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).
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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Total 422
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
Ruddy Duck
Grouse,Turkeys, and Quails Gray Partridge (EX)(I) Ring-necked Pheasant(I) Ruffed Grouse Greater Prairie-Chicken (EX)(S)
Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite
Loons Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon* Common Loon Yellow-billed Loon* NY
Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe * Western Grebe *
Shearwaters and Petrels Northern Fulmar * Black-capped Petrel * Cory’s Shearwater * Greater Shearwater * Sooty Shearwater * Manx Shearwater *(S)
Audubon’s Shearwater*(S)
Storm-Petrels Wilson’s Storm-Petrel* White-faced Storm-Petrel*
Leach’s Storm-Petrel*
Gannets Northern Gannet
Pelicans American White Pelican*
Brown Pelican*
Cormorants and Darters Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant Anhinga *(S)
Frigatebirds Magnificent Frigatebird*
Bitterns and Herons American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Western Reef-Heron* (NY only)
Ibises White Ibis* Glossy Ibis White-faced Ibis*
American Vultures Black Vulture Turkey Vulture
Kites, Eagles, and Hawks Osprey Swallow-tailed Kite* White-tailed Kite* Mississippi Kite(S) Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson’s Hawk* Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle
Falcons American Kestrel Merlin Gyrfalcon * Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Yellow Rail* Black Rail* Corn Crake* Clapper Rail King Rail Virginia Rail Sora Purple Gallinule* Common Moorhen American Coot
Cranes Sandhill Crane
Plovers Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Wilson’s Plover* Semipalmated Plover Snowy Plover* Piping Plover Killdeer
Oystercatchers American Oystercatcher
Stilts and Avocets Black-necked Stilt* American Avocet*
Gulls,Terns, and Skimmers Black-legged Kittiwake* Bonaparte’s Gull Black-headed Gull Little Gull Ross’s Gull* Laughing Gull Franklin’s Gull* Mew Gull* Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull
Ivory Gull* NY 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
Jaegers Pomarine Jaeger *(S) Parasitic Jaeger * Long-tailed Jaeger*
Auks, Murres, and Puffins Dovekie * Thick-billed Murre* Common Murre* NY Razorbill *(S) Black Guillemot* Atlantic Puffin*
Pigeons and Doves Rock Pigeon (I) Band-tailed Pigeon*(S) Eurasian Collared-Dove* White-winged Dove *(S) Mourning Dove Common Ground-Dove* Passenger Pigeon (X)
Parrots Monk Parakeet (I)
Cuckoos Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-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 * Whip-poor-will
Swifts Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird* Calliope 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
Tyrant Flycatchers Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher “Western” Flycatcher* Eastern Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher* Great Crested Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird * Western Kingbird * Eastern Kingbird Gray Kingbird *
Scissor-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
Jays and Crows Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven
Larks Horned Lark
Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Cave Swallow* Barn Swallow
Chickadees and Titmice Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee* Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers Brown Creeper
Wrens Carolina Wren Bewick’s Wren* NY House Wren Winter Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren
Kinglets and Thrushes Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Northern Wheatear * Eastern Bluebird Mountain Bluebird * Townsend’s Solitaire* NY
Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Bicknell’s Thrush Swainson’s Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Fieldfare* NY Varied Thrush*
Thrashers Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher
Starlings European Starling (I)
Pipits American Pipit
Waxwings Bohemian Waxwing* Cedar Waxwing
Wood-Warblers Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler*
Black-throated Green Warbler
Hermit Warbler* (S) Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler MacGillivray’s Warbler* Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager*
Towhees, Sparrows, and Longspurs Green-tailed Towhee* Eastern Towhee Spotted Towhee* Bachman’s Sparrow* NY
American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Lark Bunting* Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow’s Sparrow* Le Conte’s Sparrow* Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Smith’s Longspur* Chestnut-collared Longspur* Snow Bunting
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak*
Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Lazuli Bunting* Painted Bunting* Dickcissel
Blackbirds and Orioles Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark* Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Bullock’s Oriole* Baltimore Oriole
Finches Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch House Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll* Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows House Sparrow (I)
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