Birds to See in Suriname in March
31 bird species on our list for Suriname are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Turkey Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Lineated Woodpecker and Cattle Egret. New this month: Short-billed Dowitcher, Sanderling, Sandwich Tern and Muscovy Duck.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
From Suriname’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 31 birds in March
31 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Mar
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiWinter visitorUncommon95–127 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Scarlet MacawAra macaoWinter visitorUncommon81–96 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxWinter visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Common PotooNyctibius griseusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% 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