Birds to See in Ontario in March
103 bird species on our list for Ontario are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Canada Goose, American Robin, Red-winged Blackbird and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Common Loon, Bonaparte's Gull, Purple Sandpiper and Western Meadowlark and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Ontario’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 103 birds in March
103 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.03% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.67% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 4.17% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.94% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.97% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.35% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.28% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.17% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.66% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.61% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.29% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorRare30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.00% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 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