The list below includes all species recorded at McGill Bird Observatory since May 1, 2004, following the sequence of the American Ornithologists’ Society. The total currently stands at 222 species observed and 127 banded. Species with one asterisk * are probable breeders at MBO, while those with two ** are confirmed breeders; several other species are known to regularly use the site in summer though nesting elsewhere.
| DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS | ||
| Snow Goose | Oie des neiges | Anser caerulescens |
| Greater Snow Goose | Grande Oie des neiges | Anser caerulescens atlanticus |
| Ross’s Goose | Oie de Ross | Anser rossii |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Oie rieuse | Anser albifrons |
| Brant | Bernache cravant | Branta bernicla |
| Cackling Goose | Bernache de Hutchins | Branta hutchinsii |
| **Canada Goose | Bernache du Canada | Branta canadensis |
| Tundra Swan | Cygne siffleur | Cygnus columbianus |
| **Wood Duck | Canard branchu | Aix sponsa |
| Blue-winged Teal | Sarcelle à ailes bleues | Spatula discors |
| Northern Shoveler | Canard souchet | Spatula clypeata |
| Northern Pintail | Canard pilet | Anas acuta |
| Gadwall | Canard chipeau | Mareca strepera |
| American Wigeon | Canard d’Amérique | Mareca americana |
| **Mallard | Canard colvert | Anas platyrhynchos |
| American Black Duck | Canard noir | Anas rubripes |
| Green-winged Teal | Sarcelle d’hiver | Anas crecca |
| Redhead | Fuligule à tête rouge | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked Duck | Fuligule à collier | Aythya collaris |
| Greater Scaup | Fuligule milouinan | Aythya marila |
| Lesser Scaup | Petit Fuligule | Aythya affinis |
| White-winged Scoter | Macreuse brune | Melanitta deglandi |
| Black Scoter | Macreuse à bec jaune | Melanitta americana |
| Bufflehead | Petit Garrot | Bucephala albeola |
| Common Goldeneye | Garrot à oeil d’or | Bucephala clangula |
| Hooded Merganser | Harle couronné | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Common Merganser | Grand Harle | Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Harle huppé | Mergus serrator |
| GROUSE, TURKEY | ||
| *Ruffed Grouse | Gélinotte huppée | Bonasa umbellus |
| Wild Turkey | Dindon sauvage | Meleagris gallopavo |
| GREBES | ||
| **Pied-billed Grebe | Grèbe à bec bigarré | Podilymbus podiceps |
| PIGEONS, DOVES | ||
| Rock Pigeon | Pigeon biset | Columba livia |
| **Mourning Dove | Tourterelle triste | Zenaida macroura |
| CUCKOOS | ||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coulicou à bec jaune | Coccyzus americanus |
| **Black-billed Cuckoo | Coulicou à bec noir | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| GOATSUCKERS, SWIFTS | ||
| Common Nighthawk | Engoulevent d’Amérique | Chordeiles minor |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Engoulevent bois-pourri | Antrostomus vociferus |
| Chimney Swift | Martinet ramoneur | Chaetura pelagica |
| HUMMINGBIRDS | ||
| **Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Colibri à gorge rubis | Archilochus colubris |
| RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS | ||
| **Virginia Rail | Râle de Virginie | Rallus limicola |
| **Sora | Marouette de Caroline | Porzana carolina |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinule d’Amérique | Gallinula galeata |
| CRANES | ||
| Sandhill Crane | Grue du Canada | Antigone canadensis |
| PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS | ||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvier argenté | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Killdeer | Pluvier kildir | Charadrius vociferus |
| Semipalmated Plover | Pluvier semipalmé | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Dunlin | Bécasseau variable | Calidris alpina |
| Least Sandpiper | Bécasseau minuscule | Calidris minutilla |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Bécasseau semipalmé | Calidris pusilla |
| **American Woodcock | Bécasse d’Amérique | Scolopax minor |
| Wilson’s Snipe | Bécassine de Wilson | Gallinago delicata |
| *Spotted Sandpiper | Chevalier grivelé | Actitis macularius |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Chevalier solitaire | Tringa solitaria |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Petit Chevalier | Tringa flavipes |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Grand Chevalier | Tringa melanoleuca |
