Birds to See in Canada in March
140 bird species on our list for Canada are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Canada Goose, American Robin, Mallard and Common Starling. New this month: Common Grackle, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Bonaparte's Gull and American Bittern and 4 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Canada’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 140 birds in March
140 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.31% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.80% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.91% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.54% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.38% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.35% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.09% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaResidentUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorRare34–36 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% 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