Birds to See in Czechia in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Czechia’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 189 birds in April
189 birds
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.41% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.25% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.12% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.46% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.35% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.74% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.60% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.32% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.22% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.69% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.61% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.41% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.32% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.29% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaSummer visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentRare76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorRare140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorRare47–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusPassage migrantRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiPassage migrantRare100–210 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