Birds to See in Bhutan in March
69 bird species on our list for Bhutan are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Plumbeous Water-redstart, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Ruddy Shelduck. New this month: Garganey, Alpine Chough, Tufted Duck and Grey Heron and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Bhutan’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 69 birds in March
69 birds
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.63% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.35% in Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentCommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusWinter visitorUncommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.26% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.22% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.19% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.09% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.08% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.07% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantCommon30–32 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% 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