Birds to See in Saskatchewan in April
110 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Crow, Mallard, American Robin and House Sparrow. New this month: Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Mourning Dove and Common Grackle and 46 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
American CrowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
American RobinBusiest month of the year · All year
Ring-billed GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Red-tailed HawkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
American Herring GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
From Saskatchewan’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 110 birds in April
110 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 5.68% in Apr- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 5.56% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Apr- American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.40% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Apr- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.89% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.48% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.88% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.69% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.43% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.28% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.13% in Apr- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.10% in Apr
- Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.10% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.99% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.89% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.79% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.76% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.71% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.61% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.44% in Apr- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.41% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.41% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorUncommon62–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.35% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.24% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorRare16–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare100–125 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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