Birds to See in Hawaii in March
50 bird species on our list for Hawaii are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Pacific Golden-Plover, House Finch, Cattle Egret, Northern Cardinal and House Sparrow. New this month: Sooty Shearwater, Semipalmated Plover, Grey Phalarope and Greylag Goose and 1 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Hawaii’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 50 birds in March
50 birds
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentCommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentCommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda coerulescensResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiResidentUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentUncommon69–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorRare55–66 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorRare76–110 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesPassage migrantRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–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