Birds to See in India in April
156 bird species on our list for India are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, House Sparrow, Indian Peafowl and White-cheeked Barbet. New this month: Cuckoo, Hobby, Red-necked Phalarope and Wheatear.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Spotted RedshankBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
White-tailed RobinBusiest month of the year · Oct–Jul
Blossom-headed ParakeetBusiest month of the year · Sep–Jul
White-winged TernBusiest month of the year · All year
Red CrossbillBusiest month of the year · Jul
Eurasian WoodcockBusiest month of the year · Oct–Jun
From India’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 156 birds in April
156 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentCommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisResidentCommon22–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentRare10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr- White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr- Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentRare34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentRare27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorRare58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorRare98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentRare14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorRare28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Apr
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentRare58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorRare23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorRare40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 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