Birds to See in Lithuania in April
185 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
185 bird species on our list for Lithuania are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Common Starling, Great Tit, Hooded Crow and Mallard. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff and Blackcap and 46 more.
New in April50
- Barn Swallow
- House Martin
- Chiffchaff
- Blackcap
- Cuckoo
- Willow Warbler
- Common Tern
- Lesser Whitethroat
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Wood Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Common Redstart
- Yellow Wagtail
- Tree Pipit
- Whinchat
- Black Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Serin
- Dunlin
- Savi's Warbler
- Greenshank
- Wheatear
- Montagu's Harrier
- Wryneck
- Hoopoe
- Little Ringed Plover
- Spotted Redshank
- Little Tern
- Osprey
- Red-breasted Merganser
- European Turtle-dove
- Horned Grebe
- Twite
- White-winged Tern
- Corn Bunting
- Whimbrel
- Jack Snipe
- Spotted Crake
- Sandwich Tern
- Arctic Jaeger
- Carrion Crow
- Black-necked Grebe
- Stonechat
- Red-crested Pochard
- Eider
- Mandarin Duck
- Avocet
- Ring Ouzel
- Mediterranean Gull
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(74)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Mar–Jan
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fuscaVU
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(37)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Mar–Apr
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Brent Goose
Branta berniclaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Apr
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
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