Species Occurring in New Hampshire

New Hampshire is home to more than 500 species of vertebrate animals. This list would be much longer if a complete list of invertebrates (insects, crustaceans, clams and snails) were included. About 75 percent are nongame wildlife species not hunted, fished or trapped. Twenty-seven species are endangered and fourteen are threatened in the state. With your help we are able to maintain New Hampshire's rich diversity of wildlife through research, management and education projects outlined in the Actions of the Wildlife Action Plan.

Legend:

ST = state-threatened

SE = state-endangered

FT = federally-threatened

FE = federally-endangered

SC = special concern in NH

SGCN = Species of Greatest Conservation Need

(i) = introduced

Diadromous Fish
Freshwater Fish
Marine Fish & Marine Invertebrates
Mammals
Reptiles
Amphibians
Mussels
Insects
Birds

Diadromous Fish

Alewife (also freshwater)

SGCN

Salmon, Chinook (i)

Herring, Blueback

SC, SGCN

Salmon, Coho (i)

Lamprey, Sea

SC, SGCN

Shad, American

SC, SGCN

Salmon, Atlantic (i) (also freshwater)

Smelt, Rainbow (also freshwater)

SGCN

ST, FT, SGCN

FE, SE, SGCN

SGCN, SC

Freshwater Fish
Bass, Largemouth (i)	Dace, Blacknose	Madtom, Tadpole (i)	Shiner, Spottail (i)
Bass, Rock (i)	Dace, Finescale SC, SGCN	Perch, White (i) (also marine)	Sucker, Longnose
Bass, Smallmouth (i)	Dace, Longnose	Perch, Yellow	Sucker, White
Bluegill (i)	Dace, Northern Redbelly SC, SGCN	Pickerel, Chain	Sunfish, Banded SC, SGCN
Bullhead, Brown	Darter, Swamp SC, SGCN	Pickerel, Redfin SC, SGCN	Sunfish, Redbreast
Bullhead, Yellow	Darter, Tessellated	Pike, Northern (i)	Trout, Brook SGCN
Burbot SC, SGCN	Eel, American (also marine) SC, SGCN	Pumpkinseed	Trout, Brown (i) (also marine)
Carp (i)	Fallfish	Sculpin, Slimy	Trout, Lake SGCN
Chub, Creek	Goldfish (i)	Shiner, Blacknose	Trout, Rainbow (i)
Chub, Lake	Killifish, Banded (also marine)	Shiner, Bridle ST, SGCN	Walleye (i)
Chubsucker, Creek	Lamprey, American Brook SE, SGCN	Shiner, Common	Whitefish, Lake SC, SGCN
Crappie, Black (i)	Madtom, Margined	Shiner, Golden	Whitefish, Round ST, SGCN

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Marine Fish
Bass, Black Sea	Flounder, Yellowtail	Menhaden, Atlantic	Skate, Little
Bass, Striped	Goosefish, American	Pipefish, Northern	Skate, Thorny
Bluefish	Grubby	Plaice, American	Skate, Winter
Butterfish	Gunnel, Rock	Pollock	Sail, Sea
Cod, Atlantic	Haddock	Pout, Ocean	Stickleback, Fourspine (also freshwater)
Cunner	Hake, Silver	Puffer, Northern-	Stickleback, Ninespine (also freshwater)
Cusk	Hake, Spotted	Raven,Sea	Stickleback, Threespine (also freshwater)
Dogfish, Smooth	Hake, Squirrel	Redfish	Sturgeon, Atlantic ST, FE, FT, SGCN
Dogfish, Spiny	Hake, White	Robin, Common Sea	Sturgeon, Short-nosed FE, SE, SGCN
Dory, American John	Halibut, Atlantic	Robin, Striped Sea	Tautog
Eel, American SC, SGCN	Herring, Atlantic	Rockling, Four-bearded	Tom cod, Atlantic
Eel, Conger	Killifish, Common (mummichog)	Sculpin, Longhorn	Windowpane
Flounder, Four-spotted	Killifish, Striped (mummichog)	Sculpin, Shorthorn	Wolffish, Atlantic
Flounder, Smooth	Lance, American Sand	Scup	Wolffish, Spotted
Flounder, Summer	Lumpfish	Shad, American SGCN	Wrymouth
Flounder, Winter	Mackerel, Atlantic	Shad, Hickory
Flounder, Witch	Mackerel, Chub	Silverside, Atlantic
Marine Invertebrates
American Oyster SGCN	Atlantic Sea Scallop SGCN	Horseshoe Crab SGCN	Northern Shrimp SGCN
Softshell Clam SGCN

