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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Hampshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusScarceRare41–46 cm
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentRare20–26 cmRegularly Feb
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceRare25–30 cm
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusScarceRare38–44 cm
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaScarceRare58–74 cm
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