Birds to See in Western Sahara in March
56 bird species on our list for Western Sahara are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Wheatear, Great Grey Shrike, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Sandwich Tern. New this month: Yellow Wagtail, Avocet, Moorhen and Glossy Ibis and 13 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Western Sahara’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 56 birds in March
56 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 3.22% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 2.96% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 2.31% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 2.31% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 2.08% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar · 2.05% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 1.91% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.85% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 1.57% in Mar
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.57% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 1.42% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 1.42% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.37% in Mar
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiWinter visitorCommon48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.25% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.23% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 1.20% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.17% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantCommon80–100 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.11% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.08% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.05% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.05% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 1.05% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.03% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.00% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 1.00% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.00% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.00% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantCommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.94% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.94% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.85% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.85% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.83% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.80% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar · 0.74% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.74% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon31–34 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.74% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.68% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.66% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar · 0.60% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.51% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar · 0.43% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.43% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar · 0.40% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar · 0.37% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar · 0.34% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.34% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar · 0.31% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar · 0.17% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar · 0.14% 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