Birds to See in Greece in April
208 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
208 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Yellow-legged Gull, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Red-backed Shrike and European Bee-eater and 30 more.
New in April34
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Willow Warbler
- Red-backed Shrike
- European Bee-eater
- European Turtle-dove
- Cuckoo
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Squacco Heron
- Golden Oriole
- Common Tern
- European Honey-buzzard
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Garden Warbler
- Little Tern
- Wood Warbler
- Booted Eagle
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Bittern
- Hobby
- Montagu's Harrier
- White-winged Tern
- Nightjar
- Black Tern
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Temminck's Stint
- Yellowhammer
- Crested Tit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Horned Lark
- Treecreeper
- Willow Tit
- Common Merganser
- Indian Peafowl
- Canada Goose
Leaving after last month27
- Black Redstart
- Reed Bunting
- Water Pipit
- Dunnock
- Tufted Duck
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Tundra Swan
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Brambling
- Common Crane
- Redwing
- Moustached Warbler
- Common Gull
- Fieldfare
- Goldeneye
- Great Grey Shrike
- Red Knot
- Horned Grebe
- Red-throated Loon
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Ring Ouzel
- Bluethroat
- Red Kite
- Red-necked Grebe
- Velvet Scoter
- Dotterel
- Short-eared Owl
Residents
(88)Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(59)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Recorded all year
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Recorded all year
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Nov
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(44)Present outside the breeding season
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Nov–May
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
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