CONNECTICUT ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Connecticut's Birding Organization

The Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) is the only statewide organization dedicated specifically
to Connecticut's birds, birders, and birding.

Species Index by Common Name for the Published Reports of ARCC


Index of Species by Common Name
First Report • Second Report • Third Report • Fourth Report • Fifth Report
Sixth Report • Seventh Report • Eighth Report • Ninth Report • Tenth Report
Eleventh Report • Twelfth Report • Thirteenth Report • Fourteenth Report
Fifteenth Report • Sixteenth Report • Seventeenth Report

Species are sequenced according to the A.O.U. Checklist of the Birds of North America 7th edition and supplements through number 42. The records are listed with their associated ARCC report numbers.


ACCEPTED RECORDS

“BLACK” BRANT (Branta bernicla nigricans).
#09-21. Stratford.

BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#10-20. Wallingford.
#11-18. Windsor-Bloomfield.

PACIFIC LOON (Gavia pacifica).
#92-24. West Haven.
#09-16. Middlebury.

EARED GREBE (Podiceps nigricollis).
#88-15. West Haven.
#90-6. Morris-Litchfield.
#90-7. Stamford-Darien.
#93-16. Darien.
#94-28. Greenwich
#95-22. Litchfield.
#01-13. East Lyme.
#02-20. West Hartford.

WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis).
#06-47. Old Lyme.
#10-15. Milford.

NORTHERN FULMAR (Fulmarus glacialis).
#98-10. Stamford.
#09-19. Stonington.

GREATER SHEARWATER (Puffinis gravis).
#86-11. Branford.
#06-29. Stonington.
#11-34. Old Saybrook.

CORY'S SHEARWATER (Calonectris diomedea).
#86-10. Bridgeport.
#97-29. Madison.

SOOTY SHEARWATER (Puffinus griseus).
#06-22. Guilford.

MANX SHEARWATER (Puffinus puffinus).
#85-5. Greenwich.

AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER (Pufftnus Iherminieri).
#95-35. Suffield

WILSON'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanites oceanicus).
#95-17. Groton.

LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
#11-36. West Haven,
#11-37. Mansfield,
#11-38. Prospect,
#11-39. Litchfield.

BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL (Oceanodroma castro).
#11-33. Milford. First state record.

WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD (Phaethon lepturus).
#11-31. Colebrook. First state record.

NORTHERN GANNET (Morus bassanus).
#88-7, Stratford.
#89-13. Madison.

#90-10. New Haven.

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos).
#89-10. Greenwich.
#92-21. Waterford.
#94-8. Madison.
#94-19. Westport.
#96-49. Waterford.

BROWN PELICAN (Pelicanus occidentalis).
#02-34. Milford.
#10-16. Stratford.
#11-21. Old Lyme.

ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga).
#87-31. Westport.  First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#96-5. Greenwich.
#99-30. Woodbury.
#06-25. Greenwich.
#11-04. Hamden.

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata magnificens).
#87-16. Branford.

WHITE IBIS (Eudocimus albus).
#88-4. Stratford.
#93-19. Milford.
#06-13 Stonington
#07-04. Madison.
#08-20. Norwalk.
#08-11. Clinton.
Stonington.

WHITE-FACED IBIS (Plegadis chihi).
#95-28. Madison.
#96-33. Stonington.
#02-16. Madison.
#09-04. Milford.
#11-16. Madison,
#11-17. Portland.

WOOD STORK (Mycteria americana).
#99-33. Cornwall.

BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus).
#87-24. Greenwich.
#90-1. New Milford.
#91-15. Cromwell.
#91-27. Kent.
#92-6. New Milford.

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE (Anser brachyrhynchus).
#98-11. Mansfield.
#06-30. Enfield.
#12-05. Somers/Ellington/East Windsor, Windsor,
#12-08. Middlefield.

ROSS’S GOOSE (Chen rossii).
#06-05. Milford.
#06-42 West Haven

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Anser albifrons).
#86-6. Orange.
#86-5. S. Windsor.

#87-42. Simsbury/Granby.
#87-35. Windham.
#87-41. Storrs/Mansfield.

#95-3. Westport.
#95-43. Hartford/Wethersfield.
#96-15. Mansfield.

