Birds to See in Anguilla in April
14 bird species on our list for Anguilla are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Least Sandpiper, White-winged Dove and Semipalmated Sandpiper. New this month: Sandwich Tern and Willet.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprFrom Anguilla’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 14 birds in April
14 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.51% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.05% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.77% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.08% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.97% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.74% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made