Birds to See in Thailand in March
100 bird species on our list for Thailand are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Little Egret, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Helmeted Guineafowl and Long-billed Dowitcher.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Thailand’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 100 birds in March
100 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusResidentUncommon27–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusResidentUncommon28–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Spotted OwletAthene bramaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaResidentUncommon65–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeusSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentRare65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorRare42–45 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
Sarus CraneGrus antigoneSummer visitorRare152–156 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Mar
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 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