Birds to See in Myanmar (Burma) in March
59 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
59 bird species on our list for Myanmar (Burma) are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Rock Dove, House Sparrow and Little Egret. New this month: Eurasian Jay, Northern Shoveler, Orange-headed Thrush and Pochard and 1 more.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year

Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year

Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug

Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year

Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitors
(36)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Jul–May

Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Aug–May

Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year

Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–May

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–May

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–May

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Regularly Jul–May

Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Regularly Aug–May

Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr

Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Sarus Crane
Grus antigoneVU
Regularly Oct–Apr

Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct

Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar

Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Dec–Mar

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar

Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Mar

Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Mar

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Dec–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


