Birds to See in Aruba in March
31 bird species on our list for Aruba are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Great White Egret, Osprey, Greater Yellowlegs and Rock Dove. New this month: Common Tern.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarFrom Aruba’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 31 birds in March
31 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentCommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon97–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentCommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon36–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.69% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
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