Québec Breeding Bird Atlas

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Robert, M., M.-H. Hachey, D. Lepage and A.R. Couturier (editors). 2019. Second Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Southern Québec. Regroupement QuébecOiseaux, Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment and Climate Change Canada) and Bird Studies Canada, Montréal, xxv + 694 p. Downloaded on 15 January 2024 https://www.atlas-oiseaux.qc.ca/telechargement_en.jsp

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Toussaint, D. 2019. « American Robin », p. 436-437 in Second Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Southern Québec. Regroupement (M. Robert, M.-H. Hachey, D. Lepage and A.R. Couturier, eds.). Regroupement QuébecOiseaux, Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment and Climate Change Canada) and Bird Studies Canada, Montréal, xxv + 694 p. Downloaded on 15 January 2024 https://www.atlas-oiseaux.qc.ca/telechargement_en.jsp

Chapters and Species Accounts:

Front cover
Study area
Title page	p. i
Cataloguing and credits	p. ii
Dedication	p. iii
Table of contents	p. v
About the editors	p. vii
A message from the publishers	p. ix
Preface	p. xi-xii
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv-xxv

Chapter 1: Introduction	p. xxvi-005
Chapter 2: Methods	p. 006-019
Chapter 3: Summary of results	p. 020-033
Chapter 4: Changes in habitat and distribution of breeding birds between the two atlases	p. 034-055
Chapter 5: Nesting phenology of birds in Québec	p. 056-069
Chapter 6: Beyond the atlas maps	p. 070-079
Chapter 7: Reading and interpreting the species accounts	p. 080-087
How to read the species accounts	p. 088-089

