Birds to See in Yukon Territory in March
25 bird species on our list for Yukon Territory are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Common Redpoll, Red Crossbill, Snow Bunting and Hairy Woodpecker. New this month: Trumpeter Swan, Snow Bunting, Pine Siskin and Sharp-shinned Hawk and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Yukon Territory’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 25 birds in March
25 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 14.21% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 12.33% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.22% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.80% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.43% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.59% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.35% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.26% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantCommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.67% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentCommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusSummer visitorUncommon46–63 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.35% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantCommon24–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Pine Siskin 11–14 cm
- Common Redpoll 12–14 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Lapland Longspur 15–16 cm
- Red Crossbill 15–17 cm
- Downy Woodpecker 14–18 cm
- Northern Pygmy-owl 15–17 cm
- Snow Bunting 15–18 cm
- Bohemian Waxwing 19–23 cm
- Hairy Woodpecker 18–26 cm
- American Three-toed Woodpecker 21–24 cm
- Black-backed Woodpecker 21–24 cm
- Boreal Owl 21–28 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Sharp-shinned Hawk 24–34 cm
- Goldeneye 40–51 cm
- Ruffed Grouse 41–50 cm
- American Crow 41–53 cm
- Great Horned Owl 46–63 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
- Common Merganser 58–68 cm
- Golden Eagle 66–102 cm
- Bald Eagle 70–102 cm
- Trumpeter Swan 139–157 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