Birds to See in Cayman Islands in March
53 bird species on our list for Cayman Islands are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, White-winged Dove, Palm Warbler, Barn Swallow and Northern Flicker. New this month: Sand Martin, Tennessee Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Western Sandpiper and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Cayman Islands’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 53 birds in March
53 birds
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.54% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.22% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.85% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.09% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.94% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.89% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.72% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.33% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% 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