Birds protected in Canada
Search list of migratory birds protected in Canada
This is a partial list of migratory birds protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. The Act prevails when determining whether a species or bird is protected in Canada.
English Name | French Name | Family Name | Scientific Name |
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Acadian Flycatcher |
Moucherolle vert |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax virescens |
Alder Flycatcher |
Moucherolle des aulnes |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax alnorum |
American Avocet |
Avocette d'Amérique |
Recurvirostridae |
Recurvirostra americana |
American Bittern |
Butor d'Amérique |
Ardeidae |
Botaurus lentiginosus |
American Black Duck |
Canard noir |
Anatidae |
Anas rubripes |
American Coot |
Foulque d'Amérique |
Rallidae |
Fulica americana |
American Dipper |
Cincle d'Amérique |
Cinclidae |
Cinclus mexicanus |
American Golden-Plover |
Pluvier bronzé |
Charadriidae |
Pluvialis dominica |
American Goldfinch |
Chardonneret jaune |
Fringillidae |
Spinus tristis |
American Pipit |
Pipit d'Amérique |
Motacillidae |
Anthus rubescens |
American Redstart |
Paruline flamboyante |
Parulidae |
Setophaga ruticilla |
American Robin |
Merle d'Amérique |
Turdidae |
Turdus migratorius |
American Three-toed Woodpecker |
Pic à dos rayé |
Picidae |
Picoides dorsalis |
American Tree Sparrow |
Bruant hudsonien |
Passerellidae |
Spizelloides arborea |
American Wigeon |
Canard d'Amérique |
Anatidae |
Mareca americana |
American Woodcock |
Bécasse d'Amérique |
Scolopacidae |
Scolopax minor |
Ancient Murrelet |
Guillemot à cou blanc |
Alcidae |
Synthliboramphus antiquus |
Anna's Hummingbird |
Colibri d'Anna |
Trochilidae |
Calypte anna |
Arctic Tern |
Sterne arctique |
Laridae |
Sterna paradisaea |
Atlantic Puffin |
Macareux moine |
Alcidae |
Fratercula arctica |
Baird's Sandpiper |
Bécasseau de Baird |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris bairdii |
Baird's Sparrow |
Bruant de Baird |
Passerellidae |
Centronyx bairdii |
Baltimore Oriole |
Oriole de Baltimore |
Icteridae |
Icterus galbula |
Band-tailed Pigeon |
Pigeon à queue barrée |
Columbidae |
Patagioenas fasciata |
Bank Swallow |
Hirondelle de rivage |
Hirundinidae |
Riparia riparia |
Barn Swallow |
Hirondelle rustique |
Hirundinidae |
Hirundo rustica |
Barrow's Goldeneye |
Garrot d'Islande |
Anatidae |
Bucephala islandica |
Bay-breasted Warbler |
Paruline à poitrine baie |
Parulidae |
Setophaga castanea |
Bermuda Petrel |
Pétrel des Bermudes |
Procellariidae |
Pterodroma cahow |
Bewick's Wren |
Troglodyte de Bewick |
Troglodytidae |
Thryomanes bewickii |
Bicknell's Thrush |
Grive de Bicknell |
Turdidae |
Catharus bicknelli |
Black Guillemot |
Guillemot à miroir |
Alcidae |
Cepphus grylle |
Black Oystercatcher |
Huîtrier de Bachman |
Haematopodidae |
Haematopus bachmani |
Black Scoter |
Macreuse à bec jaune |
Anatidae |
Melanitta americana |
Black Swift |
Martinet sombre |
Apodidae |
Cypseloides niger |
Black Tern |
Guifette noire |
Laridae |
Chlidonias niger |
Black Turnstone |
Tournepierre noir |
Scolopacidae |
Arenaria melanocephala |
Black-and-white Warbler |
Paruline noir et blanc |
Parulidae |
Mniotilta varia |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
Pic à dos noir |
Picidae |
Picoides arcticus |
Black-bellied Plover |
Pluvier argenté |
Charadriidae |
Pluvialis squatarola |
Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coulicou à bec noir |
Cuculidae |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
Blackburnian Warbler |
Paruline à gorge orangée |
Parulidae |
Setophaga fusca |
Black-capped Chickadee |
Mésange à tête noire |
Paridae |
Poecile atricapillus |
Black-chinned Hummingbird |
Colibri à gorge noire |
Trochilidae |
Archilochus alexandri |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Bihoreau gris |
Ardeidae |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Black-footed Albatross |
Albatros à pieds noirs |
Diomedeidae |
Phoebastria nigripes |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
Cardinal à tête noire |
Cardinalidae |
Pheucticus melanocephalus |
Black-headed Gull |
Mouette rieuse |
Laridae |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Black-legged Kittiwake |
Mouette tridactyle |
Laridae |
Rissa tridactyla |
Black-necked Stilt |
Échasse d'Amérique |
Recurvirostridae |
Himantopus mexicanus |
Blackpoll Warbler |
Paruline rayée |
Parulidae |
Setophaga striata |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Paruline bleue |
