Birds to See in Prince Edward Island in March
63 bird species on our list for Prince Edward Island are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Common Starling, Mourning Dove and Song Sparrow. New this month: Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Gannet and Hooded Merganser and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Prince Edward Island’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 63 birds in March
63 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 10.36% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 6.96% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 5.49% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.01% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.63% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.33% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.25% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.20% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.94% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.69% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.36% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.14% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSummer visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% 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