Birds to See in Costa Rica in March
100 bird species on our list for Costa Rica are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Palm Tanager and Tennessee Warbler. New this month: Sand Martin, Scarlet Tanager, Blue-footed Booby and Leach's Storm-petrel and 1 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Costa Rica’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 100 birds in March
100 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.89% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.85% in Mar
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.67% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentUncommon81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Mar
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentRare23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerResidentRare22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.01% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusResidentRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiPassage migrantRare76–84 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 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