Parulidae |
Setophaga caerulescens |
Black-throated Gray Warbler |
Paruline grise |
Parulidae |
Setophaga nigrescens |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
Paruline à gorge noire |
Parulidae |
Setophaga virens |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Gobemoucheron gris-bleu |
Polioptilidae |
Polioptila caerulea |
Blue-headed Vireo |
Viréo à tête bleue |
Vireonidae |
Vireo solitarius |
Bluethroat |
Gorgebleue à miroir |
Muscicapidae |
Cyanecula svecica |
Blue-winged Teal |
Sarcelle à ailes bleues |
Anatidae |
Spatula discors |
Blue-winged Warbler |
Paruline à ailes bleues |
Parulidae |
Vermivora cyanoptera |
Bobolink |
Goglu des prés |
Icteridae |
Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
Bohemian Waxwing |
Jaseur boréal |
Bombycillidae |
Bombycilla garrulus |
Bonaparte's Gull |
Mouette de Bonaparte |
Laridae |
Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
Boreal Chickadee |
Mésange à tête brune |
Paridae |
Poecile hudsonicus |
Brambling |
Pinson du Nord |
Fringillidae |
Fringilla montifringilla |
Brant |
Bernache cravant |
Anatidae |
Branta bernicla |
Brewer's Sparrow |
Bruant de Brewer |
Passerellidae |
Spizella breweri |
Brown Creeper |
Grimpereau brun |
Certhiidae |
Certhia americana |
Brown Thrasher |
Moqueur roux |
Mimidae |
Toxostoma rufum |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
Bécasseau roussâtre |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris subruficollis |
Bufflehead |
Petit Garrot |
Anatidae |
Bucephala albeola |
Buller's Shearwater |
Puffin de Buller |
Procellariidae |
Ardenna bulleri |
Bullock's Oriole |
Oriole de Bullock |
Icteridae |
Icterus bullockii |
Bushtit |
Orite buissonnière |
Aegithalidae |
Psaltriparus minimus |
Cackling Goose |
Bernache de Hutchins |
Anatidae |
Branta hutchinsii |
California Gull |
Goéland de Californie |
Laridae |
Larus californicus |
Calliope Hummingbird |
Colibri calliope |
Trochilidae |
Selasphorus calliope |
Canada Goose |
Bernache du Canada |
Anatidae |
Branta canadensis |
Canada Warbler |
Paruline du Canada |
Parulidae |
Cardellina canadensis |
Canvasback |
Fuligule à dos blanc |
Anatidae |
Aythya valisineria |
Canyon Wren |
Troglodyte des canyons |
Troglodytidae |
Catherpes mexicanus |
Cape May Warbler |
Paruline tigrée |
Parulidae |
Setophaga tigrina |
Carolina Wren |
Troglodyte de Caroline |
Troglodytidae |
Thryothorus ludovicianus |
Caspian Tern |
Sterne caspienne |
Laridae |
Hydroprogne caspia |
Cassin's Auklet |
Starique de Cassin |
Alcidae |
Ptychoramphus aleuticus |
Cassin's Finch |
Roselin de Cassin |
Fringillidae |
Haemorhous cassinii |
Cassin's Vireo |
Viréo de Cassin |
Vireonidae |
Vireo cassinii |
Cattle Egret |
Héron garde-boeufs |
Ardeidae |
Bubulcus ibis |
Cedar Waxwing |
Jaseur d'Amérique |
Bombycillidae |
Bombycilla cedrorum |
Cerulean Warbler |
Paruline azurée |
Parulidae |
Setophaga cerulea |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
Mésange à dos marron |
Paridae |
Poecile rufescens |
Chestnut-collared Longspur |
Plectrophane à ventre noir |
Calcariidae |
Calcarius ornatus |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Paruline à flancs marron |
Parulidae |
Setophaga pensylvanica |
Chimney Swift |
Martinet ramoneur |
Apodidae |
Chaetura pelagica |
Chipping Sparrow |
Bruant familier |
Passerellidae |
Spizella passerina |
Cinnamon Teal |
Sarcelle cannelle |
Anatidae |
Spatula cyanoptera |
Clark's Grebe |
Grèbe à face blanche |
Podicipedidae |
Aechmophorus clarkii |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
Bruant des plaines |
Passerellidae |
Spizella pallida |
Cliff Swallow |
Hirondelle à front blanc |
Hirundinidae |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Common Eider |
Eider à duvet |
Anatidae |
Somateria mollissima |
Common Gallinule |
Gallinule d'Amérique |
Rallidae |
Gallinula galeata |
Common Goldeneye |
Garrot à oeil d'or |
Anatidae |
Bucephala clangula |
Common Gull |
Goéland cendré |
Laridae |
Larus canus |
Common Loon |
Plongeon huard |
Gaviidae |
Gavia immer |
Common Merganser |
Grand Harle |
Anatidae |
Mergus merganser |
Common Murre |
Guillemot marmette |
Alcidae |
Uria aalge |
Common Nighthawk |
Engoulevent d'Amérique |
Caprimulgidae |
Chordeiles minor |
Common Poorwill |
Engoulevent de Nuttall |
Caprimulgidae |
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii |
Common Redpoll |
Sizerin flammé |
Fringillidae |
Acanthis flammea |
Common Ringed Plover |
Pluvier grand-gravelot |
Charadriidae |
Charadrius hiaticula |
