Birds to See in Slovakia in March
152 bird species on our list for Slovakia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon and Mallard. New this month: Blackcap, Barn Swallow, Chiffchaff and Western Marsh-harrier and 30 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Slovakia’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 152 birds in March
152 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.87% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.81% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.35% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.19% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon22–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.28% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon53–89 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentCommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.02% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusResidentCommon60–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.65% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.62% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon27–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.53% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentCommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusResidentUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorCommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.13% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.06% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon36–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisPassage migrantRare76–110 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallusPassage migrantRare60–87 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaPassage migrantRare47–54 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–May · 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