Birds to See in Florida in April
170 bird species on our list for Florida are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Mockingbird and Fish Crow. New this month: Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Northern Yellow Warbler and Swainson's Thrush and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
From Florida’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 170 birds in April
170 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.94% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.10% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.60% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.53% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.44% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisResidentCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.33% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.23% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.13% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResidentRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentRare30–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 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