Birds to See in Nevada in March
112 bird species on our list for Nevada are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are White-crowned Sparrow, Mallard, Canada Goose, House Finch and Common Raven. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Yellowthroat, Chipping Sparrow and Lesser Yellowlegs and 4 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Nevada’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 112 birds in March
112 birds
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.61% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.58% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaResidentUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSummer visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentRare8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Gilded FlickerColaptes chrysoidesWinter visitorRare28–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–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