Birds to See in Arkansas in March
106 bird species on our list for Arkansas are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay and American Robin. New this month: Barn Swallow, Purple Martin, Least Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper and 11 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Arkansas’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 106 birds in March
106 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.63% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.39% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.87% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.53% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.30% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaSummer visitorUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesSummer visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Dec–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