Common Birds in New Hampshire
Our list for New Hampshire has 78 common birds recorded regularly there: 28 residents, 34 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Hampshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 78, most common first
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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