Common Tern |
Sterne pierregarin |
Laridae |
Sterna hirundo |
Common Yellowthroat |
Paruline masquée |
Parulidae |
Geothlypis trichas |
Connecticut Warbler |
Paruline à gorge grise |
Parulidae |
Oporornis agilis |
Cory's Shearwater |
Puffin cendré |
Procellariidae |
Calonectris diomedea |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Junco ardoisé |
Passerellidae |
Junco hyemalis |
Dickcissel |
Dickcissel d'Amérique |
Cardinalidae |
Spiza americana |
Dovekie |
Mergule nain |
Alcidae |
Alle alle |
Downy Woodpecker |
Pic mineur |
Picidae |
Dryobates pubescens |
Dunlin |
Bécasseau variable |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris alpina |
Dusky Flycatcher |
Moucherolle sombre |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax oberholseri |
Eared Grebe |
Grèbe à cou noir |
Podicipedidae |
Podiceps nigricollis |
Eastern Bluebird |
Merlebleu de l'Est |
Turdidae |
Sialia sialis |
Eastern Kingbird |
Tyran tritri |
Tyrannidae |
Tyrannus tyrannus |
Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnelle des prés |
Icteridae |
Sturnella magna |
Eastern Phoebe |
Moucherolle phébi |
Tyrannidae |
Sayornis phoebe |
Eastern Towhee |
Tohi à flancs roux |
Passerellidae |
Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
Eastern Whip-poor-will |
Engoulevent bois-pourri |
Caprimulgidae |
Antrostomus vociferus |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Pioui de l'Est |
Tyrannidae |
Contopus virens |
Eastern Yellow Wagtail |
Bergeronnette de Béringie |
Motacillidae |
Motacilla tschutschensis |
Eskimo Curlew |
Courlis esquimau |
Scolopacidae |
Numenius borealis |
Eurasian Collared-Dove |
Tourterelle turque |
Columbidae |
Streptopelia decaocto |
Eurasian Skylark |
Alouette des champs |
Alaudidae |
Alauda arvensis |
Eurasian Wigeon |
Canard siffleur |
Anatidae |
Mareca penelope |
Evening Grosbeak |
Gros-bec errant |
Fringillidae |
Coccothraustes vespertinus |
Field Sparrow |
Bruant des champs |
Passerellidae |
Spizella pusilla |
Flesh-footed Shearwater |
Puffin à pieds pâles |
Procellariidae |
Ardenna carneipes |
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel |
Océanite à queue fourchue |
Hydrobatidae |
Hydrobates furcatus |
Forster's Tern |
Sterne de Forster |
Laridae |
Sterna forsteri |
Fox Sparrow |
Bruant fauve |
Passerellidae |
Passerella iliaca |
Franklin's Gull |
Mouette de Franklin |
Laridae |
Leucophaeus pipixcan |
Gadwall |
Canard chipeau |
Anatidae |
Mareca strepera |
Glaucous Gull |
Goéland bourgmestre |
Laridae |
Larus hyperboreus |
Glaucous-winged Gull |
Goéland à ailes grises |
Laridae |
Larus glaucescens |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Roitelet à couronne dorée |
Regulidae |
Regulus satrapa |
Golden-crowned Sparrow |
Bruant à couronne dorée |
Passerellidae |
Zonotrichia atricapilla |
Golden-winged Warbler |
Paruline à ailes dorées |
Parulidae |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
Bruant sauterelle |
Passerellidae |
Ammodramus savannarum |
Gray Catbird |
Moqueur chat |
Mimidae |
Dumetella carolinensis |
Gray Flycatcher |
Moucherolle gris |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax wrightii |
Gray-cheeked Thrush |
Grive à joues grises |
Turdidae |
Catharus minimus |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
Roselin à tête grise |
Fringillidae |
Leucosticte tephrocotis |
Gray-headed Chickadee |
Mésange lapone |
Paridae |
Poecile cinctus |
Great Black-backed Gull |
Goéland marin |
Laridae |
Larus marinus |
Great Blue Heron |
Grand Héron |
Ardeidae |
Ardea herodias |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
Tyran huppé |
Tyrannidae |
Myiarchus crinitus |
Great Egret |
Grande Aigrette |
Ardeidae |
Ardea alba |
Great Shearwater |
Puffin majeur |
Procellariidae |
Ardenna gravis |
Great Skua |
Grand Labbe |
Stercorariidae |
Stercorarius skua |
Greater Scaup |
Fuligule milouinan |
Anatidae |
Aythya marila |
Greater White-fronted Goose |
Oie rieuse |
Anatidae |
Anser albifrons |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Grand Chevalier |
Scolopacidae |
Tringa melanoleuca |
Green Heron |
Héron vert |
Ardeidae |
Butorides virescens |
Green-winged Teal |
Sarcelle d'hiver |
Anatidae |
Anas crecca |
Hairy Woodpecker |
Pic chevelu |
Picidae |
Dryobates villosus |
Hammond's Flycatcher |
Moucherolle de Hammond |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax hammondii |
Harlequin Duck |
Arlequin plongeur |
Anatidae |
Histrionicus histrionicus |
Harris's Sparrow |
Bruant à face noire |
Passerellidae |
Zonotrichia querula |
