Birds to See in Ukraine in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Ukraine’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 190 birds in April
190 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.75% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.58% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.08% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.73% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.50% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.35% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.09% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.09% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.63% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.63% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.50% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Apr
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantRare23–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% 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