Birds to See in Slovenia in April
192 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Blackcap, Great Tit and Barn Swallow. New this month: Cuckoo, Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike and Nightingale and 39 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Slovenia’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 192 birds in April
192 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.58% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.57% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.34% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.31% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.12% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.89% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.89% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.84% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.79% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.78% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.75% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.73% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.62% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.57% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.53% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.48% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.48% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.42% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.36% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.35% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.08% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.04% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 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