Birds to See in Alabama in March
130 bird species on our list for Alabama are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Barn Swallow, Cattle Egret and Prothonotary Warbler and 14 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Alabama’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 130 birds in March
130 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.37% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.43% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.33% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.96% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.58% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.29% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.17% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentRare16–26 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 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