Birds to See in Tunisia in March
107 bird species on our list for Tunisia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Barn Swallow, Serin, Sardinian Warbler and Rock Dove. New this month: Pallid Swift, Common Swift, Yellow Wagtail and Woodchat Shrike and 22 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Tunisia’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 107 birds in March
107 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.64% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.26% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon31–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.54% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.45% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.26% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.19% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.10% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.04% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.01% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.01% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.01% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.97% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.97% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.94% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.91% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.88% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.88% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.85% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon58–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.75% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.75% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.72% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.72% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.66% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.66% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.60% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.60% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.60% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.60% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.57% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.57% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.53% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Mar
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.53% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.47% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.44% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.44% in Mar
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.41% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.41% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.31% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.31% in Mar
Great TitParus majorPassage migrantUncommonRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.31% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.31% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.31% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Mar
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Mar · 0.28% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.28% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.28% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.25% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.25% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.25% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.25% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon22–23 cmRegularly Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar · 0.19% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Mar
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar · 0.13% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantCommon40–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.09% 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