Birds to See in Tunisia in April
104 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
104 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Blackbird, Serin and European Bee-eater. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, European Bee-eater, Little Tern and European Turtle-dove and 22 more.
New in April26
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Bee-eater
- Little Tern
- European Turtle-dove
- Whinchat
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Squacco Heron
- Tree Pipit
- Nightingale
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Common Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Glossy Ibis
- Willow Warbler
- Montagu's Harrier
- Garden Warbler
- Sand Martin
- Golden Oriole
- Wood Warbler
- Buzzard
- Barn Owl
- Wryneck
- Osprey
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Purple Heron
- Eurasian Scops-owl
Leaving after last month29
- European Robin
- Pied Wagtail
- Black Redstart
- Common Starling
- Little Ringed Plover
- Meadow Pipit
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eurasian Teal
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Northern Pintail
- Mediterranean Gull
- Woodpigeon
- Song Thrush
- Black-necked Grebe
- Common Crane
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Great Tit
- Short-toed Lark
- Red Crossbill
- Firecrest
- Alpine Swift
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Water Pipit
- Northern Gannet
- Garganey
- Coal Tit
- Spotted Crake
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Dartford Warbler
Curruca undataNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(39)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–May
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Mar–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Nov–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Apr
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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