Review list

The following is a list of species which The Avian Records Committee requests written descriptions, photographs, sound recordings, and other documentation for occurrences in Connecticut as well as any species not on the official state list (see COA Field Checklist, March 2012 as well as updated state checklist page of this site CT Checklist ).
CURRENT REVIEW SPECIES - Updated March 2012
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Pink-footed Goose Graylag Goose Ross's Goose Cinnamon Teal Pacific Loon Western Grebe Northern Fulmar Black-capped Petrel Cory’s Shearwater Great Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Audubon’s Shearwater White-faced Storm-Petrel Leach’s Storm-Petrel Band-rumped Storm-Petrel White-tailed Tropicbird Wood Stork Magnificent Frigatebird Anhinga Brown Pelican White Ibis White-faced Ibis White-tailed Kite Gyrfalcon Yellow Rail Black Rail Corn Crake Purple Gallinule Northern Lapwing Snowy Plover Wilson’s Plover Black-necked Stilt Spotted Redshank Eskimo Curlew Long-billed Curlew	Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Red-necked Stint Little Stint Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Franklin’s Gull Mew Gull Thayer’s Gull Slaty-backed Gull Sabine’s Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Ross’ Gull Gull-billed Tern Sandwich Tern Arctic Tern Bridled Tern Sooty Tern Dovekie Common Murre Thick-billed Murre Black Guillemot Atlantic Puffin Band-tailed Pigeon White-winged Dove Eur. Collared Dove Northern Hawk Owl Burrowing Owl Great Gray Owl Boreal Owl Chuck-will’s-widow Broad-billed Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird	Black-backed Woodpecker "Western" Flycatcher Say’s Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Gray Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Fork-tailed Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Bell’s Vireo Brown-chested Martin Boreal Chickadee Northern Wheatear Mountain Bluebird Townsend’s Solitaire Bohemian Waxwing Chestnut-collared Longspur Smith’s Longspur MacGillivray's Warbler Hermit Warbler Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Lark Bunting Henslow’s Sparrow Le Conte’s Sparrow Harris’s Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Painted Bunting Western Meadowlark Brewer’s Blackbird Bullock’s Oriole Brambling Hoary Redpoll

Unusual Breeding Birds
Breeding records of the species listed below or others not known to breed in Connecticut will be reviewed and archived by the ARCC.

Tricolored Heron	Common Snipe	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Henslow's Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal	Black Skimmer	Loggerhead Shrike	Boat-tailed Grackle
Bald Eagle	Barn Owl	Northern Parula	Red Crossbill
Northern Harrier	Long-eared Owl	Yellow-throated Warbler	Pine Siskin
Peregrine Falcon	Short-eared Owl	Prothonotary Warbler	Evening Grosbeak
Black Rail	Red-headed Woodpecker	Blue Grosbeak
King Rail	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Dickcissel
American Coot	Sedge Wren	Vesper Sparrow

Other species in need of documentation: Any exotic species, escaped cage birds, including waterfowl.