Birds to See in Romania in April
190 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Magpie and Hooded Crow. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Red-backed Shrike and Cuckoo and 60 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Romania’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 190 birds in April
190 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.25% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.89% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.57% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.96% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.95% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.83% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.78% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.71% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.45% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantUncommon60–87 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.09% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 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