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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.

Male Wood Duck. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Female Wood Duck at nest hole. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Female Wood Duck with ducklings. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Wood Thrush. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris

Male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,Yellow-bellied Sapsucker feeding holes in a tree trunk. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Photo credit: Pamela Hunt,,,

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

Male Yellow-rumped Warbler. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

Yellow-throated Vireo. Photo Credit: Pamela Hunt

Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

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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