Birds to See in Norway in April
187 bird species on our list for Norway are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Common Gull, Great Tit, Chaffinch and Mallard. New this month: Willow Warbler, Barn Swallow, Wheatear and Blackcap and 32 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Norway’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 187 birds in April
187 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.88% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.25% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.00% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaResidentCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.67% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.44% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.30% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.25% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.13% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.98% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentCommon42–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.59% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorCommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.50% in Apr
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.48% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.46% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.40% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Apr
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorCommon51–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataResidentCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixResidentUncommon40–55 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentUncommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
SmewMergellus albellusResidentUncommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaSummer visitorUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusSummer visitorRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisResidentUncommon68–88 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantRare53–57 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantRare37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusSummer visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% 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