GRAYLAG GOOSE (Anser anser).
#1103. Wallingford. First state record and first accepted North American record.

FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor).
#87-47. North Stonington. First authenticated state record.

TUNDRA SWAN (Cygnus columbianus).
#87-12. Madison.
#86-13. Milford.

#88-12. Orange.
#88-8. Woodbridge.

#89-9. Storrs.
#95-09. Stamford/Darien.

TUFTED DUCK (Aythya fuligula).
#92-10. Greenwich.
#97-05. Old Saybrook.
#98-09. East Lyme.
#99-25. Litchfield.
#00-03. Bridgeport.
#00-04. Bridgeport.

KING EIDER (Somateria spectabilis).
#86-8. Westport.
#92-28. Milford.
#96-5. Waterford.
#96-29. Madison.
#97-09. New Haven.
#01-08. Madison.

COMMON EIDER (Somateria mollissima).
#96-4. Waterford.
#96-19. Stamford/Darien.

HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus).
#87-28. Milford.
#90-18. Norwalk.
#92-15. Fairfield.
#95-44. Milford.
#98-06. Madison.
#99-29. Stamford.
#99-39. Stamford.

BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (Bucephala islandica).
#86-2. Guilford.
#87-7. New Haven.

#93-7. Westport.
#94-7. Enfield.
#96-17. Enfield.
#96-16. Westport.

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus).
#87-27. Hamden.
#89-8. Mansfield.
#00-09. Stamford.

WHITE-TAILED KITE (Elanus leucorus).
#10-17. Stratford.

MISSISSIPPI KITE (Ictinia mississippiensis).
#95-14. Stamford/Darien.
#97-15. South Windsor.
#99-21. Redding.
#02-17. Middlebury/Oxford.

GOLDEN EAGLE (Aquila chrysaetos).
#85-24. Essex.

SWAINSON'S HAWK (Buteo swainsoni).
#85-35. Madison. First accepted state record.
#91-23. Greenwich.
#91-21. Harwinton.
#95-34. Storrs.
#95-38. New Milford.
#97-1. Madison.
#97-44. New Haven.
#99-27. New Haven.
#01-03. Naugatuck.

GYRFALCON (Falco rusticolus).
#87-18. Storrs/Mansfield.
#87-48. West Haven/New Haven.
#95-39. Madison.
#96-1. Madison.

YELLOW RAIL (Coturnicops noveboracensis).
#06-15. Salem.
#06-44. Stonington.
#11-12. Harwinton.

BLACK RAIL (Laterallus jamaicensis).
#87-46. Madison.
#89-15. Milford.
#90-20. Stratford.
#96-31. Stratford.
#97-30. Woodbury.

PURPLE GALLINULE (Porphyrula martinica).
#94-22. Lyme.
#96-6. Guilford.
#99-06. Stamford.
#00-17. Derby.
#07-06. Stratford.

SANDHILL CRANE (Grus canadensis).
#88-10. Newtown.
#88-25. Westport.
#92-8. Lyme.
#93-20. Sharon.
#99-04. New Haven.
#99-08. Sandy Hook.

NORTHERN LAPWING (Vanellus vanellus).
#10-08. Storrs.

WILSON'S PLOVER (Charadrius wilsonia).
#89-13. Stratford.
#07-08. West Haven.

SNOWY PLOVER (Charadrius alexandrinus).
#06-02. West Haven.

BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus mexicanus).
#06-03. Madison.
#06-37. Westport.
#08-12. Stonington.
#08-25. Old Saybrook.
#11-14. Milford.

AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana).
#85-27. Milford.
#88-27. Greenwich.
#92-28. Old Lyme.
#96-51. Westport.
#98-07. Stonington.
#99-11. West Haven.
#02-18. Madison.

LITTLE STINT (Calidris minuta).
#06-12. West Haven.

LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Numenius americanus).
#95-18. North Windham.

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa).
#02-19. Milford/Waterford.

BAR-TAILED GODWIT (Limosa lapponica).
#02-26. Old Saybrook.

RED-NECKED STINT (Calidris ruficollis).
#00-20. Milford.
#02-11. Milford.
#06-38. Milford.

SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Calidris acuminata).
#86-9. Norwalk. First state record.
#99-34. Waterbury.

CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea).
#86-14. Milford.
#87-36. Stonington.
#91-10. Milford.
#91-11. Cheshire.
#97-37. Milford.
#99-14. Old Lyme.

RUFF (Philomachus pugnax).
#87-13. Guilford.
#87-21. Westport.
#96-23. Milford.
#99-24. Stratford.
#00-05. Madison.
#02-14. Stonington.

RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus lobatus).
#85-15. West Haven.
#87-20. West Haven.
#90-25. Milford.
#97-35. Litchfield.
#99-09. Pomfret.
#99-46. New Canaan.
#00-07. Morris.

RED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus fulicaria).
#85-22. Stratford.
#90-22. Branford.
#06-39. Hamden.
#06-40. Canton.
#06-41. Killingly.
#09-06. Stamford.

POMARINE JAEGER (Stercorarius pomarinus).
#85-26. West Haven. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#02-33. Madison.

PARASITIC JAEGER (Stercorarius parasiticus).
#96-62. Waterford.

LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Stercorarius longicaudus).
#97-39. West Haven.
#11-32. Milford.

FRANKLIN'S GULL (Larus pipixcan).
#99-28. Milford/West Haven.
#99-40. Stamford

MEW GULL (Larus canus).
#88-6. Madison. First state record (hypothetical).
#09-03. West Haven.

LITTLE GULL (Larus minutus).
#94-12. West Haven.
#96-22. Old Saybrook.
#97-22. Old Saybrook.
#97-27. Old Saybrook.
#97-28. Groton.

ROSS’ GULL (Rhodostethia rosea).
West Haven 85-4. First State record.

COMMON BLACK-HEADED GULL (Larus ridibundus).
#91-30. Torrington.
#92-11. West Haven.
#93-6. Old Saybrook.
#94-13. Woodmont.
#97-20. Old Saybrook.
#97-21. Fairfield.

THAYER'S GULL (Larus thayeri).
#88-17. Shelton.
#98-02. Manchester.
#01-09. Southbury.
#08-26. Windsor.
#08-28. Windsor.
#08-29. Windsor.
#11-15. Windsor.

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus fuscus).
#86-4. New Haven.

SLATY-BACKED GULL (Larus schistisagus).
#08-22. Windsor.
#09-01. Windsor.

SABINE'S GULL (Xema sabini).
#95-21. Windham.

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla).
#88-11. New London.
#89-6. Stamford.
#89-7. Greenwich.
#95-42. Madison.
#97-26. Waterford.
#06-06. Stamford.
#10-10. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#11-43. Stratford,
#12-01. New London-Orient Point ferry.

IVORY GULL (Pagophila eburnea).
#86-07. East Windsor.

GULL-BILLED TERN (Sterna nilotica).
#85-00. Madison.
#96-35. Greenwich.
#06-28. Milford.
#08-27. Greenwich.
#11-13. Milford,
#10-04. Stonington.

SANDWICH TERN (Sterna sandvicensis).
#91-22. Milford.
#99-01. West Haven.
#07-09. Milford/Stratford.
#08-17. Milford.
#11-23. Stratford.

ARCTIC TERN (Sterna paradisaea).
#91-17. Milford.
#94-37. West Haven.
#10-06. Guilford.

BRIDLED TERN (Sterna anaethetus).
#92-18. Guilford.

SOOTY TERN (Sterna fuscata).
#96-47. Old Lyme.
#07-05. Southington.
#11-40. Stratford, Fairfield, New Fairfield, Litchfield.

DOVEKIE (Alle alle).
#90-23. Madison.
#07-17. Putnam.
#09-08. Lebanon.
#12-03. Groton.

THICK-BILLED MURRE (Uria lomvia).
#91-7. Stonington.
#95-41. Madison.
#96-11. Waterford.
#11-24. North Stamford,
#11-25. New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry,
#12-06. New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry.

COMMON MURRE (Uria aalge).
#11-01. Madison.
#11-26. New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry.

RAZORBILL (Alca torda).
#93-25. Old Lyme.
#94-26. Waterford.
#00-06. Mystic.

BAND-TAILED PIGEON (Columba fasciata).
#85-8. East Haven. First accepted state record (hypothetical).

EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto).
#10-14. Madison.
#11-28. Stratford.

WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica).
#87-6. Milford. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#97-14. Sterling.
#02-15. Sterling.
#07-10. Branford.
#11-29,11-09. Milford, Stamford.

COMMON GROUND-DOVE (Columbina passerina).
#07-11. East Haven.

BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia).
#88-5. New Haven. First authenticated state record.
#88-31. Greenwich.

GREAT GRAY OWL (Strix nebulosa).
#96-18. Madison.
East Lyme

BOREAL OWL (Aegolius funereus).
#92-9. Middlebury.
#96-64. Madison.

CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
#87-11. Westport.
#88-35. Suffield.
#90-15. Hamden.
#97-25. Southbury.
#06-18. Lyme.
#06-27. Lyme.
#09-18. Stonington.

SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD SP.
#99-15. Guilford.
#01-04. Stratford.
#02-23. Southington.
#02-24. Storrs.

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus rufus).
#91-19. New Hartford.
#96-21. East Hartford.
#98-04. Madison.
#99-05. Hebron.
#99-18. Glastonbury.
#01-05. Avon.
#01-06. Chesire.
#01-07. Stratford.

CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD (Stellula calliope).
#06-35. New Haven.
#08-21. Simsbury.
#10-11. Guilford.
#11-10. Stonington.

BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD (Cynanthus latirostris).
#08-19. Montville.

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (Picoides arcticus).
#87-17. Chester/Killingworth.

SAY'S PHOEBE (Sayornis saya).
#96-10. Gaylordsville.

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus cinerascens).
#93-2. Stamford.
#97-07. Old Lyme.
#06-46 Stamford.

TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Tyrannus melancholicus).
#90-21. New Haven.

WESTERN KINGBIRD (Tyrannus verticalis).
#85-20. Stratford Point.
#85-21. New Haven.

#94-25. Stratford.
#95-23. New Haven.
#95-45. Madison.
#96-61. Southbury.
#96-63. Groton.
#97-38. New Haven.

GRAY KINGBIRD (Tyrannus dominicensis).
#93-1. Greenwich.

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus forficatus).
#85-29. Madison.
#93-18. Stonington.
#00-23. New Canaan.
#08-24. Windsor Locks.
#09-05. Easton.
#10-19. Old Lyme.

FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus savana).
#00-19. Windham.
#06-21. Stonington.
#10-07. Stamford.

“WESTERN” FLYCATCHER (Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis).
#08-10. Derby.

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicianus).
#92-14. Fairfield.
#95-2. Simsbury
#96-07. Madison.
#96-25. Milford.
#00-08. Groton.

BELL'S VIREO (Vireo bellii).
#91-28. Westport.

COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax).
#85-2. Fairfield
#85-31. Thomaston.

#88-2. Canton.

BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN (Progne tapera).
#06-33. Groton.

CAVE SWALLOW (Petrochelidon fulva).
#99-37. Madison.
#99-38. Mansfield.

BOREAL CHICKADEE (Poecile hudsonica).
#94-2. Madison.
#01-01. Greenwich.

SEDGE WREN (Cistothorus platensis).
#85-25. Madison.
#86-16. Windsor Locks.

#87-40. Storrs/Mansfield
#93-17. New Milford.
#93-19. Goshen.
#95-32. Storrs.
#02-09. South Windsor.
#02-10. Wethersfield.
#02-12. Old Lyme.

NORTHERN WHEATEAR (Oenanthe oenanthe).
#85-13. Madison.
#86-18. Westport.

#87-38. Clinton.
#90-26. Madison.
#93-22. Groton.
#94-36. Madison.
#95-25. Windham.
#95-37. Stonington.
#95-40. West Haven.
#95-29. Stratford.
#96-64. Storrs.
#99-16. Westport.
#02-02. Madison.
#06-31. Milford.
#06-32. Windsor Locks.
#09-11. Madison.
#10-09. Wilton.
#11-06. Groton.

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (Sialia currucoides).
#94-32. Guilford.
#94-35. Sandy Hook.
#10-12. Windsor Locks.

TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE (Myadestes townsendi).
#85-7. Bethel. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#90-12. Woodbury.
#94-1. Southbury.
#99-19. Litchfield.
#06-09. Hamden.
#12-04. Torrington.

VARIED THRUSH (Ixoreus naevius).
#87-43. Granby.
#94-5. Killingworth.
#95-07. Norwalk.
#99-41. Hamden.
#11-02. Stonington.
#10-26. East Hartland.

