Birds to See in Croatia in April
193 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, House Sparrow and Barn Swallow. New this month: Common Swift, Red-backed Shrike, Nightingale and Golden Oriole and 53 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Croatia’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 193 birds in April
193 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.07% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.83% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.82% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.47% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.31% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.07% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.86% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.63% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.61% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.60% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 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