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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in New Hampshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
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