BOHEMIAN WAXWING (Bombycilla garrulus).
#94-6. Goshen.
#96-24. Madison.
#96-38. Litchfield.
#98-03. Pomfret.
#08-23. New Haven.
#08-05. Harwinton.
#08-08. Storrs.
#08-15. Falls Village.

YELLOW-RUMPED "AUDUBON'S" WARBLER (Dendroica coronata auduboni).
#96-59. Westport.

BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER (Dendroica nigrescens).
#87-5. Waterford. First state record (hypothetical).
#92-12. Hamden.
#95-1 Greenwich.
#95-20. Avon.
#97-08. West Hartford.
#99-44. Southbury.
#10-13 Westport.

HERMIT WARBLER (Dendroica occidentalis).
#87-8. New Haven. First state record (hypothetical).

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Dendroica dominica).
#87-3. Derby.
#87-34. Greenwich.
#87-22. Meriden.

#90-9. Kent.
#94-11. Woodbury.
#94-29. Storrs.
#96-44. Greenwich.
#97-19. Killingworth.

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea).
#86-17. Redding.
#90-5. Stonington.
#94-10. Hamden.
#95-12. Hamden.
#96-41. Stamford.

MacGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER (Oporornis tolmiei)
#02-04. New Milford.
#02-27. Milford.

SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra).
#94-16. Branford.
#95-10. Stamford.
#96-43. Guilford.
#00-15. Guilford.

WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana).
#97-04. Granby.
#99-42. New Fairfield.
#01-15. Woodbury.
#06-45. East Haddam.
#08-13. Madison.
#08-30. Hampton.
#09-09. Branford.
#10-05. New Haven,
#12-02. New Milford,
#12-09. Mystic.

GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE (Pipilo chlorurus).
#85-6. Orange. First state record (hypothetical).
#91-13. Branford.

SPOTTED TOWHEE (Pipilo maculatus).
#06-08. Groton.

CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Spizella pallida).
#85-19. Stratford.
#87-37. Storrs/Mansfield.
#91-26. South Windsor
#92-27. Waterford.
#95-15. Windsor.
#95-27. Madison.
#97-31. Hamden.

LARK SPARROW (Chondestes grammacus).
#89-5. East Haddam.
#90-2. Westport.
#94-31. Southbury.
#96-53. Madison.
#97-03. Westport.
#98-08. Norwalk.

LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys).
#08-14. Madison.

HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Ammodramus henslowii).
#91-25. Madison.
#92-26. Old Lyme.
#06-17. Greenwich.

LE CONTE'S SPARROW (Ammodramus leconteii).
#88-1. Canton. First authenticated state record.
#92-25. Madison.
#94-23. Southbury.
#09-14. South Windsor.
#10-25. Milford.

HARRIS'S SPARROW (Zonotrichia querula).
#87-4. South Windsor.
#06-01. Bloomfield.
#07-12. Wilton.
#12-04. Lebanon.

GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Zonotrichia atricapilla).
#91-29. Naugatuck.
#99-13. Southbury.

"OREGON" DARK-EYED JUNCO (Junco hyemalis oreganus / ?).
#95-05. Storrs.
#96-46. Fairfield.

CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR (Calcarius ornatus).
#94-15. Stratford.
#00-11. Haddam.

SMITH’S LONGSPUR (Calcarius pictus).
#07-03. Westport.

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus melanocephalus).
#88-16. Branford.
#89-12. Harwinton.
#98-01. Hamden.

BLUE GROSBEAK (Passerina caerulea).
#85-23. Avon.
#90-4. Milford.
#93-11. Mansfield.
#96-09. Fairfield.
#96-36. Windsor.
#97-43. Windsor.

PAINTED BUNTING (Passerina ciris).
#90-8. Old Lyme.
#93-10. Watertown.
#95-13. East Lyme.
#06-43. Hamden.
#10-03. Milford
#10-18. Stamford.

#11-11. Stonington.
#11-07. Stamford.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus).
#85-16. Milford.
#90-3. South Windsor.
#90-16. Clinton.
#91-5. Niantic.
#95-36. East Lyme.

BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (Euphagus cyanocephalus).
#87-10. Westport. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#99-36. Windham.
#02-38. Waterford.

BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (Quiscalus major).
#85-14. New Haven. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#89-3. Stratford.
#93-12. Greenwich.
#97-43. Stratford.
#98-12. Stratford.
#99-23. Stratford.
#00-16. Stratford.

LAZULI BUNTING (Passerina amoena).
#07-01. Madison.

WESTERN MEADOWLARK (Sturnella neglecta).
#09-02. Westport.

BULLOCK'S ORIOLE (Icterus bullockii).
#97-06. West Hartford.
#97-41. Goshen.
#99-35. Stafford.
#00-01. Goshen.
#08-09. North Canaan.

BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla).
#00-02. Weston.

HOARY REDPOLL (Carduelis hornemanni).
#86-15. Norwalk.
#88-9. Torrington.
#08-01. Canton.
#08-02. Goshen.
#08-03. Barkhamsted.
#08-04. Harwinton.
#08-07. Coventry.
#08-31. Barkhamsted.

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ACCEPTED RECORDS (Origin Uncertain)

BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#02-02. Mansfield.
#06-36. Newtown.

CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera).
#95-6. Milford.

WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica).
#07-02. Branford.

EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto).
#06-07. Waterbury.

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SPECIES ACCEPTED TO STATE LIST (Population Established)

MONK PARAKEET (Myiopsitta monachus)
Acceptance

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UNACCEPTED RECORDS (Identification questionable)

PACIFIC LOON (Gavia pacifica).
#01-11. Mystic.
#06-19. Groton.
#06-23. Stonington.
#07-16. Westport.
#07-13. Westport.

ARCTIC LOON (Gavia arctica).
#85-32. Milford.

EARED GREBE (Podiceps nigricollis).
#87-9. West Haven.
#88-14. Old Lyme.

YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS (Thalassarche chlororhyncos).
#00-18. Stratford/Milford.

WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis).
#88-13. East Haven.

SOOTY SHEARWATER (Puffinus griseus)
#99-43. Madison.

MANX SHEARWATER (Puffinus puffinus).
#93-21. Stonington.
#97-40. Guilford.
Stratford.

WILSON'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanites oceanicus).
#91-16. Old Lyme.

LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
#87-45. East Hartford.
#90-24. Madison.
#11-36, 11-37, 11-38, 11-39. West Haven, Mansfield, Prospect, Litchfield.

NORTHERN GANNET (Sula bassanus).
#85-39. Westport.
#85-18. Stratford.

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos).
#97-24. Madison.

BROWN PELICAN (Pelicanus occidentalis).
#87-14. Windsor.
#00-13. Windsor Locks.

ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga).
#02-07. New Preston.
#02-03. New Milford.
#06-26. New Haven.

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata magnificens).
#90-13. Guilford.
#91-1. Westbrook.

REDDISH EGRET (Egretta rufescens).
#88-3. Madison.

WHITE IBIS (Eudocimus alba).
#88-33. Old Saybrook.

BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus).
#88-28. Greenwich.
#92-17. Westport.

FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor).
#94-21. Stratford.

TUNDRA SWAN (Cygnus columbianus).
#93-5. Waterford.
#96-26. South Glastonbury.

KING EIDER (Somateria spectabilis).
#91-3. Madison.
#97-13. Mystic.

COMMON EIDER (Somateria mollisima).
#91-24. Greenwich.
#97-17. Mystic.

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus).
#88-34. Clinton.
#91-12. Woodstock.
#99-32. Weston.

MISSISSIPPI KITE (Ictinia mississippiensis).
#95-11. Sandy Hook.

WHITE-TAILED KITE (Elanus leucurus).
#02-31. East Hartford.
#08-18. Stamford.

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (Haliaeetus albicilla).
#86-12. Branford.

SWAINSON'S HAWK (Buteo swainsoni).
#97-12. Greenwich.

FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Buteo regalis).
#87-32. Greenwich.

EURASIAN KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus).
#94-4. Greenwich.

GYRFALCON (Falco rusticolus).
#87-1. New Haven.
#88-29. Darien.
#94-3. New Haven.
#99-17. Old Lyme.
#02-08. New Milford.
#06-16. Suffield.

PRAIRIE FALCON (Falco mexicanus).
#89-14. New Haven.

