Birds to See in Gambia in March
72 bird species on our list for Gambia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Squacco Heron.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarAt their peak
From Gambia’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 72 birds in March
72 birds
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.93% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.86% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.80% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.79% in Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusWinter visitorCommon23–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.56% in Mar
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon23–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaSummer visitorCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.33% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.29% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaWinter visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsWinter visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisWinter visitorUncommon75–115 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% 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