Birds to See in Saudi Arabia in April
117 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
117 bird species on our list for Saudi Arabia are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Collared Dove and Common Redstart. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Whinchat and Golden Oriole and 12 more.
New in April16
Residents
(34)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(43)Present outside the breeding season
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(35)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Feb–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Apr
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
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