YELLOW RAIL (Coturnicops noveboracensis).
#99-02. Madison.

BLACK RAIL (Laterallus jamaicensis).
#94-17. Guilford.
#96-20.Guilford.
#06-11. Madison.

SANDHILL CRANE (Grus canadensis).
88-22. New Canaan.
#94-9. Bloomfield.
#94-24. New Haven.

WHOOPING CRANE (Grus americana).
#89-11. Chester.

NORTHERN LAPWING (Vanellus vanellus).
#89-2. Mansfield.

BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus mexicanus).
#97-46. Greenwich.

AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana)
#99-31. Milford.

SPOTTED REDSHANK (Tringa erythropus).
#88-36. Norwalk.

LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Numenius americanus)
#09-20. North Windham.

RED-NECKED STINT (Calidris ruficollis).
#87-15. Guilford.
#92-16. Milford.
#00-21. Milford.
#00-22. Milford.

LITTLE STINT (Calidris minuta).
#92-20. Madison.
#95-4. Milford.

LONG-TOED STINT (Calidris subminuta).
#85-38. New Haven.

CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea).
#97-10. Madison.

RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus lobatus).
#87-25. Milford.

PARASITIC JAEGER (Stercorarius parasiticus).
#87-30. Milford.
#88-30. South Windsor.
#89-17. Greenwich.
#92-1. Madison.
#96-58. Old Lyme.

FRANKLIN’S GULL (Larus pipixcan).
#85-28. East Haven.

MEW GULL (Larus canus).
#85-34. West Haven.
#91-18. Milford.

CALIFORNIA GULL (Larus californicus).
#90-11. West Haven.

THAYER'S GULL (Larus thayeri).
#91-14. New Milford.
#11-22. Fairfield.

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla ).
#96-52. Madison.

ROSS'S GULL (Rhodostethia rosea).
#00-14. Old Saybrook.

BRIDLED TERN (Onychoprion anaethetus).
#11-41. Stratford.
#11-42. Westport.

GULL-BILLED TERN (Sterna nilotica).
#94-18. Milford.

ARCTIC TERN (Sterna paradisaea).
#91-17. Milford.
#99-45. West Haven.

WHITE-WINGED TERN (Chlidonias leucopterus).
#85-3. New Milford.
#85-3. New Milford.
#99-26. Milford.
#99-26. Revisited.

SOUTH POLAR SKUA (Catharacta maccormicki).
#87-37. Long Island Sound.

THICK-BILLED MURRE (Uria lomvia).
#91-2. Old Lyme.

RAZORBILL (Alca torda).
#91-4. New London.
#92-4. Madison.
#93-9. Middle Clump.
#95-08. Waterford.

BLACK GUILLEMOT (Cepphus grylle).
#02-05. Stratford.

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto).
#99-10a. Woodbury.

NORTHERN HAWK OWL (Surnia ulula).
#92-7. Falls Village.

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus rufus).
#87-33. Portland.
#98-05. New Canaan.

GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes aurifrons).
#92-2. Avon.

THREE-TOED WOODPECKER (Picoides tridactylus).
#93-14. Harwinton.

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (Picoides arcticus)
#06-20. Stamford.
#07-14. East Haven.

BLACK PHOEBE (Sayornis nigricans).
#85-1. Naugatuck.

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus cinerascens).
#85-10. Bethany.

VERMILION FLYCATCHER (Pyrocephalus rubinus).
#95-24. Wilton.

CASSIN'S KINGBIRD (Tyrannus vociferans)
#99-12. Madison.

GRAY KINGBIRD (Tyrannus dominicensis)
#09-10. Greenwich.

SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus forficatus).
#87-29. Milford.

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicianus).
#95-30. Greenwich.
#96-56. Guilford.

GRAY JAY (Perisoreus canadensis).
#88-18. New Haven.
#88-32. North Colebrook.
#02-22. Watertown.

CAROLINA CHICKADEE (Poecile carolinensis).
#96-13. New Canaan.

BEWICK'S WREN (Thryomanes bewickii).
#99-03.Uncasville.

SEDGE WREN (Cistothorus platensis).
#87-44. New Hartford.
#90-17. Sharon.

NORTHERN WHEATEAR (Oenanthe oenanthe).
#92-5. Madison.

