Birds to See in Macao SAR China in March
32 bird species on our list for Macao SAR China are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Crested Myna, Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail and Little Egret. New this month: Black-crowned Night-heron, Whimbrel, Kentish Plover and Wood Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Macao SAR China’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 32 birds in March
32 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.26% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.50% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.34% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.32% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.15% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.04% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.04% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.90% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.77% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.54% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.40% in Mar
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar · 0.33% in Mar
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Mar
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaWinter visitorCommon65–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar · 0.21% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 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