Birds to See in India in March
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.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From India’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 177 birds in March
177 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
White-cheeked BarbetPsilopogon viridisResidentCommon22–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentCommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Mar
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatusResidentUncommon25–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentRare10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentRare32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorRare39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusResidentRare25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorRare98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentRare27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserResidentRare58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorRare58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentRare9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentRare34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentRare14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorRare36–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumResidentRare13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentRare10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorRare40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterResidentRare27–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorRare45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorRare53–56 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.00% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorRare23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentRare37–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–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