Birds to See in Texas in March
176 bird species on our list for Texas are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Turkey Vulture, Mourning Dove and White-winged Dove. New this month: Barn Swallow, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher and Great Crested Flycatcher and 15 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Texas’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 176 birds in March
176 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.51% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.27% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.01% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.85% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Mar
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.79% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.72% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.45% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaWinter visitorCommon12–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaWinter visitorUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraWinter visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Elf OwlMicrathene whitneyiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorRare48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorRare31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumWinter visitorRare15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisWinter visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorRare87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusWinter visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 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