Canada Ramsar wetland
Baie de l'Isle-Verte
242 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
60 species in January.54 species in February.63 species in March.115 species in April.203 species in May.184 species in June.182 species in July.173 species in August.165 species in September.128 species in October.92 species in November.70 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
242 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 242Speciesrecorded more than once
- 176Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 13ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 69,071Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Raptors
- 3Owls
- 30Waders
- 18Gulls & seabirds
- 37Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 107Songbirds
- 21Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 242 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
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- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Owls3 species
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- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Waders30 species
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- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
Gulls & seabirds18 species
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- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Ducks & geese37 species
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- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- RedheadAythya americana
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
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- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Green HeronButorides virescens
Storks & cranes1 species
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- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds107 species
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- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Other birds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- American CootFulica americana
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Picoides dorsalisPicoides dorsalis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-8°/-16°56 mm
- Feb-7°/-15°58 mm
- Mar-2°/-10°64 mm
- Apr5°/-2°79 mm
- May14°/4°88 mm
- Jun18°/10°104 mm
- Jul22°/14°96 mm
- Aug21°/13°94 mm
- Sep17°/9°92 mm
- Oct10°/3°103 mm
- Nov2°/-4°82 mm
- Dec-5°/-11°85 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Baie de l'Isle-Verte.
Coastal wetland
Baie de l'Isle-Verte is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
242 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 69,071 open records.
The most recorded are the American Crow, the American Black Duck and the Great Blue Heron.
133 species come for the summer, 40 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
13 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Lesser yellowlegs and Snowy Owl.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Camping Ô Fleuvecampsite · 7.6 km · 2 within 10 km
- Chalet Manonplace to stay · 9.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- L'Isle-Vertenearest town · 0.7 km in a straight line
- Mont Joli Airport (YYY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 106 km in a straight lineCar hire at YYY airport (Mont-Joli)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 5car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmCamping Ô Fleuve, Camping du parc côtier de kiskotuk
- 2places to stay within 10 kmChalet Manon, Motel Trois-Pistoles
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Baie de l'Isle-Verte.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmMontagne à Morneau · 12 kmMont Pilote · 21 kmMontagne Ronde · 25 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmSault Mackenzie · 13 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Baie de l'Isle-Verte
Canada
- 87Birdyas Score
- 242Species
- 176Migrants
- 13Threatened
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area
Canada · 150 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 313Species
- 227Migrants
- 16Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4843204) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 69,071 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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