Birds to See in Bangladesh in April
59 bird species on our list for Bangladesh are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Rock Dove, Common Kingfisher and Little Egret. New this month: Cuckoo.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprAt their peak
From Bangladesh’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 59 birds in April
59 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% 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