Birds to See in Latvia in April
164 bird species on our list for Latvia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Common Starling and Blackbird. New this month: Chiffchaff, Barn Swallow, Blackcap and Willow Warbler and 53 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Latvia’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 164 birds in April
164 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.52% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.58% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.52% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.14% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.90% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.71% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.69% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
MagpiePica picaWinter visitorCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.48% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.16% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.03% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.80% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.78% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.75% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.74% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon27–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.52% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.42% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.31% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.23% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorUncommon31–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorSummer visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.07% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.05% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon36–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% 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