Birds to See in Manitoba in March
66 bird species on our list for Manitoba are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Canada Goose, Common Raven, House Sparrow and White-breasted Nuthatch. New this month: Canada Goose, American Robin, Ring-billed Gull and Red-winged Blackbird and 20 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Horned LarkBusiest month of the year · All year
Golden EagleBusiest month of the year · Feb–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Northern Saw-whet OwlBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Barred OwlBusiest month of the year · All year
Boreal OwlBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
From Manitoba’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 66 birds in March
66 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 8.31% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 6.94% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.72% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.52% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 5.38% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.34% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar- Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.99% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.89% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.85% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.74% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.73% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.71% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.71% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.70% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSummer visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.41% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.31% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserSummer visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Mar- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Mar
- Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.07% in Mar- Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusSummer visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% 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