 | Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut |
| Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut |
This list includes the 408 species recorded in Connecticut
and accepted by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut
(ARCC). The names and sequence of species follow the A.O.U.
Check-list of the Birds of North America
(6th ed. 1983, as
amended through the 40th supplement, Auk 112: 819-830, 1995).
A Field Checklist based on the list presented here can be purchased from the Connecticut Ornithological Association, 314 Unquowa Rd., Fairfield, CT 06430. The Field Checklist is a three-fold card with four columns for keeping daily or personal lists. The latest printed edition was compiled through August 1994.
Loons & Grebes|Shearwaters & Storm-Petrels|Cormorants & Larger Water Birds|Herons|Ibises & Stork|Waterfowl|Raptors|Gamebirds| Rails & Crane|Shorebirds|Gulls & Terns|Auks|Doves|Parrot & Cuckoos|Owls|Nightjars & Swifts|Hummingbirds & Kingfishers|Woodpeckers|Flycatchers|Larks & Swallows|Jays & Crows|Titmice & Nuthatches|Creepers & Wrens|Kinglets & Thrushes|Thrashers & Pipit|Waxwings & Shrikes|Starling & Vireos|Wood Warblers|Tanagers|Grosbeaks & Buntings|Sparrows, Juncos, etc.|Blackbirds|Finches|Old World Sparrow|
SRO
Species accepted to the state list based on convincing
written details only; no specimen or photographic
evidence is known to the committee ( "Sight Record Only"). Formerly
known as hypothetical.
Ou
Origin Uncertain; verified records, but not sure that specimens were free-flying wild birds, captive or human-assisted origin a possibility. (2 species)
B
Breeds regularly (148 species; includes Introduced species).
rB
Rare, very local, or irregular breeder (30 species).
xB
No recent breeding; over 10 years since last
breeding (16 species).
Note on Asterisks:
ARCC requests written descriptions that support the
identification (left asterisk) and breeding activity (right asterisk) in the state.
Please send all reports to the Secretary (address above).
I
Introduced; breeds regularly (7 species).
X
Extinct (2 species and 1 subspecies).
Click here for Explanation of Symbols and Abbreviations
Compiled by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut
LOONS
Red-throated Loon
* Pacific Loon (SRO)
Common Loon
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe (rB)
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
* Eared Grebe
* Western Grebe
SHEARWATERS & PETRELS
* Northern Fulmar
* Black-capped Petrel
* Cory's Shearwater
* Greater Shearwater
* Manx Shearwater (SRO)
* Audubon's Shearwater
STORM-PETRELS
* Wilson's Storm-Petrel
* White-faced Storm-Petrel
* Leach's Storm-Petrel
BOOBIES & GANNETS
Northern Gannet
PELICANS
* American White Pelican
* Brown Pelican
CORMORANTS
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant (B)
DARTERS
* Anhinga (SRO)
FRIGATEBIRDS
* Magnificent Frigatebird
BITTERNS & HERONS
American Bittern (rB)
Least Bittern (B)
Great Blue Heron (B)
Great Egret (B)
Snowy Egret (B)
Little Blue Heron (B)
Tricolored Heron (xB)*
Cattle Egret (xB)
Green Heron (B)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (B)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (rB)
IBISES
* White Ibis
Glossy Ibis (B)
* White-faced Ibis
STORKS
* Wood Stork
SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS
* Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan (I)
Greater White-fronted Goose
* Pink-footed Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose (B)
Barnacle Goose (Ou)
Wood Duck (B)
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal (rB)*
* Cinnamon Teal (Ou)
American Black Duck (B)
Mallard (B)
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal (rB)*
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall (B)
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
* Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
* King Eider
Labrador Duck (X/SRO)
Harlequin Duck
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser (B)
Common Merganser (B)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
AMERICAN VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture (B)
KITES, EAGLES & HAWKS
Osprey (B)
* Swallow-tailed Kite
* Mississippi Kite (SRO)
Bald Eagle (rB)*
Northern Harrier (rB)*
Sharp-shinned Hawk (B)
Cooper's Hawk (B)
Northern Goshawk (B)
Red-shouldered Hawk (B)
Broad-winged Hawk (B)
* Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk (B)
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
FALCONS
American Kestrel (B)
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon (xB)*
* Gyrfalcon
PARTRIDGES, GROUSE, TURKEYS & QUAIL
Gray Partridge (I, extirpated)
Ring-necked Pheasant (I)
Ruffed Grouse (B)
Greater Prairie Chicken (Heath Hen X/SRO)
Wild Turkey (B)
Northern Bobwhite (B)
RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS
* Yellow Rail
* Black Rail (xB)*
* Corn Crake
Clapper Rail (B)
King Rail (rB)*
Virginia Rail (B)
Sora (B)
* Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen (rB)
American Coot (xB)*
CRANES
Sandhill Crane
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
* Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover (B)
Killdeer (B)
OYSTERCATCHERS
American Oystercatcher (B)
STILTS & AVOCETS
* Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
* Spotted Redshank
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet (B)
Spotted Sandpiper (B)
Upland Sandpiper (rB)
* Eskimo Curlew
Whimbrel
* Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
* Black-Tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
* Red-Necked Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
* Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
* Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
* Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe (xB)*
American Woodcock (B)
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
* Red Phalarope
SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS
* Pomarine Jaeger (SRO)
* Parasitic Jaeger
* Long-tailed Jaeger
Laughing Gull
* Franklin's Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
* Mew Gull (SRO)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull (B)
* Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull (B)
* Black-legged Kittiwake
