Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in April
79 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow, American Robin, Blue Jay and Common Grackle. New this month: Great Blue Heron, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Osprey and Greater Yellowlegs and 18 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Song SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
American RobinBusiest month of the year · All year
Common GrackleBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · Mar–Aug
Red-breasted MerganserBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Aug–Oct
From Prince Edward Island’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 79 birds in April
79 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.80% in Apr- Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.48% in Apr
- American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 5.30% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.60% in Apr- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 4.19% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Apr- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.09% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.36% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.04% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.04% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.85% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.69% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.41% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.33% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.19% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantCommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.04% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% 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