Birds to See in Greece in March
201 bird species on our list for Greece are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Yellow-legged Gull, House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove and Hooded Crow. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Swift and Alpine Swift and 33 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Greece’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 201 birds in March
201 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.30% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 1.30% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.11% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.93% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.90% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.61% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.47% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.42% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.36% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Mar
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusResidentUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentRare98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorRare51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiSummer visitorUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 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