Birds A - Z

Explore New Hampshire’s Birds

On this page you can access information on most of the regularly occurring birds of New Hampshire (a few more to come, so be sure to check back!). Each species profile includes one or more photos of the species, a concise summary of conservation information, graphs showing it’s seasonal abundance, a range map, and a population trend graph where available. There will also be a short narrative describing some aspects of the species’ behavior, ecology, trends, or conservation.

Flock of Red-necked Phalaropes offshore New Hampshire in the fall. Photo by Pamela Hunt.

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

Adult Red-shouldered Hawk. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Immature Red-shouldered Hawk in flight. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,

Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Adult Red-tailed Hawk. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Adult Red-tailed Hawk in flight. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Immature Red-tailed Hawk. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Immature Red-throated Loon. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Adult Red-throated Loon. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,

Red-throated Loon

Gavia stellata

Male Red-winged Blackbird. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Male Redpoll. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt

Redpoll

Acanthis flammea

Adult Ring-billed Gull. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

Male Ring-necked Duck. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

Rock Pigeon. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Rock Pigeon on its nest. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Adult Roseate Terns. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

Rouogh-legged Hawk

Buteo lagopus

Male Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Corthylio calendula

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Immature Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Ruddy Turnstone in breeding plumage. Photo by Pamela Hunt.

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Ruffed Grouse. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Ruffed Grouse

Bonasa umbellus

Male Rusty Blackbird in breeding plumage. Photo by Pamela Hunt.

Rusty Blackbird

Euphagus carolinus

Saltmarsh Sparrow. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Ammospiza caudacuta

Sanderling in winter plumage. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Pair of Sandhill Cranes with grown young. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

Savannah Sparrow. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Savannah Sparrow

Passerculus sandwichensis

Male Scarlet Tanager. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Fall plumage Scarlet Tanager. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Male Scarlet Tanager molting into non-breeding plumage. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Adult Semipalmated Plover. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

Adult Sharp-shinned Hawk. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Short-billed Dowitchers. Photo by Pamela Hunt.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus griseus

Snow Bunting. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

Snow Goose. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Immature blue morph Snow Goose. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Snow Geese overhead in flight. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,

Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

Snowy Egret. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Snowy Owl. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

Solitary Sandpiper. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Song Sparrow. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Adult Sora. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Sora

Porzana carolina

Spotted Sandpiper in breeding plumage. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Female Spruce Grouse. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Spruce Grouse

Canachites canadensis

Male Surf Scoter. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Surf Scoter

Melanitta perspicillata

Swainson’s Thrush. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Swainson’s Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Adult Swamp Sparrow. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgiana

Tennessee Warbler in fall plumage. Photo by Pamela Hunt.

Tennessee Warbler

Leiothlypis peregrina

Pair of Tree Swallows. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Tufted Titmouse. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Tufted Titmouse

Baeolophus bicolor

Roosting Turkey Vultures. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Turkey Vulture in flight. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Upland Sandpiper. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

Veery. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Veery

Catharus fuscescens

Singing Vesper Sparrow. Photo by Pamela Hunt

Vesper Sparrow

Pooecetes gramineus

Virginia Rail. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Virginia Rail

Rallus limicola

Male White-breasted Nuthatch. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

Adult White-crowned Sparrow. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis

White-striped morph of White-throated Sparrow. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Tan-striped mortph of White-throated Sparrow. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,White-throated Sparrow nest with eggs.,

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Male White-winged Crossbill. Photo by Pamela Hunt,

White-winged Crossbill

Loxia leucoptera

Male White-winged Scoter. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Female White-winged Scoter. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,

White-winged Scoter

Melanitta deglandi

Male Wild Turkey. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Female Wild Turkey and poults.,,

Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Willet in breeding plumage. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Willet

Tringa semipalmata

Willow Flycatcher. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii

Wilson's Storm-Petrel. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

Male Wilson's Warbler. Photo by Pamela Hunt.

Wilson’s Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

Wilson’s Snipe. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Wilson’s Snipe

Gallinago delicata

Winter Wren. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Winter Wren

Troglodytes hiemalis

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Works Cited

Information for the species profiles on this website was compiled from a combination of the sources listed below.

  • The Birds of New Hampshire. By Allan R. Keith and Robert B. Fox. 2013. Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological club No. 19.

  • Atlas of the Breeding Birds of New Hampshire. Carol R. Foss, ed. 1994. Arcadia Publishing Company and Audubon Society of New Hampshire

  • Birds of the World. Various authors and dates. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

  • Data from the Breeding Bird Survey

  • Data from the Christmas Bird Count

Funding

Funding for the State of the Birds website content and development came from grants from the Davis Conservation Foundation and Biber Foundation.

Information for the species profiles on this website was compiled from a combination of the sources listed below.

  • The Birds of New Hampshire. By Allan R. Keith and Robert B. Fox. 2013. Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological club No. 19.

  • Atlas of the Breeding Birds of New Hampshire. Carol R. Foss, ed. 1994. Arcadia Publishing Company and Audubon Society of New Hampshire

  • Birds of the World. Various authors and dates. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

  • Data from the Breeding Bird Survey

  • Data from the Christmas Bird Count