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (Sialia currucoides).
#88-19. Oxford.
#07-07. Norwalk.

TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE (Myadestes townsendi).
#92-23. Madison.
#93-8. Newtown.
#06-34. South Windsor.

REDWING (Turdus iliacus).
#92-22. Woodstock.

BOHEMIAN WAXWING (Bombycilla garulus).
#96-3. Sharon.
#96-39. Groton.

YELLOW-RUMPED "AUDUBON'S" WARBLER (Dendroica coronata auduboni).
#96-14. Woodbury.

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea).
#93-15. Salisbury.

CONNECTICUT WARBLER (Oporornis agilis).
#87-19. Rowayton.

SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra).
#95-19. New Haven.

WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana).
#94-20. Simsbury.
#02-13. Redding.

SPOTTED TOWHEE (Pipilo maculatus).
#96-8. Rowayton.

CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Spizella pallida).
#89-16. Storrs.
#93-3. Westport.
#93-23. Stratford.
#96-2. Ansonia.

LARK SPARROW (Chondestes grammacus).
#94-27. Storrs.
#96-32. New Canaan.

LE CONTE'S SPARROW (Ammodramus leconteii).
#95-26. Stratford.
#09-15. Coventry.

HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Ammodramus henslowii).
#85-17. Stratford.
#87-26. Madison.

HARRIS'S SPARROW (Zonotrichia querula).
#90-14. Avon.

DARK-EYED "OREGON" JUNCO (Junco hyemalis oreganus).
#91-8. Southbury.
#91-9. Middlebury.

PAINTED BUNTING (Passerina ciris).
#91-20. Old Greenwich.

LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys).
#85-11. Beacon Falls.

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus melanocephalus).
#85-12. Portland.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus).
#94-33. Greenwich.
#95-16. Rowayton.
#97-18. Canton.

BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (Euphagus cyanocephalus).
#96-45. Stratford/Milford.
#11-44. Litchfield.
#11-08. Stratford

BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (Quiscalus major).
#92-13. Stratford.
#99-56. Old Lyme.
#02-22. South Windsor.

HOARY REDPOLL (Carduelis hornemanni).
#94-14. Torrington.

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH X PINE SISKIN (Carduelis tristis X Carduelis pinus).
#97-16. Southbury.

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UNACCEPTED RECORDS (Origin questionable)

BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#85-33. Southbury/Roxbury.
#87-39. Storrs/Mansfield.

#92-3. Southbury.
#94-34. Westport.
#97-02. Mansfield.
#97-36. Essex.

GRAYLAG GOOSE (Anser anser).
#99-20. Ellington/Tolland.

COMMON SHELDUCK (Tadorna tadorna).
#87-2. Westport.

TRUMPETER SWAN (Cygnus buccinator).
#96-27. Danbury.
#99-22. Stratford.
#01-12. Litchfield.
#10-02 Stratford.
#12-07. Woodbridge.
#11-19. Woodbridge.

CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera).
#06-10. West Hartford.

RED-CRESTED POCHARD (Netta rufina).
#87-49. Bridgeport.
#06-14. Litchfield.

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
#08-16. Litchfield.

MANDARIN DUCK (Aix galericulata).
08-06. West Hartford.

RINGED TURTLE-DOVE (Streptopelia risoria).
#99-10b. Woodbury.

ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Psittacula krameri).
#96-50. Fairfield.

BLACK-HOODED PARAKEET (Nandayus nenday).
#88-23. Storrs/Mansfield.

EURASIAN JACKDAW (Corvus monedula).
#88-21. West Haven.

GREAT TIT (Parus major).
#01-14. Sharon.

ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula).
#93-13. West Cornwall.

BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla)
#10-24. New Haven.

EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH (Carduelis carduelis).
#96-12. Bethlehem.

RUDDY SHELDUCK (Tadorna ferruginea).
#96-48. Durham.
#96-65. Mansfield.
#96-66. Lisbon.

YELLOWHAMMER (Emberiza citrinella).
#00-12. Stamford.

PIN-TAILED WHYDAH (Vidua macroura).
#95-23. Fairfield.

NUTMEG MANNIKIN (Lonchura punctulata).
#02-28. Sterling.

CHOUGH (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax).
#88-20. Newtown.

 

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