Birds to See in Utah in April
136 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Mallard, Canada Goose, Common Raven and House Finch. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, Barn Swallow, Western Kingbird and Chipping Sparrow and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Cinnamon TealBusiest month of the year · All year
American AvocetBusiest month of the year · All year
Black-necked GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-breasted MerganserBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Marbled GodwitBusiest month of the year · Jan–Nov
Broad-winged HawkBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
From Utah’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 136 birds in April
136 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Apr
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.40% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Apr- American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.88% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.81% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.60% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.33% in Apr- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.21% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Apr
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantRare34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Apr
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Apr (protected)
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