Birds to See in Tanzania in March
95 bird species on our list for Tanzania are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Helmeted Guineafowl, Fork-tailed Drongo, Egyptian Goose and Cattle Egret. New this month: Corncrake.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarAt their peak
From Tanzania’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 95 birds in March
95 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Mar
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Mar
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentCommon35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Mar
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.17% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–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