Heermann's Gull |
Goéland de Heermann |
Laridae |
Larus heermanni |
Henslow's Sparrow |
Bruant de Henslow |
Passerellidae |
Centronyx henslowii |
Hermit Thrush |
Grive solitaire |
Turdidae |
Catharus guttatus |
Herring Gull |
Goéland argenté |
Laridae |
Larus argentatus |
Hoary Redpoll |
Sizerin blanchâtre |
Fringillidae |
Acanthis hornemanni |
Hooded Merganser |
Harle couronné |
Anatidae |
Lophodytes cucullatus |
Hooded Warbler |
Paruline à capuchon |
Parulidae |
Setophaga citrina |
Horned Grebe |
Grèbe esclavon |
Podicipedidae |
Podiceps auritus |
Horned Lark |
Alouette hausse-col |
Alaudidae |
Eremophila alpestris |
Horned Puffin |
Macareux cornu |
Alcidae |
Fratercula corniculata |
House Finch |
Roselin familier |
Fringillidae |
Haemorhous mexicanus |
House Wren |
Troglodyte familier |
Troglodytidae |
Troglodytes aedon |
Hudsonian Godwit |
Barge hudsonienne |
Scolopacidae |
Limosa haemastica |
Hutton's Vireo |
Viréo de Hutton |
Vireonidae |
Vireo huttoni |
Iceland Gull |
Goéland arctique |
Laridae |
Larus glaucoides |
Indigo Bunting |
Passerin indigo |
Cardinalidae |
Passerina cyanea |
Ivory Gull |
Mouette blanche |
Laridae |
Pagophila eburnea |
Kentucky Warbler |
Paruline du Kentucky |
Parulidae |
Geothlypis formosa |
Killdeer |
Pluvier kildir |
Charadriidae |
Charadrius vociferus |
King Eider |
Eider à tête grise |
Anatidae |
Somateria spectabilis |
King Rail |
Râle élégant |
Rallidae |
Rallus elegans |
Kirtland's Warbler |
Paruline de Kirtland |
Parulidae |
Setophaga kirtlandii |
Lapland Longspur |
Plectrophane lapon |
Calcariidae |
Calcarius lapponicus |
Lark Bunting |
Bruant noir et blanc |
Passerellidae |
Calamospiza melanocorys |
Lark Sparrow |
Bruant à joues marron |
Passerellidae |
Chondestes grammacus |
Laysan Albatross |
Albatros de Laysan |
Diomedeidae |
Phoebastria immutabilis |
Lazuli Bunting |
Passerin azuré |
Cardinalidae |
Passerina amoena |
Leach's Storm-Petrel |
Océanite cul-blanc |
Hydrobatidae |
Hydrobates leucorhous |
Least Bittern |
Petit Blongios |
Ardeidae |
Ixobrychus exilis |
Least Flycatcher |
Moucherolle tchébec |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax minimus |
Least Sandpiper |
Bécasseau minuscule |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris minutilla |
LeConte's Sparrow |
Bruant de LeConte |
Passerellidae |
Ammospiza leconteii |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Goéland brun |
Laridae |
Larus fuscus |
Lesser Scaup |
Petit Fuligule |
Anatidae |
Aythya affinis |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Petit Chevalier |
Scolopacidae |
Tringa flavipes |
Lewis's Woodpecker |
Pic de Lewis |
Picidae |
Melanerpes lewis |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
Bruant de Lincoln |
Passerellidae |
Melospiza lincolnii |
Little Gull |
Mouette pygmée |
Laridae |
Hydrocoloeus minutus |
Loggerhead Shrike |
Pie-grièche migratrice |
Laniidae |
Lanius ludovicianus |
Long-billed Curlew |
Courlis à long bec |
Scolopacidae |
Numenius americanus |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
Bécassin à long bec |
Scolopacidae |
Limnodromus scolopaceus |
Long-tailed Duck |
Harelde kakawi |
Anatidae |
Clangula hyemalis |
Long-tailed Jaeger |
Labbe à longue queue |
Stercorariidae |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Paruline hochequeue |
Parulidae |
Parkesia motacilla |
MacGillivray's Warbler |
Paruline des buissons |
Parulidae |
Geothlypis tolmiei |
Magnolia Warbler |
Paruline à tête cendrée |
Parulidae |
Setophaga magnolia |
Mallard |
Canard colvert |
Anatidae |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Manx Shearwater |
Puffin des Anglais |
Procellariidae |
Puffinus puffinus |
Marbled Godwit |
Barge marbrée |
Scolopacidae |
Limosa fedoa |
Marbled Murrelet |
Guillemot marbré |
Alcidae |
Brachyramphus marmoratus |
Marsh Wren |
Troglodyte des marais |
Troglodytidae |
Cistothorus palustris |
Mottled Petrel |
Pétrel maculé |
Procellariidae |
Pterodroma inexpectata |
Mountain Bluebird |
Merlebleu azuré |
Turdidae |
Sialia currucoides |
Mountain Chickadee |
Mésange de Gambel |
Paridae |
Poecile gambeli |
Mountain Plover |
Pluvier montagnard |
Charadriidae |
Charadrius montanus |
Mourning Dove |
Tourterelle triste |
Columbidae |
Zenaida macroura |
Mourning Warbler |
Paruline triste |
Parulidae |
Geothlypis philadelphia |
Murphy's Petrel |
Pétrel de Murphy |
Procellariidae |
Pterodroma ultima |
Mute Swan |
Cygne tuberculé |
Anatidae |
Cygnus olor |
Nashville Warbler |
Paruline à joues grises |
Parulidae |
Leiothlypis ruficapilla |
