Birds to See in Romania in April
190 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April64
- Barn Swallow
- House Martin
- Red-backed Shrike
- Cuckoo
- European Bee-eater
- Golden Oriole
- Common Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Swift
- Purple Heron
- Nightingale
- Hobby
- Glossy Ibis
- Willow Warbler
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Squacco Heron
- Whitethroat
- Sand Martin
- Black Tern
- Common Redstart
- Common Reed-warbler
- European Turtle-dove
- Little Gull
- Arctic Loon
- Ringed Plover
- Little Stint
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Whinchat
- Sedge Warbler
- Red-necked Grebe
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Marsh Warbler
- White-winged Tern
- Garden Warbler
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Gull-billed Tern
- Wood Warbler
- Temminck's Stint
- European Honey-buzzard
- Sandwich Tern
- Booted Eagle
- Alpine Swift
- Common Quail
- Montagu's Harrier
- Grey Plover
- Merlin
- Cetti's Warbler
- Wryneck
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Short-toed Lark
- Western Capercaillie
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- European Shag
- Grey Partridge
- Whimbrel
- Cattle Egret
- Corncrake
- Jack Snipe
- Kentish Plover
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Bluethroat
- Golden Eagle
- Boreal Owl
Residents
(62)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(78)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(29)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(21)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Apr
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jan–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