Birds to See in New Hampshire in April
110 bird species on our list for New Hampshire are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Crow and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Swamp Sparrow and 20 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From New Hampshire’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 110 birds in April
110 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.16% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.11% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.61% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.17% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.13% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.86% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.86% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.73% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.68% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.56% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.53% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.16% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.08% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 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