Birds to See in Arizona in March
129 bird species on our list for Arizona are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, House Finch, Gila Woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warbler and White-crowned Sparrow. New this month: Northern Yellow Warbler, Barn Swallow, Western Kingbird and Elf Owl and 6 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Arizona’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 129 birds in March
129 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Mar
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentCommon20–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.07% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.52% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.73% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.39% in Mar
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.22% in Mar
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentUncommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Mar
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentRare26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
California CondorGymnogyps californianusSummer visitorRare109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentRare21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentRare14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusPassage migrantRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorPassage migrantRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–May · 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