Birds to See in Oklahoma in April
151 bird species on our list for Oklahoma are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Turkey Vulture, American Crow and Blue Jay. New this month: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Painted Bunting, Great Crested Flycatcher and Dickcissel and 43 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Fish CrowBusiest month of the year · Mar–Nov
Chipping SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Baird's SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
From Oklahoma’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 151 birds in April
151 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.62% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.40% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.13% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.02% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.79% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.77% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.77% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.74% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.70% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Apr- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.43% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.37% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Apr
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.08% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.01% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantRare10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorScarceRare45–53 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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