Birds to See in North Dakota in March
73 bird species on our list for North Dakota are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Crow, House Sparrow, Mallard and American Robin. New this month: Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Ring-billed Gull and Northern Shoveler and 21 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From North Dakota’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 73 birds in March
73 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 6.77% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.42% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.00% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.19% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.68% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.58% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.54% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.47% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.34% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.32% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.22% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.13% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.12% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.98% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.44% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorCommon66–102 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaWinter visitorUncommon43–50 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisPassage migrantUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% 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