Birds to See in Uzbekistan in March
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.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Little OwlBusiest month of the year · Feb–Aug
Great Grey ShrikeBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
Hen HarrierBusiest month of the year · Feb–Apr
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Common RedstartBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
From Uzbekistan’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 85 birds in March
85 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.77% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.70% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.67% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.64% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.64% in Mar
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.54% in Mar- Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.47% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.37% in Mar- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Feb–May · 1.28% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.28% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.24% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.21% in Mar- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 1.21% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusSummer visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.18% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.08% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.05% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.05% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.05% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Mar
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.98% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.98% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantCommon38–44 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.95% in Mar- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.95% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.85% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.72% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.69% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.69% in Mar
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.65% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Mar
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.62% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.62% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.59% in Mar- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.59% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.59% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.59% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.56% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantCommon50–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.56% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.56% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantCommon80–100 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.49% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.49% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.43% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.43% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantCommon28–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.39% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.39% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantCommon75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.36% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.36% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorPassage migrantUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.36% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.29% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantCommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.26% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.26% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.23% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.23% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.20% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Mar
SmewMergellus albellusScarceUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.13% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.13% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% 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