Birds to See in Florida in March
160 bird species on our list for Florida are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture and Northern Mockingbird. New this month: Barn Swallow, Magnolia Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler and Common Tern and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Florida’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 160 birds in March
160 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.90% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.71% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.64% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.55% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.47% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.41% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisResidentCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusWinter visitorCommon20–28 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.18% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.12% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorUncommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorRare16–20 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.00% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResidentRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.00% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentRare30–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–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