Birds to See in Lebanon in March
97 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Greenfinch and Chiffchaff. New this month: Lesser Whitethroat, Common Swift, Hoopoe and Common Redstart and 44 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Lebanon’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 97 birds in March
97 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.85% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.66% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.62% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.56% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.54% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.46% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.36% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.25% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.11% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.98% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.90% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.82% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.70% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.67% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.67% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.61% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.47% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Mar
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.38% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.37% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.29% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.21% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.18% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.14% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.06% 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