Birds to See in Suriname in April
30 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Suriname are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Lineated Woodpecker and Cattle Egret. New this month: White-rumped Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper.
New in April2
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(6)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Aug–May
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Oct–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