Nelson's Sparrow |
Bruant de Nelson |
Passerellidae |
Ammospiza nelsoni |
Northern Cardinal |
Cardinal rouge |
Cardinalidae |
Cardinalis cardinalis |
Northern Flicker |
Pic flamboyant |
Picidae |
Colaptes auratus |
Northern Fulmar |
Fulmar boréal |
Procellariidae |
Fulmarus glacialis |
Northern Gannet |
Fou de Bassan |
Sulidae |
Morus bassanus |
Northern Mockingbird |
Moqueur polyglotte |
Mimidae |
Mimus polyglottos |
Northern Parula |
Paruline à collier |
Parulidae |
Setophaga americana |
Northern Pintail |
Canard pilet |
Anatidae |
Anas acuta |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Hirondelle à ailes hérissées |
Hirundinidae |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Northern Shoveler |
Canard souchet |
Anatidae |
Spatula clypeata |
Northern Shrike |
Pie-grièche boréale |
Laniidae |
Lanius borealis |
Northern Waterthrush |
Paruline des ruisseaux |
Parulidae |
Parkesia noveboracensis |
Northern Wheatear |
Traquet motteux |
Muscicapidae |
Oenanthe oenanthe |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Moucherolle à côtés olive |
Tyrannidae |
Contopus cooperi |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
Paruline verdâtre |
Parulidae |
Leiothlypis celata |
Orchard Oriole |
Oriole des vergers |
Icteridae |
Icterus spurius |
Ovenbird |
Paruline couronnée |
Parulidae |
Seiurus aurocapilla |
Pacific Golden-Plover |
Pluvier fauve |
Charadriidae |
Pluvialis fulva |
Pacific Loon |
Plongeon du Pacifique |
Gaviidae |
Gavia pacifica |
Pacific Wren |
Troglodyte de Baird |
Troglodytidae |
Troglodytes pacificus |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher |
Moucherolle côtier |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax difficilis |
Palm Warbler |
Paruline à couronne rousse |
Parulidae |
Setophaga palmarum |
Parakeet Auklet |
Starique perroquet |
Alcidae |
Aethia psittacula |
Parasitic Jaeger |
Labbe parasite |
Stercorariidae |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris melanotos |
Philadelphia Vireo |
Viréo de Philadelphie |
Vireonidae |
Vireo philadelphicus |
Pied-billed Grebe |
Grèbe à bec bigarré |
Podicipedidae |
Podilymbus podiceps |
Pigeon Guillemot |
Guillemot colombin |
Alcidae |
Cepphus columba |
Pileated Woodpecker |
Grand Pic |
Picidae |
Dryocopus pileatus |
Pine Grosbeak |
Durbec des sapins |
Fringillidae |
Pinicola enucleator |
Pine Siskin |
Tarin des pins |
Fringillidae |
Spinus pinus |
Pine Warbler |
Paruline des pins |
Parulidae |
Setophaga pinus |
Pink-footed Shearwater |
Puffin à pieds roses |
Procellariidae |
Ardenna creatopus |
Piping Plover |
Pluvier siffleur |
Charadriidae |
Charadrius melodus |
Pomarine Jaeger |
Labbe pomarin |
Stercorariidae |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Prairie Warbler |
Paruline des prés |
Parulidae |
Setophaga discolor |
Prothonotary Warbler |
Paruline orangée |
Parulidae |
Protonotaria citrea |
Purple Finch |
Roselin pourpré |
Fringillidae |
Haemorhous purpureus |
Purple Martin |
Hirondelle noire |
Hirundinidae |
Progne subis |
Purple Sandpiper |
Bécasseau violet |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris maritima |
Pygmy Nuthatch |
Sittelle pygmée |
Sittidae |
Sitta pygmaea |
Razorbill |
Petit Pingouin |
Alcidae |
Alca torda |
Red Crossbill |
Bec-croisé des sapins |
Fringillidae |
Loxia curvirostra |
Red Knot |
Bécasseau maubèche |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris canutus |
Red Phalarope |
Phalarope à bec large |
Scolopacidae |
Phalaropus fulicarius |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Pic à ventre roux |
Picidae |
Melanerpes carolinus |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Harle huppé |
Anatidae |
Mergus serrator |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
Sittelle à poitrine rousse |
Sittidae |
Sitta canadensis |
Red-breasted Sapsucker |
Pic à poitrine rouge |
Picidae |
Sphyrapicus ruber |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Viréo aux yeux rouges |
Vireonidae |
Vireo olivaceus |
Redhead |
Fuligule à tête rouge |
Anatidae |
Aythya americana |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
Pic à tête rouge |
Picidae |
Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
Red-naped Sapsucker |
Pic à nuque rouge |
Picidae |
Sphyrapicus nuchalis |
Red-necked Grebe |
Grèbe jougris |
Podicipedidae |
Podiceps grisegena |
Red-necked Phalarope |
Phalarope à bec étroit |
Scolopacidae |
Phalaropus lobatus |
Red-throated Loon |
Plongeon catmarin |
Gaviidae |
Gavia stellata |
Rhinoceros Auklet |
Macareux rhinocéros |
Alcidae |
