Birds to See in Washington in March
131 bird species on our list for Washington are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, American Crow, Song Sparrow, Mallard and Northern Flicker. New this month: Turkey Vulture, Cinnamon Teal, Sooty Shearwater and Vesper Sparrow and 8 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Washington’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 131 birds in March
131 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.19% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.12% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.02% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentCommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentUncommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorCommon139–157 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.25% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorUncommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorUncommon36–43 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiResidentRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
White-headed WoodpeckerPicoides albolarvatusResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentRare20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideusSummer visitorRare21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantRare140–165 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaSummer visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosWinter visitorRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantRare40–47 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 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