Canada Ramsar wetland
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area
313 bird species recorded; the most in May and in October.
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This month here
91 species in January.83 species in February.103 species in March.177 species in April.279 species in May.226 species in June.199 species in July.219 species in August.248 species in September.261 species in October.195 species in November.119 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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VUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
313 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).
- 313Speciesrecorded more than once
- 227Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 16ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 993,191Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 99 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 8Owls
- 32Waders
- 22Gulls & seabirds
- 38Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 152Songbirds
- 31Other 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 313 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Owls8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
Waders32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
Gulls & seabirds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaVU
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ducks & geese38 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- RedheadAythya americana
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds152 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Bicknell’s thrushCatharus bicknelliVU
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Other birds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- American CootFulica americana
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
- Picoides dorsalisPicoides dorsalis
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Spruce GrouseCanachites canadensis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
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 and in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-8°/-17°60 mm
- Feb-6°/-16°59 mm
- Mar-1°/-10°67 mm
- Apr7°/-2°85 mm
- May15°/5°86 mm
- Jun20°/11°104 mm
- Jul23°/15°109 mm
- Aug22°/14°99 mm
- Sep18°/10°94 mm
- Oct11°/3°108 mm
- Nov3°/-4°80 mm
- Dec-4°/-12°87 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area.
National Wildlife Area in Quebec, Canada
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
313 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 993,191 open records.
The most recorded are the Black-capped Chickadee, the American Crow and the Song Sparrow.
144 species come for the summer, 72 for the winter and 11 only pass through.
16 are threatened worldwide, including Evening Grosbeak, Rusty Blackbird and Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in May and in October.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Camping de la Pointecampsite · 7.2 km · 6 within 10 km
- Les portes de Charlevoixplace to stay · 6.5 km · 12 within 10 km
- Beauprénearest town · 9.5 km in a straight line
- Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 57 km in a straight lineCar hire at YQB airport (Quebec)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
- 4bird hides within 6 km
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 16marked trails within 4 kmLes Dalles Humides, Sentier de l'Anse de la Montée du Lac, Sentier l'Écart and 13 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmCentre d'interpretation
- 12viewpoints within 5 km
- 4car parks within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmCamping de la Pointe, Camping Mont-Sainte-Anne, Camping Orléans and 3 more
- 12places to stay within 10 kmLes portes de Charlevoix, Nordique spa Mont Ste-Anne, Albertville and 9 more
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas20 mountains within 25 kmMont-Sainte-Anne800 m · 9.5 kmLes Caps · 16 kmMont Claude-Poulin · 17 kmMontagne de la Croix · 18 kmMont Étienne-Racine · 18 kmSommet Marguerite-Martin · 18 kmMont Gérard-Morisset1,037 m · 22 kmColline du Télégraphe · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLac Saint-Tite0.6 km² · 5.1 km
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 kmLe Petit Sault · 3.0 kmLes Sept Chutes · 5.5 kmChute Sainte-Anne74 m · 7.2 km↗Chutes Jean-Larose · 9.0 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.
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area
Canada
- 89Birdyas Score
- 313Species
- 227Migrants
- 16Threatened
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
United States · 299 km
- 88Birdyas Score
- 261Species
- 205Migrants
- 13Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3089739) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 993,191 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, Lakeyas, Canyonyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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