Birds to See in Aruba in April
34 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Great White Egret, Barn Swallow, Rock Dove and Osprey. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, White-rumped Sandpiper and Roseate Tern and 1 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Aruba’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 34 birds in April
34 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.77% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.75% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr · 0.06% in Apr
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