Birds to See in New Brunswick in April
105 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow, American Robin, Canada Goose and Common Grackle. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Great Blue Heron, Chipping Sparrow and Greater Yellowlegs and 18 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Song SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Canada GooseBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Common GrackleBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Northern FlickerBusiest month of the year · All year
Turkey VultureBusiest month of the year · All year
From New Brunswick’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 105 birds in April
105 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.46% in Apr- Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.43% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Apr- Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.55% in Apr
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.26% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Apr- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.50% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr- Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr- Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.77% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.65% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.64% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.61% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.60% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.54% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.37% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.33% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.28% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.14% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiResidentUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 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