Birds to See in Louisiana in April
159 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Red-winged Blackbird and Mourning Dove. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Redstart and Painted Bunting and 32 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Louisiana’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 159 birds in April
159 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.44% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.16% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.15% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.65% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.61% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.20% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.11% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Apr
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusSummer visitorRare52–54 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusScarceRare90–105 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentRare62–68 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusScarceRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRegularly Jan–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