Birds of Long Island Sound
Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut
This list includes the 444 bird species recorded in Connecticut and accepted by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut (ARCC). The names and sequences of species follow the A.O.S. Checklist of the Birds of North America (7th ed. 1998 and supplements to the 59th, December 19, 2018).
| The Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut Legend: * Rare in CT – ARCC requests details, (S) Sight record only, (I) Introduced, (X) Extirpated, (E) Extinct | ||
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans Black-bellied Whistling-Duck* Fulvous Whistling-Duck* Pink-footed Goose* Greater White-fronted Goose Graylag Goose* Snow Goose Ross’s Goose* Brant Barnacle Goose Cackling Goose Canada Goose Mute Swan (I) Trumpeter Swan* Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal* Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck* Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup King Eider Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow’s Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck New World Quail Northern Bobwhite (X) Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys Ring-necked Pheasant (I) Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Loons Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon* Common Loon Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe* Western Grebe* Shearwaters and Petrels Northern Fulmar* Black-capped Petrel* Cory’s Shearwater* Great Shearwater* Sooty Shearwater* (S) Manx Shearwater* Audubon’s Shearwater* (S) Storm-Petrels Wilson’s Storm-Petrel White-faced Storm-Petrel* Leach’s Storm-Petrel* Band-rumped Storm-Petrel* Tropicbirds White-tailed Tropicbird* Storks Wood Stork* Frigatebirds Magnificent Frigatebird* Gannets Brown Booby* Northern Gannet Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant Darters Anhinga* Pelicans American White Pelican Brown Pelican* Bitterns and Herons American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Little Egret* Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Ibises White Ibis* Glossy Ibis White-faced Ibis Roseate Spoonbill* New World Vultures Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Ospreys Osprey Hawks, Kites, and Eagles White-tailed Kite* Swallow-tailed Kite Mississippi Kite Golden Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Northern Goshawk Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson’s Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk* Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Yellow Rail* Black Rail* Corn Crake* King Rail Clapper Rail Virginia Rail Sora Purple Gallinule* Common Gallinule American Coot Cranes Sandhill Crane Stilts and Avocets Black-necked Stilt* American Avocet Oystercatchers American Oystercatcher Lapwings and Plovers Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Northern Lapwing* Snowy Plover* Wilson’s Plover* Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer Sandpipers and Phalaropes Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Redshank* Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew* |
Black-tailed Godwit* Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit* Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Ruff* Sharp-tailed Sandpiper* Stilt Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper* Red-necked Stint* Sanderling Dunlin Purple Sandpiper Baird’s Sandpiper Little Stint* (S) Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe American Woodcock Wilson’s Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope* Skuas and Jaegers Pomarine Jaeger* (S) Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger* Auks, Murres, and Puffins Dovekie* Common Murre* Thick-billed Murre* Razorbill Black Guillemot* Atlantic Puffin* Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Black-legged Kittiwake* Ivory Gull* Sabine’s Gull* Bonaparte’s Gull Black-headed Gull Little Gull Ross’s Gull* Laughing Gull Franklin’s Gull* Mew Gull* Ring-billed Gull California Gull* Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Slaty-backed Gull* Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Sooty Tern* Bridled Tern* Least Tern Gull-billed Tern* Caspian Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern* Forster’s Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern* Black Skimmer Pigeons and Doves Rock Pigeon (I) Band-tailed Pigeon* (S) Eurasian Collared-Dove* Common Ground-Dove* White-winged Dove* Mourning Dove Cuckoos Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Barn Owl Barn Owl Typical Owls Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl* Burrowing Owl* Barred Owl Great Gray Owl* Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Boreal Owl* Northern Saw-whet Owl Goatsuckers Common Nighthawk Chuck-will’s-widow* Eastern Whip-poor-will Swifts Chimney Swift Hummingbirds Mexican Violetear* Ruby-throated Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird* Rufous Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird* Broad-billed Hummingbird* Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher Woodpeckers Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker* Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Caracaras and Falcons American Kestrel Merlin Gyrfalcon* Peregrine Falcon Parrots Monk Parakeet (I) Tyrant Flycatchers Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher* Pacific-slope Flycatcher* Eastern Phoebe Say’s Phoebe* Ash-throated Flycatcher* Great Crested Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird* Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Gray Kingbird* Scissor-tailed Flycatcher* Fork-tailed Flycatcher* Shrikes Loggerhead Shrike* Northern Shrike Vireos White-eyed Vireo Bell’s Vireo* Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Crows and Jays Blue Jay Eurasian Jackdaw* American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven Larks Horned Lark |
