Birds to See in Newfoundland and Labrador in March
73 bird species on our list for Newfoundland and Labrador are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and American Black Duck. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Horned Lark, Lapland Longspur and American Three-toed Woodpecker.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Newfoundland and Labrador’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 73 birds in March
73 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 8.98% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 6.35% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 4.09% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.22% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.07% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.05% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.80% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.73% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorCommon62–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.71% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.61% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.39% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusResidentRare46–59 cmRecorded all year · 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