Birds to See in Georgia in April
143 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay and Mourning Dove. New this month: Great Crested Flycatcher, American Redstart, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Tennessee Warbler and 22 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Georgia’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 143 birds in April
143 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.56% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.32% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.05% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.77% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 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