Seasonal Presence and Relative Frequency of Selected Species
This list summarizes the seasonal presence of selected bird species in New Hampshire, indicating whether each species occurs year-round, during the breeding season, or during the non-breeding season (winter and migration). Within each seasonal category, species are numbered and ordered from least to most frequently observed in the United States based on eBird frequency data. This ordering reflects how commonly a species has been observed by U.S. birders over time and is used here as a relative priority indicator, not as a measure of local abundance or the likelihood of encountering a species at a specific site or season within New Hampshire.
Spruce Grouse
American Goshawk
Boreal Chickadee
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Great Cormorant
Canada Jay
Ruffed Grouse
Northern Gannet
Evening Grosbeak
American Black Duck
Great Black-backed Gull
Cory’s Shearwater
Bicknell’s Thrush
Atlantic Puffin
Roseate Tern
Nelson’s Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
White-winged Crossbill
Rivoli’s Hummingbird
Arctic Tern
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Black-billed Cuckoo
Mourning Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
Alder Flycatcher
Canada Warbler
Mississippi Kite
Black Skimmer
American Oystercatcher
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Least Tern
Bobolink
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Willow Flycatcher
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
Veery
Orchard Oriole
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Little Blue Heron
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
Indigo Bunting
Dovekie
Great Gray Owl
Manx Shearwater
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Thick-billed Murre
Great Shearwater
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
King Eider
Red Phalarope
Bohemian Waxwing
Sooty Shearwater
Purple Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Snowy Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Northern Shrike
Common Murre
Harlequin Duck
Snow Bunting
Red-necked Grebe
Rough-legged Hawk
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Redpoll
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Red-throated Loon
Common Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Sanderling
American Tree Sparrow
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