Birds to See in Jordan in March
109 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
109 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Woodchat Shrike, European Bee-eater, Black-crowned Night-heron and Yellow Wagtail and 35 more.
New in March39
- Woodchat Shrike
- European Bee-eater
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow Wagtail
- Willow Warbler
- Squacco Heron
- Common Redstart
- Wheatear
- Common Reed-warbler
- Desert Finch
- Sand Martin
- Garganey
- Redshank
- Water Pipit
- Nightingale
- Tree Pipit
- Whitethroat
- Booted Eagle
- Wood Sandpiper
- Osprey
- White-winged Tern
- Crag Martin
- Dunlin
- Sedge Warbler
- Wryneck
- Greater Flamingo
- Common Quail
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Grey Wagtail
- Montagu's Harrier
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Eurasian Bittern
- Short-toed Lark
- Egyptian Goose
- Subalpine Warbler
- Avocet
- Peregrine Falcon
- Yellow-legged Gull
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(50)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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