Birds to See in British Columbia in April
143 bird species on our list for British Columbia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, American Crow, Song Sparrow, Mallard and Northern Flicker. New this month: Barn Swallow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Chipping Sparrow and Common Yellowthroat and 25 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From British Columbia’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 143 birds in April
143 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.08% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.50% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.21% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentRare100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 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