Birds to See in China in March
174 bird species on our list for China are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Little Grebe, Little Egret and Mallard. New this month: Curlew Sandpiper, Red Knot, Crag Martin and Sand Martin and 8 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From China’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 174 birds in March
174 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.84% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Mar
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.38% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.34% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Mar
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.11% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusPassage migrantRare85–105 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusWinter visitorUncommon27–31 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusSummer visitorUncommon90–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiaeSummer visitorUncommon100–120 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorUncommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantRare120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiSummer visitorRare100–210 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.00% 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