Birds to See in Oregon in April
158 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, American Crow, Mallard and Northern Flicker. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Yellow Warbler and Western Sandpiper and 30 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Oregon’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 158 birds in April
158 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.59% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.26% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.22% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.75% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Apr
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.28% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.02% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorRare18–22 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.00% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 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