Birds to See in Caribbean Netherlands in March
32 bird species on our list for Caribbean Netherlands are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Lesser Yellowlegs, Osprey, Ruddy Turnstone and Greater Yellowlegs. New this month: Barn Swallow, Red Junglefowl, Sandwich Tern and Red-tailed Hawk.
On the move in March
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From Caribbean Netherlands’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 32 birds in March
32 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.92% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.85% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% 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