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
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–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