Birds to See in Barbados in April
29 bird species on our list for Barbados are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper and Greater Yellowlegs. New this month: Short-billed Dowitcher, Whimbrel and Willet.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Barbados’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 29 birds in April
29 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.38% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.14% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.17% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Rose-ringed Parakeet 38–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 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