Birds to See in Nebraska in March
96 bird species on our list for Nebraska are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Canada Goose, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Cardinal and Mallard. New this month: Common Grackle, Turkey Vulture, Pied-billed Grebe and Ruddy Duck and 17 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Nebraska’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 96 birds in March
96 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 5.37% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.20% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantCommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.14% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.91% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.82% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.71% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.64% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.62% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.60% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.46% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.23% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.74% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.57% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.52% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.34% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaPassage migrantCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorUncommon21–26 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Jun–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