Birds to See in Chad in March
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.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Chad’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 42 birds in March
42 birds
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.53% in Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.07% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisPassage migrantCommon53–63 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.82% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.82% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.78% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.78% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.78% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.78% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.75% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.75% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.64% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.64% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.61% in Mar
Common OstrichStruthio camelusPassage migrantCommon210–275 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.61% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.61% in Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisPassage migrantCommon38–43 cmRegularly Mar · 0.61% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantCommon63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.57% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusPassage migrantCommon23–31 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.54% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.50% in Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisPassage migrantCommon75–115 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.43% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.43% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.39% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.39% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.39% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.36% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisScarceCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.32% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon31–34 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusPassage migrantUncommon112–150 cmRegularly Mar · 0.25% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusScarceCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.11% 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