Birds to See in Jamaica in April
45 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
45 bird species on our list for Jamaica are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, American Redstart, Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove and Cattle Egret. New this month: Blackpoll Warbler.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottosLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(30)Present outside the breeding season
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Regularly Aug–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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