Birds to See in Luxembourg in April
108 bird species on our list for Luxembourg are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chiffchaff and Carrion Crow. New this month: Common Swift, House Martin, Garden Warbler and Cuckoo and 21 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Luxembourg’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 108 birds in April
108 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.33% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.06% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.95% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.44% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.35% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.23% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.91% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.85% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.81% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.77% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.73% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.73% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.71% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorCommon60–66 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.71% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.69% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.67% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.67% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.67% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.60% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.56% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.48% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.46% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.42% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.40% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.40% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.39% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.35% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaSummer visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.21% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.13% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% 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