Birds to See in Bermuda in April
62 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
62 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal and Gray Catbird. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Tern, Solitary Sandpiper and Prothonotary Warbler and 12 more.
New in April16
Residents
(15)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–May
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Apr–May
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Apr–Jun
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysLC
Regularly Apr
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–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