Birds to See in New Hampshire in January
99 bird species on our list for New Hampshire are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Downy Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Clay-colored Sparrow and Short-eared Owl.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
GoldeneyeBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
American Tree SparrowBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Red-breasted MerganserBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Long-tailed DuckBusiest month of the year · Nov–May
Surf ScoterBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Horned LarkBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
From New Hampshire’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 99 birds in January
99 birds
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Jan
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Jan
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Jan
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Jan
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jan
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan- GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.08% in Jan
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.07% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Jan- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.92% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.71% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.63% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Jan
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan- Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.42% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Jan
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.22% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.10% in Jan
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.05% in Jan
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
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