Birds to See in Bermuda in March
59 bird species on our list for Bermuda are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, American Crow and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Glossy Ibis, Red-winged Blackbird and Orange-crowned Warbler.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Bermuda’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 59 birds in March
59 birds
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 6.94% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 6.26% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.23% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.57% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.11% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.96% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.73% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.66% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.66% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.31% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.22% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusScarceUncommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusPassage migrantUncommon20–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% 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