Birds to See in Latvia in April
164 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April57
- Chiffchaff
- Barn Swallow
- Blackcap
- Willow Warbler
- Cuckoo
- Wood Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Redstart
- Common Tern
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Tree Pipit
- Sedge Warbler
- Whinchat
- Common Sandpiper
- Yellow Wagtail
- Ringed Plover
- Dunnock
- Wheatear
- Sandwich Tern
- Savi's Warbler
- Serin
- Wood Sandpiper
- Little Gull
- Hoopoe
- Greenshank
- Wryneck
- Northern Shoveler
- Hen Harrier
- Little Ringed Plover
- Ruff
- Curlew
- Arctic Loon
- Redshank
- Kestrel
- Garganey
- Bearded Tit
- Firecrest
- Osprey
- Red-necked Grebe
- Little Grebe
- Moorhen
- Water Rail
- European Green Woodpecker
- Peregrine Falcon
- Montagu's Harrier
- Razorbill
- Eider
- Whimbrel
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Grey Partridge
- Red Kite
- Arctic Jaeger
- Long-eared Owl
- Merlin
- Red-crested Pochard
- Stonechat
- Red-breasted Goose
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(36)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(73)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Jan–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–May
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(31)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Jan–May
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Feb–May
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Rock Pipit
Anthus petrosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Jan–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Apr
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly 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