Birds to See in Alaska in March
80 bird species on our list for Alaska are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Mallard, Common Redpoll and American Crow. New this month: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lapland Longspur, Northern Shoveler and Tundra Swan and 4 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Alaska’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 80 birds in March
80 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.69% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 5.19% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.55% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.55% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorUncommon41–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusSummer visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 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