Birds to See in Idaho in March
111 bird species on our list for Idaho are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Robin, Mallard, Red-winged Blackbird and Red-tailed Hawk. New this month: Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Cinnamon Teal and Mountain Bluebird and 7 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Snow GooseBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · All year
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Jan–Apr
Tundra SwanBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Ross's GooseBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
From Idaho’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 111 birds in March
111 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.06% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.34% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar- Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.00% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar- Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar- Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.59% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentUncommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar- Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentUncommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentUncommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusResidentRare21–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 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