Birds to See in Slovenia in March
159 bird species on our list for Slovenia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Chaffinch and European Robin. New this month: Blackcap, Barn Swallow, House Martin and Serin and 30 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Slovenia’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 159 birds in March
159 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.24% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.33% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.07% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.80% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.58% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.49% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentCommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.45% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.37% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisResidentUncommon22–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.25% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.14% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorCommon58–77 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.11% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorUncommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoSummer visitorUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaWinter visitorUncommon51–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantUncommon60–66 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% 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