Birds to See in Kentucky in March
97 bird species on our list for Kentucky are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove, American Crow and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Purple Martin, Great White Egret, Osprey and Least Sandpiper and 14 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Kentucky’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 97 birds in March
97 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.50% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.27% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.14% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.12% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.10% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–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