Uncommon Birds in New Hampshire
Our list for New Hampshire has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 26 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors and 15 passage migrants
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 76, most common first
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year
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