| GULLS, TERNS | ||
| Ring-billed Gull | Goéland à bec cerclé | Larus delawarensis |
| Herring Gull | Goéland argenté | Larus argentatus |
| Iceland Gull | Goéland arctique | Larus glaucoides |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Goéland marin | Larus marinus |
| Caspian Tern | Sterne caspienne | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Black Tern | Guifette noire | Chlidonias niger |
| Common Tern | Sterne pierregarin | Sterna hirundo |
| LOONS | ||
| Common Loon | Plongeon huard | Gavia immer |
| CORMORANTS, HERONS | ||
| Northern Gannet | Fou de Bassan | Morus bassanus |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Cormoran à aigrettes | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| *American Bittern | Butor d’Amérique | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Least Bittern | Petit Blongios | |
| Great Blue Heron | Grand Héron | Ardea herodias |
| Great Egret | Grande Aigrette | Ardea alba |
| *Green Heron | Héron vert | Butorides virescens |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Bihoreau gris | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| VULTURES | ||
| **Turkey Vulture | Urubu à tête rouge | Cathartes aura |
| HAWKS, EAGLES | ||
| Osprey | Balbuzard pêcheur | Pandion haliaetus |
| Golden Eagle | Aigle royal | Aquila chrysaetos |
| Northern Harrier | Busard des marais | Circus hudsonius |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Épervier brun | Accipiter striatus |
| *Cooper’s Hawk | Épervier de Cooper | Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern Goshawk | Autour des palombes | Accipiter gentilis |
| Bald Eagle | Pygargue à tête blanche | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| *Red-shouldered Hawk | Buse à épaulettes | Buteo lineatus |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Petite Buse | Buteo platypterus |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buse à queue rousse | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buse pattue | Buteo lagopus |
| OWLS | ||
| *Eastern Screech-Owl | Petit-duc maculé | Megascops asio |
| *Great Horned Owl | Grand-duc d’Amérique | Bubo virginianus |
| Barred Owl | Chouette rayée | Strix varia |
| Great Gray Owl | Chouette lapone | Strix nebulosa |
| Long-eared Owl | Hibou moyen-duc | Asio otus |
| Boreal Owl | Nyctale de Tengmalm | Aegolius funereus |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Petite Nyctale | Aegolius acadicus |
| KINGFISHERS | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | Martin-pêcheur d’Amérique | Megaceryle alcyon |
| WOODPECKERS | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Pic à ventre roux | Melanerpes carolinus |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Pic à dos noir | Picoides arcticus |
| **Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Pic maculé | Sphyrapicus varius |
| **Downy Woodpecker | Pic mineur | Dryobates pubescens |
| **Hairy Woodpecker | Pic chevelu | Dryobates villosus |
| **Northern Flicker | Pic flamboyant | Colaptes auratus |
| **Pileated Woodpecker | Grand Pic | Dryocopus pileatus |
| FALCONS | ||
| American Kestrel | Crécerelle d’Amérique | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Faucon émerillon | Falco columbarius |
| Peregrine Falcon | Faucon pèlerin | Falco peregrinus |
| FLYCATCHERS | ||
| **Great Crested Flycatcher | Tyran huppé | Myiarchus crinitus |
| **Eastern Kingbird | Tyran tritri | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Moucherolle à côtés olive | Contopus cooperi |
| *Eastern Wood-Pewee | Pioui de l’Est | Contopus virens |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Moucherolle à ventre jaune | Empidonax flaviventris |
| *Alder Flycatcher | Moucherolle des aulnes | Empidonax alnorum |
| Willow Flycatcher | Moucherolle des saules | Empidonax traillii |
| *Least Flycatcher | Moucherolle tchébec | Empidonax minimus |
| **Eastern Phoebe | Moucherolle phébi | Sayornis phoebe |
| SHRIKES, VIREOS | ||
| Northern Shrike | Pie-grièche boréale | Lanius borealis |
| White-eyed Vireo | Viréo aux yeux blancs | Vireo griseus |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Viréo à gorge jaune | Vireo flavifrons |
