Birds to See in Serbia in March
142 bird species on our list for Serbia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove and Magpie. New this month: Barn Swallow, Blackcap, House Martin and Black-crowned Night-heron and 26 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Serbia’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 142 birds in March
142 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.84% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.33% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.14% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.14% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.98% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.91% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.07% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusPassage migrantRare110–142 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% 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