Cerorhinca monocerata |
Ring-billed Gull |
Goéland à bec cerclé |
Laridae |
Larus delawarensis |
Ring-necked Duck |
Fuligule à collier |
Anatidae |
Aythya collaris |
Rock Sandpiper |
Bécasseau des Aléoutiennes |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris ptilocnemis |
Rock Wren |
Troglodyte des rochers |
Troglodytidae |
Salpinctes obsoletus |
Roseate Tern |
Sterne de Dougall |
Laridae |
Sterna dougallii |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Cardinal à poitrine rose |
Cardinalidae |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
Ross's Goose |
Oie de Ross |
Anatidae |
Anser rossii |
Ross's Gull |
Mouette rosée |
Laridae |
Rhodostethia rosea |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Roitelet à couronne rubis |
Regulidae |
Corthylio calendula |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Colibri à gorge rubis |
Trochilidae |
Archilochus colubris |
Ruddy Duck |
Érismature rousse |
Anatidae |
Oxyura jamaicensis |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Tournepierre à collier |
Scolopacidae |
Arenaria interpres |
Rufous Hummingbird |
Colibri roux |
Trochilidae |
Selasphorus rufus |
Sabine's Gull |
Mouette de Sabine |
Laridae |
Xema sabini |
Sage Thrasher |
Moqueur des armoises |
Mimidae |
Oreoscoptes montanus |
Sanderling |
Bécasseau sanderling |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris alba |
Sandhill Crane |
Grue du Canada |
Gruidae |
Antigone canadensis |
Savannah Sparrow |
Bruant des prés |
Passerellidae |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
Say's Phoebe |
Moucherolle à ventre roux |
Tyrannidae |
Sayornis saya |
Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga écarlate |
Cardinalidae |
Piranga olivacea |
Scripps's Murrelet |
Guillemot de Scripps |
Alcidae |
Synthliboramphus scrippsi |
Sedge Wren |
Troglodyte à bec court |
Troglodytidae |
Cistothorus stellaris |
Semipalmated Plover |
Pluvier semipalmé |
Charadriidae |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Bécasseau semipalmé |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris pusilla |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Bécasseau à queue pointue |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris acuminata |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
Bécassin roux |
Scolopacidae |
Limnodromus griseus |
Short-tailed Albatross |
Albatros à queue courte |
Diomedeidae |
Phoebastria albatrus |
Short-tailed Shearwater |
Puffin à bec grêle |
Procellariidae |
Ardenna tenuirostris |
Smith's Longspur |
Plectrophane de Smith |
Calcariidae |
Calcarius pictus |
Snow Bunting |
Plectrophane des neiges |
Calcariidae |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
Snow Goose |
Oie des neiges |
Anatidae |
Anser caerulescens |
Snowy Egret |
Aigrette neigeuse |
Ardeidae |
Egretta thula |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Chevalier solitaire |
Scolopacidae |
Tringa solitaria |
Song Sparrow |
Bruant chanteur |
Passerellidae |
Melospiza melodia |
Sooty Shearwater |
Puffin fuligineux |
Procellariidae |
Ardenna grisea |
Sora |
Marouette de Caroline |
Rallidae |
Porzana carolina |
South Polar Skua |
Labbe de McCormick |
Stercorariidae |
Stercorarius maccormicki |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Chevalier grivelé |
Scolopacidae |
Actitis macularius |
Spotted Towhee |
Tohi tacheté |
Passerellidae |
Pipilo maculatus |
Sprague's Pipit |
Pipit de Sprague |
Motacillidae |
Anthus spragueii |
Stilt Sandpiper |
Bécasseau à échasses |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris himantopus |
Summer Tanager |
Piranga vermillon |
Cardinalidae |
Piranga rubra |
Surf Scoter |
Macreuse à front blanc |
Anatidae |
Melanitta perspicillata |
Surfbird |
Bécasseau du ressac |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris virgata |
Swainson's Thrush |
Grive à dos olive |
Turdidae |
Catharus ustulatus |
Swamp Sparrow |
Bruant des marais |
Passerellidae |
Melospiza georgiana |
Tennessee Warbler |
Paruline obscure |
Parulidae |
Leiothlypis peregrina |
Thick-billed Longspur |
Plectrophane de McCown |
Calcariidae |
Rhynchophanes mccownii |
Thick-billed Murre |
Guillemot de Brünnich |
Alcidae |
Uria lomvia |
Townsend's Solitaire |
Solitaire de Townsend |
Turdidae |
Myadestes townsendi |
Townsend's Warbler |
Paruline de Townsend |
Parulidae |
Setophaga townsendi |
Tree Swallow |
Hirondelle bicolore |
Hirundinidae |
Tachycineta bicolor |
Trumpeter Swan |
Cygne trompette |
Anatidae |
Cygnus buccinator |
Tufted Puffin |
Macareux huppé |
