Birds to See in Nepal in March
108 bird species on our list for Nepal are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Rose-ringed Parakeet and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Cuckoo, Red-billed Chough, Alpine Chough and Greylag Goose and 10 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Nepal’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 108 birds in March
108 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentCommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.17% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorUncommon68–78 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantUncommon39–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Mar
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusSummer visitorUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneResidentUncommon152–156 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaWinter visitorRare20–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarPassage migrantUncommon32–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusWinter visitorRare93–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorWinter visitorRare45–53 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.00% 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