Birds to See in Pakistan in March
94 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
94 bird species on our list for Pakistan are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Common Rosefinch, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Cinereous Vulture and Common Tern and 12 more.
New in March16
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Owlet
Athene bramaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(51)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Mar
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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