Birds to See in Thailand in April
82 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Little Egret and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Fairy Pitta, Roseate Tern and Budgerigar.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Thailand’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 82 birds in April
82 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Apr
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Fairy PittaPitta nymphaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.05% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneSummer visitorRare152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% 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