Birds to See in Austria in April
197 bird species on our list for Austria are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Great Tit, Blackcap, Chaffinch and Chiffchaff. New this month: Common Swift, House Martin, Cuckoo and Common Sandpiper and 45 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Austria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 197 birds in April
197 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.00% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.73% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.41% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.98% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.76% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.16% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.71% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.70% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.62% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.59% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.56% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.44% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.40% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.32% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentCommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixSummer visitorRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinellaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% 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