallow x x x x x
Cliff Swallow   x x x  
Barn Swallow x x x x x
Black-capped Chickadee x x x x x
Boreal Chickadee x x x x x
Red-breasted Nuthatch x x x x x
Winter Wren x x x x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x x x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x   x
Veery x x   x  
Bicknell's Thrush   x x x  
Swainson's Thrush x x x x x
Hermit Thrush x x   x x
American Robin x x x x x
Gray Catbird x x x x x
Brown Thrasher x        
European Starling x x x x x
Cedar Waxwing x x x x x
Tennessee Warbler x x x x x
Nashville Warbler x     x x
Northern Parula x x x   x
Yellow Warbler x x x x x
Magnolia Warbler x x x x x
Cape May Warbler x x x x  
Black-throated Blue Warbler   x x   x
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle)Warbler x x x x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x x x x x
Blackburnian Warbler x x      
Palm Warbler   x      
Bay-breasted Warbler x x x x x
Blackpoll Warbler x x x x x
Black-and-white Warbler x x x x x
American Redstart x x x x x
Ovenbird x x x x h
Northern Waterthrush x x x x x
Mourning Warbler   x      
Common Yellowthroat x x x x x
Wilson's Warbler       x x
Canada Warbler x x      
Chipping Sparrow x x x x x
Savannah Sparrow x x x x x
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow   x x x x
Fox Sparrow x x x x x
Song Sparrow x x x x x
Lincoln's Sparow x x x x x
Swamp Sparrow x x x x x
White-throated Sparrow x x x x x
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco x x x x x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   x   x  
Bobolink x x x x  
Red-winged Blackbird x x x x x
Rusty Blackbird         x
Common Grackle x x x x x
Pine Grosbeak   x   x  
Purple Finch x x x   x
House Finch     x    
White-winged Crossbill x x x x x
Pine Siskin x x x x x
American Goldfinch x x x x x
Evening Grosbeak x x x x  
House Sparrow     x x  
           
TOTAL SPECIES 110 117 120 115 106

x = observed       h = heard       t = tracks or other signs       d = dead
  Jun Jun Jun Jun Jul
  1995 1996 1997 1998 2006
MAMMALS          
Blue Whale         5!
Humpback Whale   x x   x
Finback Whale x x x x x
Minke Whale   x x x x
Pilot Whale   x x    
Gray Seal x x x x x
Woodland Caribou   x      
Moose   t t x 8!
Whitetail Deer   x x   x
Coyote   x      
Red Fox x x x    
Porcupine x x x d x
Beaver x x t x t
Muskrat   x x x x
Raccoon d d d d  
Striped Skunk d d d d d
Groundhog x x x x x
Snowshoe Hare x x x x x
Eastern Chipmunk x x x x x
Red Squirrel x x x x x
           
AMPHIBIANS          
American Toad     x x x
Bullfrog       x h
           

A Checklist of the Birds of the Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec & New Brunswick
Compiled by Robert M. Schutsky
Bird Treks, 216 Spring Lane
Peach Bottom, PA USA 17563-4008
717-548-3303 info@birdtreks.com
www.birdtreks.com
Created by Valerie K. M. Schutsky

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