Alcidae |
Fratercula cirrhata |
Tufted Titmouse |
Mésange bicolore |
Paridae |
Baeolophus bicolor |
Tundra Swan |
Cygne siffleur |
Anatidae |
Cygnus columbianus |
Upland Sandpiper |
Maubèche des champs |
Scolopacidae |
Bartramia longicauda |
Varied Thrush |
Grive à collier |
Turdidae |
Ixoreus naevius |
Vaux's Swift |
Martinet de Vaux |
Apodidae |
Chaetura vauxi |
Veery |
Grive fauve |
Turdidae |
Catharus fuscescens |
Vesper Sparrow |
Bruant vespéral |
Passerellidae |
Pooecetes gramineus |
Violet-green Swallow |
Hirondelle à face blanche |
Hirundinidae |
Tachycineta thalassina |
Virginia Rail |
Râle de Virginie |
Rallidae |
Rallus limicola |
Wandering Tattler |
Chevalier errant |
Scolopacidae |
Tringa incana |
Warbling Vireo |
Viréo mélodieux |
Vireonidae |
Vireo gilvus |
Western Bluebird |
Merlebleu de l'Ouest |
Turdidae |
Sialia mexicana |
Western Grebe |
Grèbe élégant |
Podicipedidae |
Aechmophorus occidentalis |
Western Gull |
Goéland d'Audubon |
Laridae |
Larus occidentalis |
Western Kingbird |
Tyran de l'Ouest |
Tyrannidae |
Tyrannus verticalis |
Western Meadowlark |
Sturnelle de l'Ouest |
Icteridae |
Sturnella neglecta |
Western Sandpiper |
Bécasseau d'Alaska |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris mauri |
Western Tanager |
Piranga à tête rouge |
Cardinalidae |
Piranga ludoviciana |
Western Wood-Pewee |
Pioui de l'Ouest |
Tyrannidae |
Contopus sordidulus |
Whimbrel |
Courlis corlieu |
Scolopacidae |
Numenius phaeopus |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Sittelle à poitrine blanche |
Sittidae |
Sitta carolinensis |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Bruant à couronne blanche |
Passerellidae |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
White-eyed Vireo |
Viréo aux yeux blancs |
Vireonidae |
Vireo griseus |
White-faced Ibis |
Ibis à face blanche |
Threskiornithidae |
Plegadis chihi |
White-headed Woodpecker |
Pic à tête blanche |
Picidae |
Dryobates albolarvatus |
White-rumped Sandpiper |
Bécasseau à croupion blanc |
Scolopacidae |
Calidris fuscicollis |
White-throated Sparrow |
Bruant à gorge blanche |
Passerellidae |
Zonotrichia albicollis |
White-throated Swift |
Martinet à gorge blanche |
Apodidae |
Aeronautes saxatalis |
White-winged Crossbill |
Bec-croisé bifascié |
Fringillidae |
Loxia leucoptera |
White-winged Scoter |
Macreuse à ailes blanches |
Anatidae |
Melanitta deglandi |
Whooping Crane |
Grue blanche |
Gruidae |
Grus americana |
Willet |
Chevalier semipalmé |
Scolopacidae |
Tringa semipalmata |
Williamson's Sapsucker |
Pic de Williamson |
Picidae |
Sphyrapicus thyroideus |
Willow Flycatcher |
Moucherolle des saules |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax traillii |
Wilson's Phalarope |
Phalarope de Wilson |
Scolopacidae |
Phalaropus tricolor |
Wilson's Snipe |
Bécassine de Wilson |
Scolopacidae |
Gallinago delicata |
Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
Océanite de Wilson |
Oceanitidae |
Oceanites oceanicus |
Wilson's Warbler |
Paruline à calotte noire |
Parulidae |
Cardellina pusilla |
Winter Wren |
Troglodyte des forêts |
Troglodytidae |
Troglodytes hiemalis |
Wood Duck |
Canard branchu |
Anatidae |
Aix sponsa |
Wood Thrush |
Grive des bois |
Turdidae |
Hylocichla mustelina |
Worm-eating Warbler |
Paruline vermivore |
Parulidae |
Helmitheros vermivorum |
Yellow Rail |
Râle jaune |
Rallidae |
Coturnicops noveboracensis |
Yellow Warbler |
Paruline jaune |
Parulidae |
Setophaga petechia |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Moucherolle à ventre jaune |
Tyrannidae |
Empidonax flaviventris |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Pic maculé |
Picidae |
Sphyrapicus varius |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Coulicou à bec jaune |
Cuculidae |
Coccyzus americanus |
Yellow-billed Loon |
Plongeon à bec blanc |
Gaviidae |
Gavia adamsii |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Ictérie polyglotte |
Icteriidae |
Icteria virens |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Paruline à croupion jaune |
Parulidae |
Setophaga coronata |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
Viréo à gorge jaune |
Vireonidae |
Vireo flavifrons |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
Paruline à gorge jaune |
Parulidae |
Setophaga dominica |
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Note that this list follows the family taxonomy of the seventh edition of the American Ornithologists’ Union’s Check-list of North American Birds and its supplements up to 2022.
