Birds to See in Oregon in March
134 bird species on our list for Oregon are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Flicker and Mallard. New this month: Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Least Sandpiper and Whimbrel and 7 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Oregon’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 134 birds in March
134 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.55% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.14% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.92% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.80% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.58% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 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