Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in April
28 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Ruddy Turnstone, Mourning Dove, Osprey and Great White Egret. New this month: Gull-billed Tern and Barn Swallow.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprFrom Turks & Caicos Islands’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 28 birds in April
28 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.71% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.14% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.84% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.53% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Palm Warbler 12–14 cm
- Cape May Warbler 12–14 cm
- Yellow-rumped Warbler 12–15 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Northern Mockingbird 21–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Mourning Dove 23–34 cm
- White-winged Dove 27–30 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 30–32 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Gull-billed Tern 33–42 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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