Birds to See in India in March
177 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
177 bird species on our list for India are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, White-cheeked Barbet, Indian Peafowl and Little Egret. New this month: Horned Lark, Twite, Little Owl and Long-tailed Jaeger.
New in March4
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(64)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
White-cheeked Barbet
Psilopogon viridisLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Recorded all year
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Malabar Trogon
Harpactes fasciatusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Urocissa erythrorynchaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Recorded all year
Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May–Mar
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(97)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blossom-headed Parakeet
Psittacula roseataNT
Regularly Sep–Jul
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollisVU
Regularly Dec–Mar
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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