Birds to See in Tasmania in March
42 bird species on our list for Tasmania are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, Yellow Wattlebird, Blackbird, Australian Magpie and Little Wattlebird.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarAt their peak
From Tasmania’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 42 birds in March
42 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxaResidentCommon37–45 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicenResidentCommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiaeResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentCommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeResidentCommon41–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
GalahEolophus roseicapillaResidentCommon35–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanusResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Australian HobbyFalco longipennisResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaResidentUncommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Little PenguinEudyptula minorResidentUncommon30–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisResidentUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraResidentUncommon115–123 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansWinter visitorUncommon107–135 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorRare100–125 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicusSummer visitorUncommon70–100 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% 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