Criteria for protection
Canada protects certain families of birds. This was a pledge made under the Migratory Birds Convention, which was signed by the United Kingdom, on behalf of Canada, and the United States in 1916.
Any migratory bird species that meets all 3 of the following criteria is protected in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994:
- It is referred to in the Article 1 of the convention (as amended in 1995) either:
- directly by species name
- directly by family name
- indirectly by the interpretation of the original convention (including all subspecies and hybrids of species)
- It is native or naturally occurring in Canada:
- a native migratory bird is one that is present entirely as a result of natural biological or ecological processes
- It is known to have regularly occurred in Canada
- note: species that meet criteria 1 and 2 but occur infrequently (such as “accidental” birds) are not on this list, but they are protected under the Act whenever they occur in Canadian territory
In summary, a migratory bird species is protected by the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 if it is named in the convention, is native or naturally occurring in Canada, and is known to regularly occur in Canada.
Three introduced (non-native) species do not meet criterion 2 but are protected for historical reasons:
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor, family Anatidae)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto, family Columbidae)
- Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis, family Alaudidae)
Families included in Article I of the Migratory Birds Convention
These are lists of the families of migratory birds included in the convention and protected by the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994.
1. Migratory game birds Footnote 1 :
- Anatidae, or waterfowl (ducks, geese and swans)
- Gruidae (cranes)
- Rallidae (coots, gallinules and rails)
- Charadriidae (lapwings and plovers)
- Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
- Recurvirostridae (stilts and avocets)
- Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies)
- Columbidae (doves and wild pigeons)
2. Migratory insectivorous birds Footnote 1 :
- Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits and bushtits)
- Alaudidae (larks)
- Apodidae (swifts)
- Bombycillidae (waxwings)
- Calcariidae Footnote 2 (longspurs and buntings)
- Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
- Cardinalidae Footnote 2 (tanagers, cardinals, grosbeaks and buntings)
- Certhiidae (creepers)
- Cinclidae (dippers)
- Cuculidae (cuckoos)
- Fringillidae (cardueline finches)
- Hirundinidae (swallows)
- Icteridae Footnote 3 (bobolinks, meadowlarks, and orioles, but not including Icterid blackbirds and cowbirds, as was clarified in the 1995 Protocol)
- Laniidae (shrikes)
- Mimidae (catbirds, mockingbirds, thrashers, and allies)
- Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- Muscicapidae Footnote 4 (Old World flycatchers)
- Paridae (titmice)
- Parulidae Footnote 2 (wood-warblers)
- Passerellidae (sparrows)
- Picidae (woodpeckers and allies)
- Regulidae Footnote 4 (kinglets)
- Sittidae (nuthatches)
- Polioptilidae Footnote 4 (gnatcatchers)
- Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
- Troglodytidae (wrens)
- Turdidae Footnote 4 (robins and thrushes)
- Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)
- Vireonidae (vireos)
3. Other migratory nongame birds:
- Alcidae (auks, auklets, guillemots, murres, and puffins)
- Ardeidae (bitterns and herons)
- Threskiornithidae (ibises) Footnote 5
- Diomedeidae (albatrosses) Footnote 5
- Oceanitidae (storm-petrels)
- Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)
- Procellariidae (petrels and shearwaters)
- Sulidae (gannet)
- Podicipedidae (grebes)
- Laridae (gulls and terns)
- Stercorariidae (jaegers) Footnote 6
- Gaviidae (loons)
Families not included in Article I of the Migratory Birds Convention
Families of birds that are not included in the convention and therefore not protected by the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994: Footnote 1
- Accipitridae (osprey, kite, eagles, harrier, hawks)
- Alcedinidae (kingfisher)
- Anhingidae (anhinga)
- Aramidae (limpkin)
- Cathartidae (vultures)
- Corvidae (jays, crows and ravens)
- Falconidae (caracara, falcons)
- Fregatidae (frigatebirds)
- Odontophoridae (quail)
- Passeridae (weaver finches)
- Pelecanidae (pelicans)
- Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
- Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
- Phasianidae (partridges, pheasants, grouse, ptarmigan, sage-grouse, prairie-chicken, turkey)
- Phoenicopteridae (flamingo)
- Prunellidae (accentor)
- Ptilogonatidae (silky-flycatcher)
- Strigidae (owls)
- Sturnidae (starlings, mynas)
- Tytonidae (barn owl)
These families and their species might be protected under other laws, such as:
- Species at Risk Act
- other federal law
- provincial and territorial law
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