Birds to See in Croatia in March
150 bird species on our list for Croatia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Blackbird, Great Tit, House Sparrow and Rock Dove. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Yellow Wagtail and Alpine Swift and 16 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Croatia’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 150 birds in March
150 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 5.03% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.55% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.19% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.67% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.78% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 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