Birds to See in Colorado in March
113 bird species on our list for Colorado are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Robin, House Finch, Mallard and Northern Flicker. New this month: Common Grackle, Turkey Vulture, Osprey and American Avocet and 6 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Colorado’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 113 birds in March
113 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.71% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.52% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.37% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.37% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.82% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.46% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.39% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisWinter visitorRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–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