Bird Finder

Top Birds in March
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 61896 checklists in 1805 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of March. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in March are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak February March Change
1   American Robin
30.0% 58.6% 28.6%
2   Canada Goose
55.7% 56.8% 1.1%
3   Mallard
50.4% 53.5% 3.1%
4   Song Sparrow
34.5% 50.8% 16.3%
5   Northern Cardinal
40.0% 49.7% 9.6%
6   European Starling
38.5% 46.3% 7.9%
7   House Sparrow
39.4% 44.0% 4.6%
8   Red-winged Blackbird
18.8% 43.1% 24.3%
9   Ring-billed Gull
51.5% 42.6% 8.8%
10   Mourning Dove
32.0% 42.6% 10.6%
11   White-throated Sparrow
40.3% 42.3% 2.0%
12   Blue Jay
35.2% 41.3% 6.2%
13   Herring Gull
42.3% 35.0% 7.3%
14   Common Grackle
13.5% 33.6% 20.1%
15   Downy Woodpecker
27.7% 31.6% 3.9%
16   Red-bellied Woodpecker
24.7% 30.4% 5.7%
17   Rock Pigeon
28.3% 30.2% 1.8%
18   Northern Mockingbird
23.9% 27.4% 3.5%
19   Bufflehead
32.2% 26.9% 5.3%
20   Dark-eyed Junco
16.4% 26.4% 10.1%
21   Black-capped Chickadee
23.4% 26.0% 2.6%
22   Red-tailed Hawk
23.3% 25.3% 2.0%
23   Tufted Titmouse
21.1% 24.6% 3.5%
24   American Crow
21.0% 24.5% 3.5%
25   Great Black-backed Gull
30.3% 23.6% 6.7%
26   American Black Duck
27.3% 22.8% 4.5%
27   White-breasted Nuthatch
18.6% 20.8% 2.2%
28   Brant
20.8% 19.2% 1.6%
29   Carolina Wren
15.5% 18.7% 3.2%
30   Double-crested Cormorant
11.5% 17.1% 5.6%
31   Mute Swan
15.4% 16.9% 1.5%
32   Northern Shoveler
16.5% 16.9% 0.4%
33   Red-breasted Merganser
20.1% 16.3% 3.8%
34   Ruddy Duck
15.5% 15.3% 0.2%
35   House Finch
13.7% 15.3% 1.6%
36   American Goldfinch
12.2% 15.2% 2.9%
37   Hooded Merganser
19.4% 14.2% 5.2%
38   Gadwall
15.7% 14.1% 1.6%
39   Northern Flicker
6.3% 14.0% 7.7%
40   Eastern Phoebe
0.2% 14.0% 13.7%
41   Fish Crow
6.9% 13.1% 6.2%
42   Fox Sparrow
7.3% 12.0% 4.7%
43   Wood Duck
5.4% 11.9% 6.5%
44   Great Blue Heron
11.4% 11.7% 0.3%
45   Turkey Vulture
6.4% 11.6% 5.2%
46   Killdeer
3.9% 11.0% 7.1%
47   American Coot
10.6% 10.4% 0.2%
48   Ring-necked Duck
5.7% 9.4% 3.7%
49   Hairy Woodpecker
7.6% 8.8% 1.1%
50   Common Merganser
8.8% 8.6% 0.2%
51   Brown-headed Cowbird
2.0% 8.4% 6.4%
52   Golden-crowned Kinglet
1.9% 8.3% 6.3%
53   Green-winged Teal
4.9% 7.8% 2.9%
54   Horned Grebe
8.3% 7.5% 0.9%
55   Osprey
0.0% 7.1% 7.1%
56   Red-throated Loon
7.6% 6.7% 0.9%
57   Common Loon
9.1% 6.7% 2.4%
58   American Wigeon
7.4% 6.7% 0.8%
59   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4.2% 6.5% 2.4%
60   Tree Swallow
0.7% 6.3% 5.6%
61   Greater Scaup
9.8% 6.2% 3.5%
62   Brown Creeper
3.7% 6.2% 2.5%
63   Belted Kingfisher
5.4% 6.1% 0.6%
64   Yellow-rumped Warbler
5.0% 5.8% 0.8%
65   Cooper's Hawk
7.5% 5.6% 1.9%
66   American Oystercatcher
0.2% 5.4% 5.2%
67   American Woodcock
1.1% 5.2% 4.1%
68   Pied-billed Grebe
3.8% 5.1% 1.2%
69   Long-tailed Duck
7.8% 4.7% 3.1%
70   Bald Eagle
5.8% 4.6% 1.2%
71   Great Egret
0.2% 4.6% 4.4%
72   American Tree Sparrow
7.7% 4.5% 3.2%
73   Swamp Sparrow
3.4% 4.4% 1.0%
74   American Kestrel
3.4% 4.1% 0.6%
75   Common Raven
3.5% 4.0% 0.5%
76   Peregrine Falcon
5.0% 4.0% 1.0%
77   Great Cormorant
4.9% 3.8% 1.1%
78   Lesser Scaup
4.8% 3.7% 1.1%
79   Rusty Blackbird
1.7% 3.3% 1.6%
80   Common Goldeneye
7.3% 3.2% 4.1%
81   Pine Warbler
0.2% 3.2% 2.9%
82   Northern Harrier
4.9% 3.1% 1.8%
83   Cedar Waxwing
2.2% 3.1% 0.9%
84   Northern Gannet
1.2% 2.8% 1.6%
85   Winter Wren
2.2% 2.7% 0.5%
86   Northern Pintail
3.7% 2.6% 1.2%
87   Hermit Thrush
2.0% 2.4% 0.4%
88   Monk Parakeet
1.3% 2.4% 1.1%
89   Field Sparrow
1.2% 2.3% 1.1%
90   Snow Goose
2.6% 2.3% 0.3%
91   Sharp-shinned Hawk
2.2% 2.3% 0.1%
92   Eastern Towhee
1.6% 2.3% 0.7%
93   Black Vulture
1.5% 2.2% 0.7%
94   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1.4% 2.2% 0.8%
95   Red-shouldered Hawk
1.9% 2.0% 0.2%
96   Boat-tailed Grackle
0.4% 2.0% 1.6%
97   Canvasback
3.6% 2.0% 1.6%
98   Merlin
2.1% 2.0% 0.1%
99   Red-breasted Nuthatch
1.8% 1.9% 0.1%
100   Great Horned Owl
1.9% 1.9% 0.1%
101   Chipping Sparrow
0.6% 1.7% 1.1%
102   Greater Yellowlegs
0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
103   Gray Catbird
1.8% 1.6% 0.1%
104   Black-crowned Night-Heron
1.0% 1.6% 0.5%
105   Pileated Woodpecker
1.2% 1.6% 0.3%
106   Black Scoter
2.4% 1.5% 0.8%
107   Wild Turkey
1.2% 1.5% 0.3%
108   Wilson's Snipe
0.4% 1.5% 1.1%
109   Sanderling
2.7% 1.5% 1.2%
110   Redhead
2.2% 1.4% 0.8%
111   Surf Scoter
2.2% 1.4% 0.8%
112   Red-necked Grebe
1.1% 1.3% 0.2%
113   Ring-necked Pheasant
0.9% 1.2% 0.3%
