Birds to See in Serbia in April
177 bird species on our list for Serbia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Rock Dove and Magpie. New this month: Nightingale, Red-backed Shrike, Cuckoo and Golden Oriole and 41 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Serbia’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 177 birds in April
177 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.78% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.39% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.27% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.65% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.95% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.89% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.82% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.76% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.71% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.67% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.51% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.42% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.33% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.08% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 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