Species Accounts (title page)	p. 90-91
Snow Goose	p. 92-93
Canada Goose	p. 94-95
Trumpeter Swan	p. 96-97
Wood Duck	p. 98-99
Blue-winged Teal	p. 100-101
Northern Shoveler	p. 102-103
Gadwall	p. 104-105
American Wigeon	p. 106-107
Mallard	p. 108-109
Mallard × American Black Duck	p. 110-111
American Black Duck	p. 112-113
Northern Pintail	p. 114-115
Green-winged Teal	p. 116-117
Redhead	p. 118-119
Ring-necked Duck	p. 120-121
Greater Scaup	p. 122-123
Lesser Scaup	p. 124-125
Common Eider	p. 126-127
Harlequin Duck	p. 128-129
Surf Scoter	p. 130-131
Bufflehead	p. 132-133
Common Goldeneye	p. 134-135
Barrow's Goldeneye	p. 136-137
Hooded Merganser	p. 138-139
Common Merganser	p. 140-141
Red-breasted Merganser	p. 142-143
Ruddy Duck	p. 144-145
Gray Partridge	p. 146-147
Ring-necked Pheasant	p. 148-149
Ruffed Grouse	p. 150-151
Spruce Grouse	p. 152-153
Willow Ptarmigan	p. 154-155
Sharp-tailed Grouse	p. 156-157
Wild Turkey	p. 158-159
Pied-billed Grebe	p. 160-161
Horned Grebe	p. 162-163
Red-necked Grebe	p. 164-165
Rock Pigeon	p. 166-167
Eurasian Collared-Dove	p. 168-169
Mourning Dove	p. 170-171
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	p. 172-173
Black-billed Cuckoo	p. 174-175
Common Nighthawk	p. 176-177
Eastern Whip-poor-will	p. 178-179
Chimney Swift	p. 180-181
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	p. 182-183
Yellow Rail	p. 184-185
Virginia Rail	p. 186-187
Sora	p. 188-189
Common Gallinule	p. 190-191
American Coot	p. 192-193
Sandhill Crane	p. 194-195
Semipalmated Plover	p. 196-197
Piping Plover	p. 198-199
Killdeer	p. 200-201
Upland Sandpiper	p. 202-203
Least Sandpiper	p. 204-205
Short-billed Dowitcher	p. 206-207
American Woodcock	p. 208-209
Wilson's Snipe	p. 210-211
Spotted Sandpiper	p. 212-213
Solitary Sandpiper	p. 214-215
Willet	p. 216-217
Greater Yellowlegs	p. 218-219
Wilson's Phalarope	p. 220-221
Common Murre	p. 222-223
Thick-billed Murre	p. 224-225
Razorbill	p. 226-227
Black Guillemot	p. 228-229
Atlantic Puffin	p. 230-231
Black-legged Kittiwake	p. 232-233
Bonaparte's Gull	p. 234-235
Black-headed Gull	p. 236-237
Ring-billed Gull	p. 238-239
Herring Gull	p. 240-241
Great Black-backed Gull	p. 242-243
Caspian Tern	p. 244-245
Black Tern	p. 246-247
Roseate Tern	p. 248-249
Common Tern	p. 250-251
Arctic Tern	p. 252-253
Red-throated Loon	p. 254-255
Common Loon	p. 256-257
Leach's Storm-Petrel	p. 258-259
Northern Gannet	p. 260-261
Double-crested Cormorant	p. 262-263
Great Cormorant	p. 264-265
American Bittern	p. 266-267
Least Bittern	p. 268-269
Great Blue Heron	p. 270-271
Great Egret	p. 272-273
Green Heron	p. 274-275
Black-crowned Night-Heron	p. 276-277
Turkey Vulture	p. 278-279
Osprey	p. 280-281
Golden Eagle	p. 282-283
Northern Harrier	p. 284-285
Sharp-shinned Hawk	p. 286-287
Cooper's Hawk	p. 288-289
Northern Goshawk	p. 290-291
Bald Eagle	p. 292-293
Red-shouldered Hawk	p. 294-295
Broad-winged Hawk	p. 296-297
Red-tailed Hawk	p. 298-299
Eastern Screech-Owl	p. 300-301
Great Horned Owl	p. 302-303
Northern Hawk Owl	p. 304-305
Barred Owl	p. 306-307
Great Gray Owl	p. 308-309
Long-eared Owl	p. 310-311
Short-eared Owl	p. 312-313
Boreal Owl	p. 314-315
Northern Saw-whet Owl	p. 316-317
Belted Kingfisher	p. 318-319
Red-headed Woodpecker	p. 320-321
Red-bellied Woodpecker	p. 322-323
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	p. 324-325
American Three-toed Woodpecker	p. 326-327
Black-backed Woodpecker	p. 328-329
Downy Woodpecker	p. 330-331
Hairy Woodpecker	p. 332-333
Northern Flicker	p. 334-335
Pileated Woodpecker	p. 336-337
American Kestrel	p. 338-339
Merlin	p. 340-341
Peregrine Falcon	p. 342-343
Great Crested Flycatcher	p. 344-345
Eastern Kingbird	p. 346-347
Olive-sided Flycatcher	p. 348-349
Eastern Wood-Pewee	p. 350-351
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	p. 352-353
Alder Flycatcher	p. 354-355
Willow Flycatcher	p. 356-357
Least Flycatcher	p. 358-359
Eastern Phoebe	p. 360-361
