Birds to See in New Mexico in March
120 bird species on our list for New Mexico are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, American Robin, White-winged Dove, Common Raven and White-crowned Sparrow. New this month: Turkey Vulture, Barn Swallow, Cattle Egret and Common Grackle and 7 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From New Mexico’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 120 birds in March
120 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.40% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.09% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.95% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.86% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentCommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.62% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.32% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosSummer visitorCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentUncommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialisResidentRare20–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Arizona WoodpeckerPicoides arizonaeSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaWinter visitorRare63–73 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisSummer visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 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