Birds to See in Lithuania in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Lithuania’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 185 birds in April
185 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.61% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.28% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.00% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.79% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.74% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.54% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.52% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.32% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.06% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.03% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.91% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.87% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.84% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.71% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorCommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.56% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.48% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisPassage migrantCommon66–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaSummer visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.11% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorCommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaPassage migrantUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantRare37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coronePassage migrantRare45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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