Birds to See in Northwest Territories in April
36 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Snow Bunting, Common Redpoll and American Crow. New this month: American Crow, Ring-billed Gull, Mallard and American Robin and 20 more.
On the move in April
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At their peak
From Northwest Territories’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 36 birds in April
36 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 15.44% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSummer visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 6.77% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 6.56% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 6.35% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 6.13% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 4.50% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.86% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 3.43% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.72% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.82% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.21% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.11% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.95% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.76% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorCommon46–63 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.66% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.38% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.36% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% 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