Birds to See in Kansas in March
110 bird species on our list for Kansas are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Canada Goose, American Crow and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Turkey Vulture, Purple Martin, Chipping Sparrow and Lesser Yellowlegs and 15 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Kansas’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 110 birds in March
110 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.44% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.39% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.37% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.34% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.34% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.14% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.99% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.60% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.54% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.24% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.13% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusPassage migrantRare64–79 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 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