| *Blue-headed Vireo | Viréo à tête bleue | Vireo solitarius |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Viréo de Philadelphie | Vireo philadelphicus |
| **Warbling Vireo | Viréo mélodieux | Vireo gilvus |
| **Red-eyed Vireo | Viréo aux yeux rouges | Vireo olivaceus |
| CROWS, JAYS | ||
| **Blue Jay | Geai bleu | Cyanocitta cristata |
| **American Crow | Corneille d’Amérique | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Fish Crow | Corneille de rivage | Corvus ossifragus |
| Common Raven | Grand Corbeau | Corvus corax |
| LARKS, SWALLOWS | ||
| Horned Lark | Alouette hausse-col | Eremophila alpestris |
| Bank Swallow | Hirondelle de rivage | Riparia riparia |
| **Tree Swallow | Hirondelle bicolore | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Hirondelle à ailes hérissées | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Purple Martin | Hirondelle noire | Progne subis |
| Barn Swallow | Hirondelle rustique | Hirundo rustica |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirondelle à front blanc | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES | ||
| **Black-capped Chickadee | Mésange à tête noire | Poecile atricapillus |
| Boreal Chickadee | Mésange à tête brune | Poecile hudsonicus |
| Tufted Titmouse | Mésange bicolore | Baeolophus bicolor |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sittelle à poitrine rousse | Sitta canadensis |
| **White-breasted Nuthatch | Sittelle à poitrine blanche | Sitta carolinensis |
| CREEPERS, WRENS | ||
| *Brown Creeper | Grimpereau brun | Certhia americana |
| **House Wren | Troglodyte familier | Troglodytes aedon |
| Winter Wren | Troglodyte des forêts | Troglodytes hiemalis |
| Sedge Wren | Troglodyte à bec court | Cistothorus platensis |
| Marsh Wren | Troglodyte des marais | Cistothorus palustris |
| Carolina Wren | Troglodyte de Caroline | Thryothorus ludovicianus |
| KINGLETS, GNATCATCHERS | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Gobemoucheron gris-bleu | Polioptila caerulea |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Roitelet à couronne dorée | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Roitelet à couronne rubis | Regulus calendula |
| THRUSHES | ||
| **Eastern Bluebird | Merlebleu de l’Est | Sialia sialis |
| Townsend’s Solitaire | Solitaire de Townsend | Myadestes townsendi |
| **Veery | Grive fauve | Catharus fuscescens |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Grive à joues grises | Catharus minimus |
| Bicknell’s Thrush | Grive de Bicknell | Catharus bicknelli |
| Swainson’s Thrush | Grive à dos olive | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit Thrush | Grive solitaire | Catharus guttatus |
| **Wood Thrush | Grive des bois | Hylocichla mustelina |
| **American Robin | Merle d’Amérique | Turdus migratorius |
| MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS | ||
| **Gray Catbird | Moqueur chat | Dumetella carolinensis |
| **Brown Thrasher | Moqueur roux | Toxostoma rufum |
| Northern Mockingbird | Moqueur polyglotte | Mimus polyglottos |
| STARLINGS, WAXWINGS | ||
| *European Starling | Étourneau sansonnet | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Jaseur boréal | Bombycilla garrulus |
| **Cedar Waxwing | Jaseur d’Amérique | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| OLD WORLD SPARROWS | ||
| **House Sparrow | Moineau domestique | Passer domesticus |
| PIPITS | ||
| American Pipit | Pipit d’Amérique | Anthus rubescens |
| FINCHES | ||
| Evening Grosbeak | Gros-bec errant | Coccothraustes vespertinus |
| Pine Grosbeak | Durbec des sapins | Pinicola enucleator |
| House Finch | Roselin familier | Haemorhous mexicanus |
| **Purple Finch | Roselin pourpré | Haemorhous purpureus |
| Common Redpoll | Sizerin flammé | Acanthis flammea |
| Hoary Redpoll | Sizerin blanchâtre | Acanthis hornemanni |
| Red Crossbill | Bec-croisé des sapins | Loxia curvirostra |
| White-winged Crossbill | Bec-croisé bifascié | Loxia leucoptera |
| **Pine Siskin | Tarin des pins | Spinus pinus |
| **American Goldfinch | Chardonneret jaune | Spinus tristis |
| LONGSPURS, SNOW BUNTING | ||
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophane des neiges | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| SPARROWS | ||
