Birds to See in Russia in April
211 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
211 bird species on our list for Russia are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Mallard and Fieldfare. New this month: Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Common Tern and Cuckoo and 73 more.
New in April77
- Barn Swallow
- Willow Warbler
- Common Tern
- Cuckoo
- Blackcap
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Wood Warbler
- Whinchat
- Yellow Wagtail
- Tree Pipit
- Wood Sandpiper
- Bluethroat
- Common Sandpiper
- Hobby
- Sand Martin
- Ruff
- House Martin
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Ringed Plover
- Common Redstart
- Wheatear
- Greenshank
- Little Ringed Plover
- Black Tern
- Curlew
- Osprey
- Wryneck
- Hoopoe
- White-winged Tern
- Dunnock
- Common Kingfisher
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Corn Bunting
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Montagu's Harrier
- European Bee-eater
- Grey Wagtail
- Golden Plover
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Quail
- Purple Heron
- Little Egret
- Common Reed-warbler
- Glossy Ibis
- Lapland Longspur
- Griffon Vulture
- Avocet
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Horned Grebe
- Savi's Warbler
- Water Pipit
- Sandwich Tern
- Cinereous Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Stonechat
- Dusky Thrush
- Whimbrel
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Gull-billed Tern
- Steller's Sea-eagle
- Spotted Crake
- Booted Eagle
- Kentish Plover
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Nightingale
- Alpine Swift
- Red-billed Chough
- Squacco Heron
- Chukar
- Serin
- Jack Snipe
- Red-breasted Goose
- Egyptian Vulture
- Cattle Egret
- Moustached Warbler
- Canada Goose
- Short-toed Lark
Leaving after last month7
Residents
(43)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(120)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Dec
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Apr–Jan
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(20)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Sep–May
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Apr
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Apr–Jul
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Steller's Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicusVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
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