Birds to See in Western Sahara in April
39 bird species on our list for Western Sahara are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Black-backed Gull, Barn Swallow, Northern Gannet, Eurasian Collared Dove and Pallid Swift. New this month: Pomarine Jaeger, Arctic Jaeger and Common Swift.
On the move in April
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At their peak
From Western Sahara’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 39 birds in April
39 birds
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 4.38% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 3.02% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 3.02% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 2.81% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 2.29% in Apr
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiWinter visitorCommon48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 2.08% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 2.08% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.77% in Apr
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.77% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.56% in Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Apr · 1.56% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.56% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantCommon80–100 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.46% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 1.46% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.35% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.35% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon31–34 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 1.35% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.25% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.15% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.15% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.04% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 1.04% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.94% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.94% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.94% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr · 0.83% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.83% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.83% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.83% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr · 0.73% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.73% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.73% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.73% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.63% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.52% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.52% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.42% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.42% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.31% 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