| **Chipping Sparrow | Bruant familier | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Bruant des plaines | Spizella pallida |
| Field Sparrow | Bruant des champs | Spizella pusilla |
| Fox Sparrow | Bruant fauve | Passerella iliaca |
| American Tree Sparrow | Bruant hudsonien | Spizelloides arborea |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco ardoisé | Junco hyemalis |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Bruant à couronne blanche | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| *White-throated Sparrow | Bruant à gorge blanche | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Vesper Sparrow | Bruant vespéral | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Savannah Sparrow | Bruant des prés | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| **Song Sparrow | Bruant chanteur | Melospiza melodia |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | Bruant de Lincoln | Melospiza lincolnii |
| **Swamp Sparrow | Bruant des marais | Melospiza georgiana |
| Eastern Towhee | Tohi à flancs roux | Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
| BLACKBIRDS | ||
| Bobolink | Goglu des prés | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnelle des prés | Sturnella magna |
| Orchard Oriole | Oriole des vergers | Icterus spurius |
| **Baltimore Oriole | Oriole de Baltimore | Icterus galbula |
| **Red-winged Blackbird | Carouge à épaulettes | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| **Brown-headed Cowbird | Vacher à tête brune | Molothrus ater |
| Rusty Blackbird | Quiscale rouilleux | Euphagus carolinus |
| **Common Grackle | Quiscale bronzé | Quiscalus quiscula |
| WARBLERS | ||
| **Ovenbird | Paruline couronnée | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Paruline vermivore | Helmitheros vermivorum |
| *Northern Waterthrush | Paruline des ruisseaux | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Paruline à ailes dorées | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Paruline à ailes bleues | Vermivora cyanoptera |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Paruline noir et blanc | Mniotilta varia |
| Tennessee Warbler | Paruline obscure | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Paruline verdâtre | Leiothlypis celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Paruline à joues grises | Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
| Connecticut Warbler | Paruline à gorge grise | Oporornis agilis |
| Mourning Warbler | Paruline triste | Geothlypis philadelphia |
| **Common Yellowthroat | Paruline masquée | Geothlypis trichas |
| Hooded Warbler | Paruline à capuchon | Setophaga citrina |
| **American Redstart | Paruline flamboyante | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Cape May Warbler | Paruline tigrée | Setophaga tigrina |
| Northern Parula | Paruline à collier | Setophaga americana |
| Magnolia Warbler | Paruline à tête cendrée | Setophaga magnolia |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Paruline à poitrine baie | Setophaga castanea |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Paruline à gorge orangée | Setophaga fusca |
| **Yellow Warbler | Paruline jaune | Setophaga petechia |
| *Chestnut-sided Warbler | Paruline à flancs marron | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Paruline rayée | Setophaga striata |
| **Black-throated Blue Warbler | Paruline bleue | Setophaga caerulescens |
| Palm Warbler | Paruline à couronne rousse | Setophaga palmarum |
| Pine Warbler | Paruline des pins | Setophaga pinus |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Paruline à croupion jaune | Setophaga coronata |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Paruline à gorge noire | Setophaga virens |
| Canada Warbler | Paruline du Canada | Cardellina canadensis |
| Wilson’s Warbler | Paruline à calotte noire | Cardellina pusilla |
| Hybrid Warbler | Paruline hybride | Hybrid Warbler |
| TANAGERS, CARDINAL, BUNTINGS | ||
| *Scarlet Tanager | Piranga écarlate | Piranga olivacea |
| **Northern Cardinal | Cardinal rouge | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| **Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Cardinal à poitrine rose | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| **Indigo Bunting | Passerin indigo | Passerina cyanea |