Birds to See in Idaho in April
125 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Mallard, Red-winged Blackbird, Canada Goose and Common Starling. New this month: Barn Swallow, Chipping Sparrow, Western Kingbird and Sand Martin and 18 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Western MeadowlarkBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · All year
Cinnamon TealBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
Sandhill CraneBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
Say's PhoebeBusiest month of the year · All year
American AvocetBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
From Idaho’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 125 birds in April
125 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Apr- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.04% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.03% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.78% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr- Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.65% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr- Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.52% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr- American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.21% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.20% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 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