Birds to See in Chad in March
42 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
42 bird species on our list for Chad are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Pied Crow, Helmeted Guineafowl, Yellow Wagtail and Great White Egret. New this month: Great Grey Shrike, Common Reed-warbler, Senegal Thick-knee and Barn Owl and 4 more.
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(33)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Dec–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Common Ostrich
Struthio camelusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Regularly Mar
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Mar–May
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Feb–Mar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentariusEN
Regularly Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Mar
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Scarce visitors
(2)Recorded in some years but not every year
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