Birds to See in Czechia in April
189 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
189 bird species on our list for Czechia are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Great Tit, Woodpigeon and Mallard. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Cuckoo and Nightingale and 45 more.
New in April49
- Barn Swallow
- House Martin
- Cuckoo
- Nightingale
- Whitethroat
- Common Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Redstart
- Golden Oriole
- Common Reed-warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Garden Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Tern
- Greenshank
- European Turtle-dove
- Tree Pipit
- Yellow Wagtail
- Sand Martin
- Spotted Redshank
- Wood Warbler
- Montagu's Harrier
- Wryneck
- Savi's Warbler
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Little Egret
- Whinchat
- Arctic Loon
- Black Tern
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Hobby
- Red-throated Loon
- Wheatear
- Little Gull
- Hoopoe
- Temminck's Stint
- Ring Ouzel
- Purple Heron
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- White-winged Tern
- Whimbrel
- Cattle Egret
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Arctic Tern
- Indian Peafowl
- Moustached Warbler
- Reeves's Pheasant
- Bar-headed Goose
Residents
(71)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(69)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Wood Duck
Aix sponsaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Apr
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Reeves's Pheasant
Syrmaticus reevesiiVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
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