Birds to See in Yukon Territory in April
63 bird species on our list for Yukon Territory are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Trumpeter Swan, Mallard, Common Redpoll and Bald Eagle. New this month: American Robin, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Herring Gull and White-crowned Sparrow and 36 more.
On the move in April
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At their peak
From Yukon Territory’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 63 birds in April
63 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 7.37% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 4.94% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.61% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 4.57% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 4.55% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.78% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.33% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 2.12% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.08% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.86% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.79% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.57% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.49% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.24% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.19% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.15% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Apr
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusSummer visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.71% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantCommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.32% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.20% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusScarceUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaSummer visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.06% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentRare43–54 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May · 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