Birds to See in Tennessee in March
113 bird species on our list for Tennessee are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, American Crow, Tufted Titmouse and Blue Jay. New this month: Barn Swallow, Purple Martin, Black-throated Green Warbler and Solitary Sandpiper and 13 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Tennessee’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 113 birds in March
113 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.41% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.73% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.73% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.71% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.69% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.53% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.16% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 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