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Wildlife Species - BIRDS

Critical Wildlife Species Profiles for Birds - from the NH Wildlife Action Plan
The following bird species have been identified as species of conservation concern in New Hampshire. Click on each link to learn more and to read the Species Profile, which describes the habitat, known locations, threats, and conservation and research needs for each species. Species in bold have their own webpage.

American bittern	Cooper's hawk	Osprey	Sedge wren
American black duck	Eastern meadowlark	Palm warbler	Semipalmated sandpiper
American pipit	Eastern towhee	Peregrine falcon	Spruce grouse
American woodcock	Golden eagle	Pied-billed grebe	Three-toed woodpecker
Arctic tern	Golden-winged warbler	Piping plover	Upland sandpiper
Bald eagle	Grasshopper sparrow	Purple finch	Vesper sparrow
Bay-breasted warbler	Great blue heron	Purple martin	Whip-poor-will
Bicknell's thrush	Horned lark	Purple sandpiper	Willet
Black Guillemot	Least bittern	Red-shouldered hawk
Cerulean warbler	Least tern	Roseate tern
Common loon	Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow	Ruffed grouse
Common moorhen	Non-breeding birds	Rusty blackbird
Common nighthawk	Northern goshawk	Salt marsh sharp-tailed sparrow
Common tern	Northern harrier	Seaside sparrow

Many grassland-nesting birds are species of conservation concern. To learn more about grassland birds, click here.

Many species of conservation concern depend on shrubland habitats. To learn more about shrublands, click here.

Want tips for feeding birds in your backyard? Click here for a fact sheet on bird feeding.

Bird Conservation - click here to read an issue of the "Habitats" newsletter dedicated to bird conservation issues in NH.

Important Bird Areas - Learn more about this program to identify and conserve areas that are critical to bird species for breeding, feeding, wintering or migration. Link will connect to NH Audubon website.

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