Birds to See in Wyoming in April
115 bird species on our list for Wyoming are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird, Mallard and Western Meadowlark. New this month: White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Grackle and Mourning Dove and 39 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Western MeadowlarkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
GadwallBusiest month of the year · All year
Sandhill CraneBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · All year
Cinnamon TealBusiest month of the year · Mar–Sep
From Wyoming’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 115 birds in April
115 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Apr- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.86% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Apr- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.71% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr- GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr- Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.38% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Apr- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Apr
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.29% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.07% in Apr- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.05% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.02% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.97% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.64% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.49% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Apr
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.44% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.41% in Apr
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoWinter visitorCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusPassage migrantUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorRare80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · records held back in Apr (protected)
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · records held back in Apr (protected)
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 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