Birds to See in United Arab Emirates in March
138 bird species on our list for United Arab Emirates are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Hoopoe and Pallid Swift. New this month: Willow Warbler, Common Redstart, Whitethroat and European Bee-eater and 12 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From United Arab Emirates’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 138 birds in March
138 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.83% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.68% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.32% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.26% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.11% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.87% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.84% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.45% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.35% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.24% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentUncommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.06% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaWinter visitorUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusWinter visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaWinter visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusWinter visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusWinter visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusWinter visitorRare68–78 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataPassage migrantRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–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