Birds to See in Sierra Leone in March
8 bird species on our list for Sierra Leone are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Crow, Common Sandpiper, Cattle Egret, Greenshank and Osprey. New this month: Whimbrel and Greenshank.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarLeaving soon
From Sierra Leone’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
Pied CrowCorvus albusWinter visitorCommon46–52 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 3.45% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.84% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.73% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.52% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.52% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.42% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Swift 16–17 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Pied Crow 46–52 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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