Birds to See in Croatia in April
193 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April57
- Common Swift
- Red-backed Shrike
- Nightingale
- Golden Oriole
- European Turtle-dove
- European Bee-eater
- Cuckoo
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Tree Pipit
- Whinchat
- Pallid Swift
- Wood Warbler
- Common Tern
- Whitethroat
- Willow Warbler
- Squacco Heron
- Purple Heron
- Montagu's Harrier
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Sand Martin
- Woodchat Shrike
- Common Reed-warbler
- Hobby
- Sedge Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Honey-buzzard
- Nightjar
- Little Stint
- Common Redstart
- Osprey
- Common Quail
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Garden Warbler
- Glossy Ibis
- Savi's Warbler
- Black Tern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Bittern
- Corncrake
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- White-winged Tern
- Short-toed Lark
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Kentish Plover
- Avocet
- Red-necked Grebe
- Little Gull
- Temminck's Stint
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Indian Peafowl
- Short-eared Owl
- Gull-billed Tern
- Grey Partridge
- Red Crossbill
- Grasshopper Warbler
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(68)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(24)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
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