Birds to See in Oklahoma in March
121 bird species on our list for Oklahoma are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, American Robin, Canada Goose and Blue Jay. New this month: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Great White Egret, Barn Swallow and Fish Crow and 17 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Oklahoma’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 121 birds in March
121 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.38% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.34% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.16% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.12% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.08% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.92% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.87% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.73% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.56% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.43% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentRare21–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Mar–May · 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