Birds to See in Ukraine in April
190 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
190 bird species on our list for Ukraine are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Common Starling, Chiffchaff and Chaffinch. New this month: Common Swift, Barn Swallow, Cuckoo and Blackcap and 57 more.
New in April61
- Common Swift
- Barn Swallow
- Cuckoo
- Blackcap
- House Martin
- Whitethroat
- Yellow Wagtail
- Hoopoe
- Tree Pipit
- Sand Martin
- Common Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Hobby
- Bluethroat
- Willow Warbler
- Wryneck
- Whinchat
- Sedge Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Wood Warbler
- Common Redstart
- Purple Heron
- European Turtle-dove
- Common Sandpiper
- Little Egret
- Black Tern
- Common Quail
- Garden Warbler
- Common Reed-warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Montagu's Harrier
- Nightingale
- Mediterranean Gull
- Little Stint
- Grey Plover
- White-winged Tern
- Little Gull
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Spotted Redshank
- Glossy Ibis
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Spotted Crake
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Booted Eagle
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Water Pipit
- Alpine Swift
- Whimbrel
- Dipper
- Ring Ouzel
- Short-eared Owl
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Black Grouse
- Boreal Owl
- Short-toed Lark
- Western Capercaillie
Residents
(56)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Recorded all year
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Recorded all year
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(83)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Recorded all year
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(33)Present outside the breeding season
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Recorded all year
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Recorded all year
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Apr–May
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Western Capercaillie
Tetrao urogallusLC
Regularly Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
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