Birds to See in Barbados in March
33 bird species on our list for Barbados are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, Cattle Egret, Rock Dove, Least Sandpiper and Great White Egret. New this month: Barn Swallow, Eurasian Teal and Pacific Golden-Plover.
On the move in March
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From Barbados’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 33 birds in March
33 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 4.51% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.72% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.19% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.58% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar · 0.29% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.28% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.27% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.24% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorCommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorCommon45–53 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% 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