Birds to See in Tunisia in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Tunisia’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 104 birds in April
104 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.72% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.68% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.54% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.54% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.47% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.43% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.39% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.22% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 1.18% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.03% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.92% in Apr
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.92% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.88% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.86% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.80% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.80% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.74% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.72% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.72% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr · 0.72% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.69% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.69% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.69% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.67% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.65% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.63% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.61% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.61% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.61% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.61% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.55% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.55% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.55% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.51% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.50% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.50% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr · 0.50% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.48% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.40% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.38% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.36% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.36% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.31% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.29% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.27% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.25% in Apr
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.23% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsScarceUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr · 0.13% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.11% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in Apr
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr · 0.06% 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