Swallows Northern Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin Brown-chested Martin* (S) Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Cave Swallow Chickadees and Titmice Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee* Tufted Titmouse Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Creepers Brown Creeper Wrens House Wren Winter Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Gnatcatchers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Old World Flycatchers Northern Wheatear* Thrushes Eastern Bluebird Mountain Bluebird* Townsend’s Solitaire* Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Bicknell’s Thrush Swainson’s Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Fieldfare* American Robin Varied Thrush* Mockingbirds and Thrashers Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Northern Mockingbird Starlings European Starling (I) Wagtails and Pipits American Pipit Sprague’s Pipit Waxwings Bohemian Waxwing* Cedar Waxwing Longspurs and Snow Buntings Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur* Smith’s Longspur* Snow Bunting Wood-Warblers Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Connecticut Warbler MacGillivray’s Warbler* (S) Mourning Warbler Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Cerulean Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler* Hermit Warbler* (S) Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Towhees and Sparrows Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow’s Sparrow* Le Conte’s Sparrow* Nelson’s Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Lark Sparrow Lark Bunting* Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco White-crowned Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow* (S) Harris’s Sparrow* White-throated Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Green-tailed Towhee* Spotted Towhee* Eastern Towhee Cardinals and Tanagers Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager* Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak* Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting* Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting* Dickcissel Blackbirds and Orioles Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark* Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Brewer’s Blackbird* (S) Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Bullock’s Oriole* Baltimore Oriole Black-backed Oriole* Finches and Allies Brambling* Pine Grosbeak House Finch Purple Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll* Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak Old World Sparrows House Sparrow (I) |
Extinct or Extirpated (6 species):
Labrador Duck (E), Gray Partridge (E), Eskimo Curlew (E), Greater
Prairie-Chicken (Heath Hen subsp. (E)), Passenger Pigeon (E). Native
populations of Northern Bobwhite (X).
Updated 03/05/19 Frank Gallo
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| The Checklist of the Birds of Long Island Sound
Legend: * Rare in CT and NY. ARCC (Avian Records Committee of CT) requests details. S: Sight record only I: Introduced E: Extirpated X: Extinct NY seen in NY, but not CT. Updated: December 2010 |
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| Swans, Geese, and Ducks Fulvous Whistling-Duck* Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross’s Goose* Brant Canada Goose Barnacle Goose* Cackling Goose Mute Swan (I) Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal* Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck* Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup King Eider* Common Eider Harlequin Duck * Labrador Duck (X) Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow’s Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Grouse,Turkeys, and Quails Wild Turkey Loons Grebes Shearwaters and Petrels Audubon’s Shearwater*(S) Storm-Petrels Leach’s Storm-Petrel* Gannets Pelicans Brown Pelican* Cormorants and Darters Great Cormorant Frigatebirds Bitterns and Herons Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Western Reef-Heron* (NY only) Ibises American Vultures Kites, Eagles, and Hawks Falcons Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Cranes Plovers Oystercatchers Stilts and Avocets |
Sandpipers and Phalaropes Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Redshank* Wood Sandpiper* NY Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Eskimo Curlew* Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew* Bar-tailed Godwit* Black-tailed Godwit* Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Red-necked Stint* Little Stint* (S) Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird’s Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper* Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper* Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff * Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe American Woodcock Wilson’s Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope* Red Phalarope* Gulls,Terns, and Skimmers Glaucous Gull Ivory Gull* NY Jaegers Pomarine Jaeger *(S) Auks, Murres, and Puffins Pigeons and Doves Parrots Cuckoos Barn Owl Typical Owls Goatsuckers Swifts Hummingbirds Kingfishers Woodpeckers Tyrant Flycatchers Scissor-tailed Flycatcher * Shrikes Vireos Jays and Crows Larks |
Swallows Purple Martin Brown-chested Martin*(S) Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Chickadees and Titmice Boreal Chickadee* Nuthatches Creepers Wrens Kinglets and Thrushes Veery Thrashers Starlings Pipits Waxwings Wood-Warblers Nashville Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Hermit Warbler* (S) Pine Warbler American Redstart Tanagers Towhees, Sparrows, and Longspurs American Tree Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings Black-headed Grosbeak* Blue Grosbeak Blackbirds and Orioles Finches Old World Sparrows |
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