114   Eastern Bluebird
0.7% 1.2% 0.5%
115   Pine Siskin
0.7% 1.2% 0.4%
116   Savannah Sparrow
1.3% 1.0% 0.3%
117   European Goldfinch
0.5% 0.9% 0.5%
118   White-winged Scoter
1.5% 0.9% 0.6%
119   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.7% 0.8% 0.1%
120   Brown Thrasher
0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
121   Piping Plover
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
122   Laughing Gull
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
123   Barred Owl
0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
124   Horned Lark
2.3% 0.7% 1.6%
125   Dunlin
1.2% 0.7% 0.5%
126   Red-headed Woodpecker
0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
127   Palm Warbler
0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
128   Bonaparte's Gull
0.7% 0.6% 0.2%
129   White-crowned Sparrow
0.8% 0.6% 0.2%
130   Common Redpoll
0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
131   Purple Sandpiper
1.0% 0.5% 0.5%
132   Snowy Egret
0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
133   Blue-winged Teal
0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
134   Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.9% 0.4% 0.5%
135   Eurasian Wigeon
0.5% 0.4% 0.1%
136   Snowy Owl
1.1% 0.4% 0.8%
137   Eastern Meadowlark
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
138   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
0% 0.4% 0.4%
139   Black-bellied Plover
0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
140   American Bittern
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
141   Iceland Gull
1.2% 0.3% 0.8%
142   Common Eider
0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
143   Purple Finch
0.3% 0.3% 0.1%
144   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
145   Black-headed Gull
0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
146   Harlequin Duck
0.7% 0.3% 0.5%
147   Orange-crowned Warbler
0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
148   American Pipit
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
149   Western Meadowlark
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
150   Eurasian Eagle-Owl
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
151   Northern Saw-whet Owl
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
152   Baltimore Oriole
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
153   Glaucous Gull
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
154   Saltmarsh Sparrow
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
155   Varied Thrush
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
156   Rough-legged Hawk
0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
157   Marsh Wren
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
158   Snow Bunting
1.3% 0.2% 1.1%
159   Razorbill
0.9% 0.2% 0.7%
160   Western Tanager
0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
161   Barn Swallow
0% 0.1% 0.1%
162   Swainson's Hawk
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
163   Louisiana Waterthrush
0% 0.1% 0.1%
164   Lesser Yellowlegs
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
165   Muscovy Duck
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
166   Clapper Rail
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
167   Cackling Goose
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
168   Eared Grebe
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
169   Ruddy Turnstone
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
170   Pacific Loon
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
171   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
0% 0.1% 0.1%
172   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
173   White-winged Crossbill
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
174   King Eider
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
175   Virginia Rail
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
176   Short-eared Owl
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
177   Barnacle Goose
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
178   Tufted Duck
0% 0.1% 0.1%
179   Lapland Longspur
0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
180   Glossy Ibis
0% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Western Grebe
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
182   Barrow's Goldeneye
0.3% 0.1% 0.3%
183   Tundra Swan
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
184   Pink-footed Goose
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
185   Ross's Goose
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
