Checklist of the Birds of New Hampshire
Based on a checklist by Dr. Art Borror. Updated to AOU 7th edition
taxonomy by David J. Blezard.
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
____ Red-throated Loon
____ Common Loon
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
____ Pied-billed Grebe
____ Horned Grebe
____ Red-necked Grebe
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
____ Northern Fulmar
____ Cory's Shearwater
____ Greater Shearwater
____ Sooty Shearwater
____ Manx Shearwater
Family: Hydrobatidae
____ Wilson's Storm-Petrel
____ Leach's Storm-Petrel
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Sulidae
____ Northern Gannet
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
____ Great Cormorant
____ Double-crested Cormorant
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ardeidae
____ American Bittern
____ Least Bittern
____ Great Blue Heron
____ Great Egret
____ Snowy Egret
____ Little Blue Heron
____ Tricolored Heron
____ Cattle Egret
____ Green Heron
____ Black-crowned Night-Heron
Family: Threskiornithidae
____ Glossy Ibis
Family: Cathartidae
____ Turkey Vulture
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
____ Mute Swan
____ Snow Goose
____ Brant
____ Canada Goose
____ Wood Duck
____ Green-winged Teal
____ American Black Duck
____ Mallard
____ Northern Pintail
____ Blue-winged Teal
____ Northern Shoveler
____ Gadwall
____ American Wigeon
____ Canvasback
____ Redhead
____ Ring-necked Duck
____ Greater Scaup
____ Lesser Scaup
____ Common Eider
____ King Eider
____ Harlequin Duck
____ Oldsquaw
____ Black Scoter
____ Surf Scoter
____ White-winged Scoter
____ Common Goldeneye
____ Barrow's Goldeneye
____ Bufflehead
____ Hooded Merganser
____ Common Merganser
____ Red-breasted Merganser
____ Ruddy Duck
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
____ Osprey
____ Bald Eagle
____ Northern Harrier
____ Sharp-shinned Hawk
____ Cooper's Hawk
____ Northern Goshawk
____ Red-shouldered Hawk
____ Broad-winged Hawk
____ Red-tailed Hawk
____ Rough-legged Hawk
Family: Falconidae
____ American Kestrel
____ Merlin
____ Peregrine Falcon
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
____ Ring-necked Pheasant
____ Spruce Grouse
____ Ruffed Grouse
____ Wild Turkey
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
____ Virginia Rail
____ Sora
____ Common Moorhen
____ American Coot
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Charadriidae
____ Black-bellied Plover
____ American Golden-Plover
____ Semipalmated Plover
____ Piping Plover
____ Killdeer
Family: Scolopacidae
____ Greater Yellowlegs
____ Lesser Yellowlegs
____ Solitary Sandpiper
____ Willet
____ Spotted Sandpiper
____ Upland Sandpiper
____ Whimbrel
____ Hudsonian Godwit
____ Ruddy Turnstone
____ Red Knot
____ Sanderling
____ Semipalmated Sandpiper
____ Western Sandpiper
____ Least Sandpiper
____ White-rumped Sandpiper
____ Baird's Sandpiper
____ Pectoral Sandpiper
____ Purple Sandpiper
____ Dunlin
____ Ruff
____ Short-billed Dowitcher
____ Long-billed Dowitcher
____ Common Snipe
____ American Woodcock
____ Wilson's Phalarope
____ Red-necked Phalarope
____ Red Phalarope
Family: Laridae
____ Pomarine Jaeger
____ Parasitic Jaeger
____ Long-tailed Jaeger
____ Laughing Gull
____ Little Gull
____ Common Black-headed Gull
____ Bonaparte's Gull
____ Ring-billed Gull
____ Herring Gull
____ Iceland Gull
____ Glaucous Gull
____ Great Black-backed Gull
____ Black-legged Kittiwake
____ Caspian Tern
____ Roseate Tern
____ Common Tern
____ Arctic Tern
____ Forster's Tern
____ Least Tern
____ Black Tern
Family: Alcidae
____ Dovekie
____ Common Murre
____ Thick-billed Murre
____ Razorbill
____ Black Guillemot
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
____ Rock Dove
____ Mourning Dove
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
____ Black-billed Cuckoo
____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
____ Barn Owl
Family: Strigidae
____ Eastern Screech-Owl
____ Great Horned Owl
____ Snowy Owl
____ Barred Owl
____ Long-eared Owl
____ Short-eared Owl
____ Northern Saw-whet Owl
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
