Birds to See in Missouri in March
109 bird species on our list for Missouri are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Barn Swallow, Chipping Sparrow, Purple Martin and Fish Crow and 14 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Missouri’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 109 birds in March
109 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.86% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.80% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.34% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.32% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.17% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–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