* Ross' Gull
* Sabine's Gull
* Gull-billed Tern (SRO)
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
* Sandwich Tern
Roseate Tern (rB)
Common Tern (B)
* Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern (B)
* Bridled Tern
* Sooty Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer (rB)*
AUKS, MURRES & PUFFINS
* Dovekie
* Thick-billed Murre
* Razorbill (SRO)
* Black Guillemot
* Atlantic Puffin
PIGEONS & DOVES
Rock Dove (I)
* Band-tailed Pigeon (SRO)
* White-winged Dove (SRO)
Mourning Dove (B)
Passenger Pigeon (X)
PARROTS
Monk Parakeet (I)
CUCKOOS
Black-billed Cuckoo (B)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (B)
BARN OWLS
Barn Owl (rB)*
TYPICAL OWLS
* Great Gray Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl (B)
Great Horned Owl (B)
Snowy Owl
* Northern Hawk Owl
* Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl (B)
Long-eared Owl (xB)*
Short-eared Owl (xB)*
* Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl (rB)
GOATSUCKERS
Common Nighthawk (rB)
* Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will (B)
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift (B)
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (B)
* Rufous Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher (B)
WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker (xB)*
Red-bellied Woodpecker (B)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (B)
Downy Woodpecker (B)
Hairy Woodpecker (B)
* Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (B)
Pileated Woodpecker (B)
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher (xB)*
Eastern Wood-Pewee (B)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher (B)
Alder Flycatcher (B)
Willow Flycatcher (B)
Least Flycatcher (B)
Eastern Phoebe (B)
* Say's Phoebe
* Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher (B)
* Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird (B)
* Gray Kingbird
* Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
* Fork-tailed Fycatcher
LARKS
Horned Lark (rB)
SWALLOWS
Purple Martin (B)
Tree Swallow (B)
N. Rough-winged Swallow (B)
Bank Swallow (B)
Cliff Swallow (B)
* Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow (B)
JAYS & CROWS
Blue Jay (B)
American Crow (B)
Fish Crow (B)
Common Raven (B)
CHICKADEES & TITMICE
Black-capped Chickadee (B)
* Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse (B)
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch (B)
White-breasted Nuthatch (B)
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper (B)
WRENS
Carolina Wren (B)
House Wren (B)
Winter Wren (B)
* Sedge Wren (rB)*
Marsh Wren (B)
KINGLETS & THRUSHES
Golden-crowned Kinglet (rB)*
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (B)
* Northern Wheatear
Eastern Bluebird (B)
* Mountain Bluebird
* Townsend's Solitaire
Veery (B)
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush (B)
Wood Thrush (B)
American Robin (B)
* Varied Thrush
THRASHERS
Gray Catbird (B)
Northern Mockingbird (B)
Brown Thrasher (B)
PIPITS
American Pipit
WAXWINGS
* Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing (B)
SHRIKES
Northern Shrike
* Loggerhead Shrike (xB)*
STARLINGS
European Starling (I)
VIREOS
White-eyed Vireo (B)
* Bell's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo (B)
Yellow-throated Vireo (B)
Warbling Vireo (B)
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo (B)
WOOD-WARBLERS
Blue-winged Warbler (B)
Golden-winged Warbler (rB)
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler (rB)
Northern Parula (xB)*
Yellow Warbler (B)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (B)
Magnolia Warbler (rB)
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler (B)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (B)
* Black-throated Gray Warbler
* Hermit Warbler (SRO)
Black-throated Green Warbler (B)
Blackburnian Warbler (B)
Yellow-throated Warbler (rB)*
Pine Warbler (B)
Prairie Warbler (B)
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler (B)
Black-and-white Warbler (B)
American Redstart (B)
Prothonotary Warbler (xB)*
Worm-eating Warbler (B)
Ovenbird (B)
Northern Waterthrush (B)
Louisiana Waterthrush (B)
Kentucky Warbler (rB)
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
* MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat (B)
Hooded Warbler (B)
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler (B)
Yellow-breasted Chat (rB)
TANAGERS
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager (B)
* Western Tanager
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS
Northern Cardinal (B)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (B)
* Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak (rB)*
Indigo Bunting (B)
* Painted Bunting
Dickcissel (rB)*
TOWHEES, SPARROWS, JUNCOS & LONGSPURS
* Green-tailed Towhee
Eastern Towhee (B)
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow (B)
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow (B)
Vesper Sparrow (xB)*
Lark Sparrow
* Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow (B)
Grasshopper Sparrow (rB)
* Henslow's Sparrow (xB)*
* Le Conte's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (B)
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow (B)
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow (B)
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (B)
White-throated Sparrow (B)
* Golden-crowned Sparrow (SRO)
White-crowned Sparrow
* Harris' Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (B)
Lapland Longspur
* Smith's Longspur
* Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
BLACKBIRDS
Bobolink (B)
Red-winged Blackbird (B)
Eastern Meadowlark (B)
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
* Brewer's Blackbird (SRO)
Boat-tailed Grackle (rB)*
Common Grackle (B)
Brown-headed Cowbird (B)
Orchard Oriole (B)
Baltimore Oriole (B)
* Bullock's Oriole
FINCHES
* Brambling
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch (B)
House Finch (B)
Red Crossbill (xB)*
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
* Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin (rB)*
American Goldfinch (B)
Evening Grosbeak (rB)*
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow (I)
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