Birds to See in Maine in April
114 bird species on our list for Maine are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow, American Robin, Northern Cardinal and Mourning Dove. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Hermit Thrush and Osprey and 25 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Song SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
Common GrackleBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Turkey VultureBusiest month of the year · All year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Feb
Wood DuckBusiest month of the year · Feb–Nov
From Maine’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 114 birds in April
114 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Apr- Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Apr- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.59% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.86% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.44% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Apr- Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.93% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.78% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.73% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.73% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.69% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.62% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Apr- Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.60% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.43% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.36% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.24% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorPassage migrantRare140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 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