Birds to See in Utah in March
115 bird species on our list for Utah are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Mallard, Canada Goose, House Finch and Common Starling. New this month: Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Vesper Sparrow and Common Loon and 6 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · Aug–Jun
Sandhill CraneBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · Aug–Jun
Common MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
Mountain BluebirdBusiest month of the year · All year
From Utah’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 115 birds in March
115 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.32% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar- Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.25% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar- Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.01% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar- Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.86% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar- Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaResidentCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Mar- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentUncommon52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalisResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
California CondorGymnogyps californianusResidentUncommon109–140 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisWinter visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataWinter visitorRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · records held back in Mar (protected)
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