Birds to See in Arkansas in April
141 bird species on our list for Arkansas are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay, American Crow and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Common Yellowthroat and 45 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Fish CrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Nashville WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Broad-winged HawkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jun
Peregrine FalconBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
American BitternBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
From Arkansas’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 141 birds in April
141 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.34% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.15% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.69% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.47% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.36% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Apr- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Apr- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.04% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Apr- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentRare36–43 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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