Birds to See in Papua New Guinea in March
8 bird species on our list for Papua New Guinea are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Willie Wagtail, Metallic Starling, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Sandpiper and Pacific Golden-Plover. New this month: Whimbrel and Red-necked Phalarope.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarAt their peak
From Papua New Guinea’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 8 birds in March
8 birds
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 4.36% in Mar
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallicaWinter visitorCommon22–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 2.44% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.18% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.05% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.41% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.03% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.90% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.51% in Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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