Birds to See in Connecticut in April
125 bird species on our list for Connecticut are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Gray Catbird, Northern Yellow Warbler, Chipping Sparrow and Barn Swallow and 21 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Connecticut’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 125 birds in April
125 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.22% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.67% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.59% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.84% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.77% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.60% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.36% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.16% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Mar–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