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New Hampshire Birds

World Status Key

Status and range is taken from IUCN Redlist

Least Concern
Near Threatened
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically Endangered
Extinct in the Wild
Extinct
Not Enough Data

U.S. Status Key

Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife 

Threatened in US
Endangered in US
Introduced

NH Status Key

Status taken from NH Fish and Game

Threatened in NH
Endangered in NH
Breeds in NH (birds)

Location Key

Africa
Asia
Australia/Oceania
Europe
North/Central America
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South America
Acadian Flycatcher - Empidonax virescensLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
American Avocet - Recurvirostra americanaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Black Duck - Anas rubripesLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Coot - Fulica americanaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchosLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Golden Plover - Pluvialis dominicaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsia
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Herring Gull - Larus smithsonianusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Kestrel - Falco sparveriusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
American Robin - Turdus migratoriusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Tree Sparrow - Spizelloides arboreaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Wigeon - Mareca americanaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
American Woodcock - Scolopax minorLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaeaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arcticaVulnerableNorth/Central AmericaEurope
Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdiiLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaAsia
Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbulaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Bank Swallow - Riparia ripariaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Barn Owl - Tyto albaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rusticaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Barred Owl - Strix variaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandicaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEurope
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyonLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Bicknell's Thrush - Catharus bicknelliVulnerableNorth/Central America
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta variaLeast Concern
Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylleLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEurope
Black Scoter - Melanitta americanaNear ThreatenedNorth/Central America
Black Tern - Childonias nigerLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Black-Bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarolaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Black-Billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus erythropthalmusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Black-Capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Black-Crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticoraxLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Black-Headed Gull - Larus ridibundusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Black-Legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactylaVulnerableNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caeruleaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristataLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Blue-Winged Teal - Spatula discorsLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorusLeast Concern
Bohemian Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulusLeast ConcernEurope
Bonaparte's Gull - Larus philadelphiaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Boreal Owl - Aegolius funereusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Brant - Branta berniclaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Broad-Winged Hawk - Buteo platypterusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Brown Creeper - Certhia americanaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufumLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Brown-Headed Cowbird - Molothrus aterLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollisNear ThreatenedNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaAsia
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeolaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Canada Goose - Branta canadensisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Canada Jay - Perisoreus canadensisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Canvasback - Aythya valisineriaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspiaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibisLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorumLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagicaNear ThreatenedNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerinaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Clay-Colored Sparrow - Spizella pallidaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonotaLeast ConcernThreatened in NHNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Common Eider - Somateria mollissimaNear ThreatenedNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangulaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quisculaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Common Loon - Gavia immerLeast ConcernThreatened in NHNorth/Central AmericaEurope
Common Merganser - Mergus merganserLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Common Murre - Uria aalgeLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minorLeast ConcernEndangered in NHNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Common Raven - Corvus coraxLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinagoLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Common Tern - Sterna hirundoLeast ConcernThreatened in NHNorth/Central AmericaAfricaAsiaAustralia/OceaniaEuropeSouth America
Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperiiLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Dark-Eyed Junco - Junco hyemalisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Dickcissel - Spiza americanaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Double-crested Cormorant - Nannopterum auritusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Dovekie - Alle alleLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescensLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Dunlin - Calidris alpinaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magnaNear ThreatenedNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Eastern Screech Owl - Megascops asioLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virensLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelopeLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Evening Grosbeak - Hesperiphona vespertinaVulnerableNorth/Central America
Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteriLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Gadwall - Mareca streperaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Gray-Cheeked Thrush - Catharus minimusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaAsia
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodiasLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Great Egret - Ardea albaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Great Gray Owl - Strix nebulosaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Greater Scaup - Aythya marilaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleucaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Green Heron - Butorides virescensLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Green-Winged Teal - Anas carolinensisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestrisLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyaneaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
King Eider - Somateria spectabilisLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
King Rail - Rallus elegansNear ThreatenedNorth/Central America
Laughing Gull - Larus atricillaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilisLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutillaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Least Tern - Sternula antillarumLeast ConcernEndangered in USEndangered in NHNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipesLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caeruleaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Long-Billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaAsia
Long-Eared Owl - Asio otusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Long-Tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalisVulnerableNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Long-Tailed Jaeger - Stercorarius longicaudusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchosLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macrouraLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Mute Swan - Cygnus olorLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilisLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Northern Hawk-Owl - Surnia ululaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottosLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Northern Pintail - Anas acutaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Northern Saw-Whet Owl - Aegolius acadicusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeataLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Osprey - Pandion haliaetusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotosLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAustralia/Oceania
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinusLeast ConcernThreatened in NHNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaAfricaEuropeAustralia/Oceania
Pied-Billed Grebe - Podilymbus podicepsLeast ConcernThreatened in NHNorth/Central America
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Pine Grosbeak - Pinicola enucleatorLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Piping Plover - Charadrius melodusNear ThreatenedThreatened in USEndangered in NHNorth/Central America
Razorbill - Alca tordaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAfrica
Red Knot - Calidris canutusNear ThreatenedThreatened in USNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Red Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicariusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaAfrica
Red-Bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Red-Breasted Merganser - Mergus serratorLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Red-Headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Red-Necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegenaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Red-Necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsia
Red-Tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Red-Throated Loon - Gavia stellataLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Red-Winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Redhead - Aythya americanaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Ring-Billed Gull - Larus delawarensisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Ring-Necked Duck - Aythya collarisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Rock Pigeon - Columba liviaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Roseate Tern - Sterna dougalliiLeast ConcernEndangered in USEndangered in NHNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaAfrica
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubrisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensisLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpresLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Ruffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufusLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Sanderling - Calidris albaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivaceaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusillaNear ThreatenedNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Short-Eared Owl - Asio flammeusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfrica
Snow Goose - Anser caerulescensLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaAsia
Snowy Egret - Egretta thulaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitariaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Sora - Porzana carolinaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis maculariusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Spruce Grouse - Canachites canadensis Least ConcernNorth/Central America
Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillataLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Thick-billed Murre - Uria lomviaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaEuropeAsia
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolorLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolorLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes auraLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicaudaLeast ConcernEndangered in NHNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Veery - Catharus fuscescensLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Virginia Rail - Rallus limicolaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauriLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustralia/Oceania
White-Crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrysLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
White-Rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollisLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
White-Winged Scoter - Melanitta deglandiLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavoLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Willet - Tringa semipalmataLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolorLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Wood Duck - Aix sponsaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelinaLeast ConcernNorth/Central America
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanusLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron - Nyctanassa violaceaLeast ConcernNorth/Central AmericaSouth America

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