Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in April
93 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, American Robin, Ring-billed Gull and Great Black-backed Gull. New this month: Greater Yellowlegs, Northern Gannet, Osprey and Merlin and 20 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Newfoundland and Labrador’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 93 birds in April
93 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 8.28% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 7.15% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 5.64% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 4.31% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.87% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.81% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.97% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.58% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.55% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.18% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.17% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.07% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaResidentRare34–36 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusScarceUncommon85–105 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 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