186   Greater White-fronted Goose
0.2% 0.1% 0.2%
187   Long-billed Dowitcher
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
188   Common Gallinule
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
189   Northern Shrike
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
190   American Goshawk
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
191   Yellow-headed Blackbird
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
192   Red Knot
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
193   Mandarin Duck
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
194   Purple Martin
0% 0.0% 0.0%
195   Rufous Hummingbird
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
196   Vesper Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
197   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
198   Little Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
199   House Wren
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
200   Ash-throated Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
201   Pectoral Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0%
202   Little Blue Heron
0% 0.0% 0.0%
203   Mew Gull
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
204   Willet
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
205   Dickcissel
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
206   Thick-billed Murre
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
207   Evening Grosbeak
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
208   Common Yellowthroat
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
209   Northern Parula
0% 0.0% 0.0%
210   Cattle Egret
0% 0.0% 0.0%
211   Townsend's Solitaire
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
212   Short-billed Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
213   Northern Waterthrush
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
214   Bohemian Waxwing
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
215   Semipalmated Plover
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
216   Sandhill Crane
0% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Swainson's Thrush
0% 0.0% 0.0%
218   Barn Owl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
219   Western Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0%
220   Forster's Tern
0% 0.0% 0.0%
221   Yellow-throated Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
222   Graylag Goose
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
223   White-eyed Vireo
0% 0.0% 0.0%
224   Black-and-white Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
225   Cliff Swallow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
226   Tricolored Heron
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
227   Least Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
228   Ovenbird
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
229   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
230   Blue Grosbeak
0% 0.0% 0.0%
231   Painted Bunting
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
232   Trumpeter Swan
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
233   Seaside Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
234   Sora
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
235   Golden Eagle
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
236   Chimney Swift
0% 0.0% 0.0%
237   Clay-colored Sparrow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
238   Grasshopper Sparrow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
239   Red Crossbill
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
240   Budgerigar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
241   Swallow-tailed Kite
0% 0.0% 0.0%
242   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
243   Glaucous-winged Gull
0% 0.0% 0.0%
244   Carolina Chickadee
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
245   Stilt Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0%
246   Green Heron
0% 0.0% 0.0%
247   Prairie Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
248   Blue-headed Vireo
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
249   Bank Swallow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
250   Prothonotary Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
251   Least Bittern
0% 0.0% 0.0%
252   Helmeted Guineafowl
0% 0.0% 0.0%
253   Chukar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
254   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0% 0.0% 0.0%
255   Japanese Quail
0% 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.