Birds to See in Arizona in April
138 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, White-winged Dove, Gila Woodpecker and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Nashville Warbler, Wilson's Phalarope, Western Sandpiper and Sand Martin and 20 more.
On the move in April
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At their peak
From Arizona’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 138 birds in April
138 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Apr
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.41% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.06% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.44% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Apr
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Apr
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Apr
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% 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