Loggerhead Shrike	p. 362-363
Yellow-throated Vireo	p. 364-365
Blue-headed Vireo	p. 366-367
Philadelphia Vireo	p. 368-369
Warbling Vireo	p. 370-371
Red-eyed Vireo	p. 372-373
Canada Jay	p. 374-375
Blue Jay	p. 376-377
American Crow	p. 378-379
Common Raven	p. 380-381
Horned Lark	p. 382-383
Purple Martin	p. 384-385
Tree Swallow	p. 386-387
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	p. 388-389
Bank Swallow	p. 390-391
Cliff Swallow	p. 392-393
Barn Swallow	p. 394-395
Black-capped Chickadee	p. 396-397
Boreal Chickadee	p. 398-399
Tufted Titmouse	p. 400-401
Red-breasted Nuthatch	p. 402-403
White-breasted Nuthatch	p. 404-405
Brown Creeper	p. 406-407
House Wren	p. 408-409
Winter Wren	p. 410-411
Sedge Wren	p. 412-413
Marsh Wren	p. 414-415
Carolina Wren	p. 416-417
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	p. 418-419
Golden-crowned Kinglet	p. 420-421
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	p. 422-423
Eastern Bluebird	p. 424-425
Veery	p. 426-427
Bicknell's Thrush	p. 428-429
Swainson's Thrush	p. 430-431
Hermit Thrush	p. 432-433
Wood Thrush	p. 434-435
American Robin	p. 436-437
Gray Catbird	p. 438-439
Brown Thrasher	p. 440-441
Northern Mockingbird	p. 442-443
European Starling	p. 444-445
Bohemian Waxwing	p. 446-447
Cedar Waxwing	p. 448-449
House Sparrow	p. 450-451
American Pipit	p. 452-453
Evening Grosbeak	p. 454-455
Pine Grosbeak	p. 456-457
House Finch	p. 458-459
Purple Finch	p. 460-461
Common Redpoll	p. 462-463
Red Crossbill	p. 464-465
White-winged Crossbill	p. 466-467
Pine Siskin	p. 468-469
American Goldfinch	p. 470-471
Eastern Towhee	p. 472-473
Chipping Sparrow	p. 474-475
Clay-colored Sparrow	p. 476-477
Field Sparrow	p. 478-479
Vesper Sparrow	p. 480-481
Savannah Sparrow	p. 482-483
Grasshopper Sparrow	p. 484-485
LeConte's Sparrow	p. 486-487
Nelson's Sparrow	p. 488-489
Fox Sparrow	p. 490-491
Song Sparrow	p. 492-493
Lincoln's Sparrow	p. 494-495
Swamp Sparrow	p. 496-497
White-throated Sparrow	p. 498-499
White-crowned Sparrow	p. 500-501
Dark-eyed Junco	p. 502-503
Bobolink	p. 504-505
Eastern Meadowlark	p. 506-507
Orchard Oriole	p. 508-509
Baltimore Oriole	p. 510-511
Red-winged Blackbird	p. 512-513
Brown-headed Cowbird	p. 514-515
Rusty Blackbird	p. 516-517
Common Grackle	p. 518-519
Ovenbird	p. 520-521
Louisiana Waterthrush	p. 522-523
Northern Waterthrush	p. 524-525
Golden-winged Warbler	p. 526-527
Golden-winged Warbler × Blue-winged Warbler	p. 528-529
Blue-winged Warbler	p. 530-531
Black-and-white Warbler	p. 532-533
Tennessee Warbler	p. 534-535
Orange-crowned Warbler	p. 536-537
Nashville Warbler	p. 538-539
Connecticut Warbler	p. 540-541
Mourning Warbler	p. 542-543
Common Yellowthroat	p. 544-543
American Redstart	p. 546-547
Cape May Warbler	p. 548-549
Cerulean Warbler	p. 550-551
Northern Parula	p. 552-553
Magnolia Warbler	p. 554-555
Bay-breasted Warbler	p. 556-557
Blackburnian Warbler	p. 558-559
Yellow Warbler	p. 560-561
Chestnut-sided Warbler	p. 562-563
Blackpoll Warbler	p. 564-565
Black-throated Blue Warbler	p. 566-567
Palm Warbler	p. 568-569
Pine Warbler	p. 570-571
Yellow-rumped Warbler	p. 572-573
Black-throated Green Warbler	p. 574-575
Canada Warbler	p. 576-577
Wilson's Warbler	p. 578-579
Scarlet Tanager	p. 580-581
Northern Cardinal	p. 582-583
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	p. 584-585
Indigo Bunting	p. 586-587
Mute Swan	p. 588
Canvasback and Acadian Flycatcher	p. 589
Western Meadowlark and Dickcissel	p. 590

Appendix 1 : Calendar of nesting chronology	p. 592-604
Appendix 2 : Status summary: methodology	p. 605-608
Appendix 3 : BBS results (1990–2014)	p. 611-634
Appendix 4 : Common and scientific names of animals and plants referred to in text	p. 637-640
Glossary	p. 643-653
References	p. 655-689
Index of species accounts	p. 691-694
Ecological regions of North America
Other maps
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