Rare Birds in New Hampshire
Our list for New Hampshire has 52 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 8 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 7 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Hampshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisScarceRare12–14 cm
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
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