Computerized Database of Québec Seabirds (CDQS) | Banque informatisée des oiseaux marins du Québec (BIOMQ)

Lawrence. Compiled and regularly updated for over 40 years by the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), Québec region, it contains information on seabird colonies composed of Gaviidae (loons), Hydrobatidae (storm-petrels), Sulidae (gannets), Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants), Laridae (gulls, terns), Alcidae (murres, auks, puffins), and Common Eiders (Anatidae).

The data comes mainly from seabird colony surveys conducted by the CWS during the breeding season but are also enriched by numerous scientific sources. It includes, among other things, data from the literature dating back more than a century, as well as observations from amateur ornithologists. La Banque informatisée des oiseaux marins du Québec (BIOMQ) est une base de données qui assure le suivi du statut, de la répartition et de la tendance des populations d’oiseaux marins nichant au Québec, en particulier le long des rives du fleuve, de l’estuaire et du golfe du Saint-Laurent.