Birds to See in Northwest Territories in March
14 bird species on our list for Northwest Territories are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Common Redpoll, House Sparrow, Bald Eagle and Hairy Woodpecker. New this month: Bald Eagle, Snow Bunting, Boreal Owl and American Three-toed Woodpecker.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Northwest Territories’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 14 birds in March
14 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 22.40% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 16.21% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.25% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSummer visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.82% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.58% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.43% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.17% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 1.02% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorCommon46–63 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.94% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorCommon41–50 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantUncommon34–36 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.23% in Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Evening Grosbeak 16–22 cm
- Bohemian Waxwing 19–23 cm
- Hairy Woodpecker 18–26 cm
- American Three-toed Woodpecker 21–24 cm
- Boreal Owl 21–28 cm
- Rock Ptarmigan 34–36 cm
- Pileated Woodpecker 40–49 cm
- Ruffed Grouse 41–50 cm
- Great Horned Owl 46–63 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
- Bald Eagle 70–102 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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