Birds to See in Jordan in March
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.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Jordan’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 109 birds in March
109 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.43% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.00% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.83% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.73% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.31% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.06% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.83% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.73% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.57% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.46% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.43% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.28% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.22% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.17% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansScarceUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar · 0.09% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% 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