Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in April
60 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Fox Sparrow, American Black Duck, American Herring Gull and Dark-eyed Junco. New this month: Greater Yellowlegs, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Atlantic Puffin and 10 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From St Pierre & Miquelon’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 60 birds in April
60 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 6.08% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 4.97% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Apr
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.51% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.82% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Apr
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.57% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.81% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.60% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.11% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.11% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.97% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.94% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureusSummer visitorCommon12–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.80% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraPassage migrantCommon23–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.76% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.70% in Apr
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantCommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.66% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.56% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.49% in Apr
RazorbillAlca tordaSummer visitorCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.45% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.42% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.38% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaScarceUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr · 0.35% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasPassage migrantUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusPassage migrantUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.21% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% 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