Birds to See in Ohio in April
136 bird species on our list for Ohio are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow and Canada Goose. New this month: Gray Catbird, Barn Swallow, Northern Yellow Warbler and Baltimore Oriole and 35 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Ohio’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 136 birds in April
136 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.94% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.55% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.05% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.92% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.55% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.07% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–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