Birds to See in Pennsylvania in March
112 bird species on our list for Pennsylvania are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Song Sparrow, American Crow and Mourning Dove. New this month: Chipping Sparrow, Great White Egret, Osprey and Greater Yellowlegs and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Pennsylvania’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 112 birds in March
112 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.65% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.82% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.32% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaResidentRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Oct–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