Birds to See in Slovakia in April
182 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April40
- House Martin
- Cuckoo
- Nightingale
- Common Swift
- Golden Oriole
- European Turtle-dove
- Whitethroat
- Tree Pipit
- Common Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Sedge Warbler
- Little Egret
- Common Quail
- Wood Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Savi's Warbler
- Common Tern
- Wryneck
- Common Reed-warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Purple Heron
- Sand Martin
- Hoopoe
- Black Tern
- Hobby
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Whinchat
- Common Redstart
- Garden Warbler
- Wheatear
- Montagu's Harrier
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Little Gull
- White-winged Tern
- Temminck's Stint
- Avocet
- Horned Grebe
- Black Swan
- Black Grouse
Residents
(67)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Recorded all year
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(63)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(30)Present outside the breeding season
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Jul–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Apr
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Apr–May
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Regularly Mar–May
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