Birds to See in Nigeria in March
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.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Nigeria’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
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsWinter visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.48% in Mar
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubiusResidentCommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Mar
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.35% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorUncommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusWinter visitorCommon43–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.23% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.18% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Mar
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisPassage migrantUncommon48–61 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisSummer visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% 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