Birds to See in Slovakia in April
182 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch and Blackcap. New this month: House Martin, Cuckoo, Nightingale and Common Swift and 36 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’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 182 birds in April
182 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.83% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.63% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.55% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.31% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.15% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.99% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.51% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.18% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.97% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.89% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.80% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.67% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.66% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.64% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.57% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.39% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.37% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.35% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.08% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantUncommon110–142 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 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