Birds to See in Turks & Caicos Islands in March
31 bird species on our list for Turks & Caicos Islands are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Mockingbird, Ruddy Turnstone, Osprey, Great Blue Heron and Mourning Dove. New this month: Sandwich Tern, Red Knot and Black-crowned Night-heron.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Turks & Caicos Islands’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
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.45% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.33% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.13% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.97% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.92% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.84% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.76% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.72% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.64% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.56% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.48% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.28% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorUncommon31–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.12% 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