Birds to See in New York in March
125 bird species on our list for New York are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird and American Crow. New this month: Osprey, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and Virginia Rail and 2 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From New York’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 125 birds in March
125 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.62% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.93% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.65% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.53% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.32% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentRare19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisWinter visitorRare12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantRare60–75 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–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