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Mammals
Bat, Big Brown SGCN	Fisher	Muskrat	Squirrel, Gray
Bat, Eastern Red SC, SGCN	Fox, Grey	Opossum, Virginia	Squirrel, Northern Flying
Bat, Hoary SC, SGCN	Fox, Red	Otter, River	Squirrel, Red
Bat, Little Brown SE, SGCN	Hare, Snowshoe	Pipistrelle, Eastern	Squirrel, Southern Flying
Bat, Northern Long-eared FT, SE, SGCN	Lemming, Northern Bog SC, SGCN	Porcupine	Vole, Meadow
Bat, Silver-haired SC, SGCN	Lemming, Southern Bog SGCN	Porpoise	Vole, Rock SGCN
Bat, Small-footed SE, SGCN	Lynx, Canada FE, SE, SGCN	Raccoon	Vole, Southern Red-backed
Bat, Tricolored SE, SGCN	Marten, American SC, SGCN	Rat, Norway (i)	Vole, Woodland
Bear, Black	Mink	Seal, Harbor	Weasel, Long-tailed
Beaver	Mole, Hairy-tailed	Shrew, American Water SGCN	Weasel, Short-tailed (Ermine)
Bobcat	Mole, Star-nosed	Shrew, Long-tailed SGCN	Whale, Fin SGCN, FE
Chipmunk, Eastern	Moose	Shrew, Masked	Whale, Humpback SGCN
Cottontail, Eastern	Mouse, Deer	Shrew, Pygmy	Whale, Minke
Cottontail, New England SE, SGCN	Mouse, House (i)	Shrew, Short-tailed	Whale, North Atlantic Right SGCN, FE
Coyote	Mouse, Meadow Jumping	Shrew, Smoky	Whale, Pilot
Deer, White-tailed	Mouse, White-footed	Shrew, Water	Wolf, Eastern (not yet in NH) FE, SE, SGCN
Dolphin, Common	Mouse, Woodland Jumping	Skunk, Striped	Woodchuck

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Reptiles
Racer, Black ST, SGCN	Snake, Milk	Turtle, Common Musk (Stinkpot)
Rattlesnake, Timber SE, SGCN	Snake, Northern Water	Turtle, Eastern Box SE, SGCN
Snake, Brown	Snake, Redbelly	Turtle, Painted
Snake, Common Garter	Snake, Ringneck	Turtle, Snapping
Snake, Eastern Hognose SE, SGCN	Snake, Smooth Green SC, SGCN	Turtle, Spotted ST, SGCN
Snake, Eastern Ribbon SGCN	Turtle, Blanding's SE, SGCN	Turtle, Wood SC, SGCN

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Amphibians
Bullfrog	Peeper, Spring	Salamander, Redback
Frog, Green	Salamander, Blue-Spotted SC, SGCN	Salamander, Slimy
Frog, Mink SGCN	Salamander, Four-toed	Salamander, Spotted
Frog, Northern Leopard SC, SGCN	Salamander, Jefferson SC, SGCN	Toad, American
Frog, Pickerel	Salamander, Marbled SE, SGCN	Toad, Fowler's ST, SGCN
Frog, Wood	Salamander, Dusky	Treefrog, Gray
Mudpuppy	Salamander, Spring
Newt, Eastern, Red-spotted	Salamander, Two-lined

Freshwater Mussels

SGCN

SGCN

SGCN

ST, SGCN

SGCN

FE, SE, SGCN

SE, SGCN

Insects (Listed or SGCN species only)
Barrens Itame SC, SGCN	Boghaunter, Ringed (Banded Bog Skimmer) ST, SGCN	Clubtail, Rapids SC, SGCN	Hairstreak, Hessel's ST, SGCN
Barrens xylotype SC, SGCN	Boghaunter, Ebony	Clubtail, Skillet SC, SGCN	Moth, Cora (bird dropping moth) SC, SGCN
Broad-lined Catopyrrha SGCN	Butterfly, Karner Blue FE, SE, SGCN	Clubtail, Riverine	Moth, Phyllira tiger SC, SGCN
Beetle, Appalachian Tiger SGCN, SC	Butterfly, Frosted Elfin SE, SGCN	Darner, Sedge SGCN	Moth, Pine Barrens Zanclognatha SGCN, SC
Beetle, Cobblestone Tiger SE, SGCN	Monarch Butterfly SGCN, sc	Emerald, Coppery SC, SGCN	Moth, Pine Pinion ST, SGCN
Beetle, Margined Tiger SC, SGCN	Butterfly, White Mountain Fritillary SE	Emerald, Kennedy’s SGCN, SC	Pine Barrens Lepidoptera SGCN
Beetle, Puritan Tiger (historic records in NH) FT, SE, SGCN	Bee, American Bumble SGCN, SC	Emerald, Ocellated SGCN	Skipper, Persius Duskywing SE, SGCN
Beetle, Saltmarsh Tiger	Bee, Rusty-patched Bumble FE, SE, SGCN	Emerald, Ringed SGCN	Spreadwing, lyre-tipped SGCN
Bluet, Pine Barrens SC, SGCN	Bee, Yellow Bumble SGCN, SC	Fritillary, White Mountain SE, SGCN	Sleepy Duskywing SGCN
Bluet, Scarlet	Bee, Yellowbanded Bumble SGCN, SC	Hairstreak, Edward's SC, SGCN

