Birds to See in Martinique in April
18 bird species on our list for Martinique are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Broad-winged Hawk, Cattle Egret, Eurasian Collared Dove, Ruddy Turnstone and Semipalmated Plover. New this month: Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Barn Swallow and 5 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Martinique’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 18 birds in April
18 birds
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusResidentCommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.80% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.80% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.48% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.48% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.40% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.32% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasPassage migrantCommon91–137 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Broad-winged Hawk 34–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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