Birds to See in Vermont in April
98 bird species on our list for Vermont are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Robin, American Crow, Red-winged Blackbird and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and 21 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Vermont’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 98 birds in April
98 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.79% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.89% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Apr
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Apr
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.42% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.44% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.27% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.25% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in Apr
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.76% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.71% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.53% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Apr
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantRare35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–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