Birds to See in Burkina Faso in March
11 bird species on our list for Burkina Faso are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, Pied Crow, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Squacco Heron. New this month: Little Egret, Grey Heron, African Jacana and Wheatear.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Burkina Faso’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 11 birds in March
11 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.31% in Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.19% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.95% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusPassage migrantCommon23–31 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.71% in Mar
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.60% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.60% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar · 0.60% in Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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