Birds to See in Uzbekistan in March
85 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
85 bird species on our list for Uzbekistan are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Western Marsh-harrier, Magpie, Rock Dove and Hoopoe. New this month: Barn Swallow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Carrion Crow and House Sparrow and 38 more.
New in March42
- Barn Swallow
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Carrion Crow
- House Sparrow
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Chiffchaff
- Common Swift
- Woodpigeon
- Great Cormorant
- Hoopoe
- Egyptian Vulture
- Yellow Wagtail
- Desert Finch
- Yellowhammer
- Griffon Vulture
- Bluethroat
- Moorhen
- Alpine Swift
- Kentish Plover
- Greenshank
- Wheatear
- European Robin
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Buzzard
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Short-toed Lark
- Common Redstart
- Black Redstart
- European Goldfinch
- Greenfinch
- Little Ringed Plover
- Ruff
- Corn Bunting
- Eurasian Skylark
- Dunlin
- Avocet
- Common Crane
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Osprey
- Common Shelduck
- Smew
- Garganey
Residents
(5)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(6)Present outside the breeding season
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(62)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Feb–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Feb–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Mar–May
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Mar
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Feb–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Sep
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar–May
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–May
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Nov–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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