____ Common Nighthawk
____ Whip-poor-will
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
____ Chimney Swift
Family: Trochilidae
____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
____ Belted Kingfisher
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
____ Red-headed Woodpecker
____ Red-bellied Woodpecker
____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
____ Downy Woodpecker
____ Hairy Woodpecker
____ Three-toed Woodpecker
____ Black-backed Woodpecker
____ Northern Flicker
____ Pileated Woodpecker
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
____ Olive-sided Flycatcher
____ Eastern Wood-Pewee
____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
____ Acadian Flycatcher
____ Alder Flycatcher
____ Willow Flycatcher
____ Least Flycatcher
____ Eastern Phoebe
____ Great Crested Flycatcher
____ Eastern Kingbird
Family: Laniidae
____ Northern Shrike
Family: Vireonidae
____ Blue-headed Vireo
____ Yellow-throated Vireo
____ Warbling Vireo
____ Philadelphia Vireo
____ Red-eyed Vireo
Family: Corvidae
____ Gray Jay
____ Blue Jay
____ American Crow
____ Fish Crow
____ Northern Raven
Family: Alaudidae
____ Horned Lark
Family: Hirundinidae
____ Purple Martin
____ Tree Swallow
____ Northern Rough-winged Swallow
____ Bank Swallow
____ Cliff Swallow
____ Barn Swallow
Family: Paridae
____ Black-capped Chickadee
____ Boreal Chickadee
____ Tufted Titmouse
Family: Sittidae
____ Red-breasted Nuthatch
____ White-breasted Nuthatch
Family: Certhiidae
____ Brown Creeper
Family: Troglodytidae
____ House Wren
____ Winter Wren
____ Sedge Wren
____ Marsh Wren
____ Carolina Wren
Family: Sylviidae
____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Family: Regulidae
____ Golden-crowned Kinglet
____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Family: Turdidae
____ Eastern Bluebird
____ Veery
____ Gray-cheeked Thrush
____ Bicknell's Thrush
____ Swainson's Thrush
____ Hermit Thrush
____ Wood Thrush
____ American Robin
Family: Mimidae
____ Gray Catbird
____ Northern Mockingbird
____ Brown Thrasher
Family: Sturnidae
____ European Starling
Family: Motacilidae
____ American Pipit
Family: Bombycillidae
____ Bohemian Waxwing
____ Cedar Waxwing
Family: Parulidae
____ Blue-winged Warbler
____ Golden-winged Warbler
____ Tennessee Warbler
____ Nashville Warbler
____ Northern Parula
____ Yellow Warbler
____ Chestnut-sided Warbler
____ Magnolia Warbler
____ Cape May Warbler
____ Black-throated Blue Warbler
____ Yellow-rumped Warbler
____ Black-throated Green Warbler
____ Blackburnian Warbler
____ Pine Warbler
____ Prairie Warbler
____ Palm Warbler
____ Bay-breasted Warbler
____ Blackpoll Warbler
____ Cerulean Warbler
____ Black-and-white Warbler
____ American Redstart
____ Ovenbird
____ Northern Waterthrush
____ Louisiana Waterthrush
____ Mourning Warbler
____ Common Yellowthroat
____ Wilson's Warbler
____ Canada Warbler
____ Yellow-breasted Chat
Family: Thraupidae
____ Scarlet Tanager
Family: Emberizidae
____ Eastern Towhee
____ American Tree Sparrow
____ Chipping Sparrow
____ Field Sparrow
____ Vesper Sparrow
____ Lark Sparrow
____ Savannah Sparrow
____ Grasshopper Sparrow
____ Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
____ Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
____ Seaside Sparrow
____ Fox Sparrow
____ Song Sparrow
____ Lincoln's Sparrow
____ Swamp Sparrow
____ White-throated Sparrow
____ White-crowned Sparrow
____ Dark-eyed Junco
____ Lapland Longspur
____ Snow Bunting
Family: Cardinalidae
____ Northern Cardinal
____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
____ Indigo Bunting
____ Dickcissel
Family: Icteridae
____ Bobolink
____ Red-winged Blackbird
____ Eastern Meadowlark
____ Rusty Blackbird
____ Common Grackle
____ Brown-headed Cowbird
____ Orchard Oriole
____ Baltimore Oriole
Family: Fringillidae
____ Pine Grosbeak
____ Purple Finch
____ House Finch
____ Red Crossbill
____ White-winged Crossbill
____ Common Redpoll
____ Pine Siskin
____ American Goldfinch
____ Evening Grosbeak
Family: Passeridae
____ House Sparrow