Birds to See in St Pierre & Miquelon in March
45 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
45 bird species on our list for St Pierre & Miquelon are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Eider, American Black Duck, American Herring Gull, Iceland Gull and Common Loon. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Razorbill, Northern Gannet and Snowy Owl and 4 more.
New in March8
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
American Black Duck
Anas rubripesLC
Recorded all year
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Recorded all year
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinusLC
Recorded all year
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleLC
Recorded all year
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodiaLC
Recorded all year
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Canada Goose
Branta canadensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristataLC
Recorded all year
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quisculaNT
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
American Robin
Turdus migratoriusLC
Recorded all year
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliacaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Mar–Dec
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Eider
Somateria mollissimaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Loon
Gavia immerLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritimaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacusVU
Regularly Mar–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Mar
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct–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