Birds to See in Rhode Island in March
111 bird species on our list for Rhode Island are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird and Canada Goose. New this month: Osprey, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and Piping Plover and 2 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Rhode Island’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 111 birds in March
111 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.17% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.98% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.54% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.92% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.82% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.81% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.71% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorCommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.30% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaResidentUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentRare20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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