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Birds
Bittern, American	Grouse, Ruffed SGCN	Phalarope, Wilson's	Tern, Arctic SC
Bittern, Least SC, SGCN	Grouse, Spruce SC, SGCN	Pheasant, Ring-necked (i)	Tern, Black
Blackbird, Red-winged	Guillemot, Black	Phoebe, Eastern	Tern, Caspian
Blackbird, Rusty SC, SGCN	Gull, Black-headed	Pintail, Northern	Tern, Common ST, SGCN
Blackbird, Yellow-headed	Gull, Bonaparte's	Pipit, American SC, SGCN	Tern, Forster's
Bluebird, Eastern	Gull, Glaucous	Plover, Black-bellied	Tern, Least SE, SGCN
Bobolink SGCN	Gull, Great Black-backed	Plover, American Golden	Tern, Roseate FE, SE, SGCN
Bobwhite, Northern (i)	Gull, Herring	Plover, Piping FT, SE, SGCN	Tern, Royal
Brant	Gull, Iceland	Plover, Semipalmated	Thrasher, Brown SGCN
Bufflehead	Gull, Laughing	Rail, King	Thrush, Bicknell's SC, SGCN
Bunting, Indigo	Gull, Little	Rail, Virginia	Thrush, Gray-cheeked
Bunting, Snow	Gull, Ring-billed	Raven, Common	Thrush, Hermit
Canvasback	Gyrfalcon	Razorbill	Thrush, Swainson's
Cardinal, Northern	Harrier, Northern SE, SGCN	Redhead	Thrush, Varied
Catbird, Gray	Hawk, Broad-winged	Redpoll, Common	Thrush, Wood SGCN
Chat, Yellow-breasted	Hawk, Cooper's	Redpoll, Hoary	Titmouse, Tufted
Chickadee, Black-capped	Hawk, Red- shouldered	Redstart, American	Towhee, Eastern SGCN
Chickadee, Boreal	Hawk, Red-tailed	Robin, American	Turkey, Eastern Wild
Coot, American	Hawk, Rough-legged	Sanderling SGCN	Turnstone, Ruddy SGCN
Cormorant, Double-crested	Hawk, Sharp-shinned	Sandpiper, Baird's	Veery SGCN
Cormorant, Great	Heron, Great Blue	Sandpiper, Buff-breasted	Vireo, Philadelphia
Cowbird, Brown-headed	Heron, Green	Sandpiper, Least	Vireo, Red-eyed
Crane, Sandhill	Heron, Little Blue	Sandpiper, Pectoral	Vireo, Solitary
Creeper, Brown	Heron, Tricolored	Sandpiper, Purple SGCN	Vireo, Warbling
Crossbill, Red	Heron, Black-crowned Night-	Sandpiper, Semipalmated SGCN	Vireo, White-eyed
Crossbill, White-winged	Heron, Yellow-crowned Night	Sandpiper, Solitary	Vireo, Yellow-throated
Crow, American	Hummingbird, Ruby-throated	Sandpiper, Spotted	Vulture, Turkey
Crow, Fish	Hummingbird, Rufous	Sandpiper, Stilt	Vulture, Black
Cuckoo, Black- billed SGCN	Ibis, Glossy	Sandpiper, Upland SE, SGCN	Warbler, Bay- breasted SGCN
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed	Jaeger, Parasitic	Sandpiper, Western	Warbler, Black-and-white
Dickcissel	Jaeger, Pomarine	Sandpiper, White-rumped	Warbler, Black-throated Blue
Dove, Mourning	Jay, Blue	Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied	Warbler, Black-throated Green
Dove, Rock (Pigeon) (i)	Jay, Gray	Scaup, Greater	Warbler, Blackburnian
Dovekie	Junco, Dark-eyed	Scaup, Lesser	Warbler, Blackpoll
Dowitcher, Long-billed	Kestrel, American SC, SGCN	Scoter, Black	Warbler, Blue winged SGCN
Dowitcher, Short-billed	Killdeer	Scoter, Surf	Warbler, Canada SGCN
Duck, American Black Photo SGCN	Kingbird, Eastern	Scoter, White - winged	Warbler, Cape May SGCN
Duck, Harlequin	Kingbird, Western	Shearwater, Cory's	Warbler, Cerulean ST, SGCN
Duck, Ring-necked	Kingfisher, Belted	Shearwater, Greater	Warbler, Chestnut-sided
Duck, Ruddy	Kinglet, Golden-crowned	Shearwater, Manx	Warbler, Connecticut
