Birds to See in Manitoba in April
106 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Crow, Mallard, American Robin and Ring-billed Gull. New this month: Song Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping Sparrow and Mourning Dove and 40 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Manitoba’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 106 birds in April
106 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 5.88% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.99% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.64% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.22% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.57% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.76% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.70% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.51% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.48% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.45% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.07% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.97% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.93% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.91% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.82% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.79% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.71% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.66% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.51% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr · 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