Birds to See in Taiwan in March
112 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Great White Egret and Moorhen. New this month: Little Tern, Red-necked Phalarope, Curlew Sandpiper and Sand Martin and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Taiwan’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 112 birds in March
112 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.71% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.58% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.07% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% 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