Birds to See in Nevada in April
123 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, House Finch, Mourning Dove, Canada Goose and Yellow-rumped Warbler. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, Western Kingbird, Western Sandpiper and Wilson's Phalarope and 18 more.
On the move in April
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At their peak
From Nevada’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 123 birds in April
123 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.29% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.80% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.65% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusSummer visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 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