Duck, Wood	Kinglet, Ruby-crowned	Shoveler, Northern	Warbler, Golden-winged SGCN
Dunlin	Kittiwake, Black-legged	Shrike, Loggerhead	Warbler, Magnolia
Eagle, Bald SC, SGCN	Knot, Red FT, ST, SGCN	Shrike, Northern	Warbler, Mourning
Eagle, Golden SE, SGCN	Lark, Horned SC, SGCN	Siskin, Pine	Warbler, Nashville
Egret, Cattle	Longspur, Lapland	Snipe, Common	Warbler, Orange-crowned
Egret, Great	Loon, Common ST, SGCN	Sora SC, SGCN	Warbler, Palm
Egret, Snowy	Loon, Red-throated	Sparrow, American Tree	Warbler, Pine
Eider, Common	Mallard	Sparrow, Chipping	Warbler, Prairie SGCN
Eider, King	Martin, Purple ST, SGCN	Sparrow, Clay-colored	Warbler, Tennessee
Falcon, Peregrine ST, SGCN	Meadowlark, Eastern ST, SGCN	Sparrow, Field SGCN	Warbler, Wilson's
Finch, House (i)	Merganser, Common	Sparrow, Fox	Warbler, Yellow
Finch, Purple SGCN	Merganser, Hooded	Sparrow, Grasshopper ST, SGCN	Warbler, Yellow-rumped
Flicker, Northern	Merganser, Red-breasted	Sparrow, Henslow's	Warbler, Yellow-throated
Flycatcher, Alder	Merlin	Sparrow, House (i)	Waterthrush, Louisiana
Flycatcher, Great Crested	Mockingbird, Northern	Sparrow, Lark	Waterthrush, Northern
Flycatcher, Least	Moorhen, Common SC	Sparrow, Lincoln's	Waxwing, Bohemian
Flycatcher, Olive sided SGCN	Murre, Common	Sparrow, Savannah	Waxwing, Cedar
Flycatcher, Willow	Nighthawk, Common SE, SGCN	Sparrow, Seaside SC, SGCN	Whimbrel SGCN
Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied	Nuthatch, Red-breasted	Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed SGCN	Whip-poor-will SC, SGCN
Fulmar, Northern	Nuthatch, White-breasted	Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SC, SGCN	Wigeon, American
Gadwall	Oldsquaw	Sparrow, Song	Wigeon, Eurasian
Gannet, Northern	Oriole, Baltimore	Sparrow, Swamp	Willet SC, SGCN
Gallinule, Common SC, SGCN	Oriole, Orchard	Sparrow, Vesper SC, SGCN	Wood-Pewee, Eastern
Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray	Osprey	Sparrow, White-crowned	Woodcock, American SGCN
Godwit, Hudsonian	Ovenbird	Sparrow, White-throated	Woodpecker, Black-backed
Godwit, Marbled	Owl, Barn	Starling, European (i)	Woodpecker, Downy
Goldeneye, Barrow's	Owl, Barred	Storm-Petrel, Leach's	Woodpecker, Hairy
Goldeneye, Common	Owl, Boreal	Storm-Petrel, Wilson's	Woodpecker, Pileated
Goldfinch, American	Owl, Eastern Screech	Swallow, Bank SC, SGCN	Woodpecker, Red-bellied
Goose, Canada	Owl, Great Gray	Swallow, Barn	Woodpecker, Red-headed
Goose, Snow	Owl, Great Horned	Swallow, Cliff ST, SGCN	Woodpecker, American Three toed SGCN, SC
Goshawk, Northern SGCN	Owl, Long-eared	Swallow, Northern Roughwinged	Wren, Carolina
Grackle, Common	Owl, Northern Hawk	Swallow, Tree	Wren, House
Grebe, Horned	Owl, Northern Saw-whet	Swan, Mute (i)	Wren, Marsh SGCN
Grebe, Pied-billed ST, SGCN	Owl, Short-eared	Swan, Tundra	Wren, Sedge SGCN
Grebe, Red-necked	Owl, Snowy	Swift, Chimney SGCN	Wren, Winter
Grosbeak, Blue	Parula, Northern	Tanager, Scarlet SGCN	Yellowlegs, Greater
Grosbeak, Evening	Phalarope, Red	Teal, Blue-winged	Yellowlegs, Lesser
Grosbeak, Pine	Phalarope, Red-necked	Teal, Green-winged	Yellowthroat, Common
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted

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