Birds to See in Louisiana in March
137 bird species on our list for Louisiana are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Red-winged Blackbird and American Crow. New this month: Great Crested Flycatcher, Barn Swallow, Prothonotary Warbler and Pectoral Sandpiper and 10 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Louisiana’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 137 birds in March
137 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.22% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.66% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.99% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.96% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.72% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.67% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorSummer visitorUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusSummer visitorRare52–54 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorRare36–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusScarceRare90–105 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 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