Birds to See in Pakistan in March
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.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Pakistan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 94 birds in March
94 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.53% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Mar
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.26% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.24% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusResidentUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusWinter visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisScarceRare28–34 cmRegularly Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantUncommon86–230 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusPassage migrantUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% 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