Birds to See in Nigeria in March
32 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
32 bird species on our list for Nigeria are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Cattle Egret, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Pied Crow, Kestrel and Hoopoe. New this month: Lesser Striped Swallow, Common Redstart, Tree Pipit and Black-crowned Night-heron and 2 more.
Residents
(11)Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Barbet
Pogonornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolusLC
Recorded all year
Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda coerulescensLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
White-bellied Bustard
Eupodotis senegalensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Nov–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