Birds to See in Zambia in March
60 bird species on our list for Zambia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Barn Swallow, European Bee-eater, Cattle Egret and Helmeted Guineafowl. New this month: Common Reed-warbler, Golden Oriole, Whitethroat and Eurasian Bittern.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
From Zambia’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 60 birds in March
60 birds
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.00% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.85% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.50% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentCommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Mar
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentCommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorRare32–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentUncommon35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusWinter visitorUncommon80–99 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% 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