Birds to See in Romania in March
137 bird species on our list for Romania are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Magpie, Common Starling, Mallard and Blackbird. New this month: Chiffchaff, Little Egret, Blackcap and Hoopoe and 27 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Romania’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 137 birds in March
137 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.64% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.26% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.00% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.88% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.87% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.54% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.24% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.21% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusSummer visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantUncommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar · 0.05% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoWinter visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% 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