Birds to See in Northern Mariana Islands in April
11 bird species on our list for Northern Mariana Islands are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Pacific Golden-Plover, Red Junglefowl, Whimbrel and Ruddy Turnstone. New this month: Great White Egret.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprFrom Northern Mariana Islands’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 11 birds in April
11 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.19% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.07% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Moorhen 30–38 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 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