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
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
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