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 65th, December 2024). The records are listed with their associated ARCC report numbers.
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Accepted Records (Origin Uncertain)
Species Accepted to State List (Population Established)
Records Not Accepted (Identification Questionable)
Records Not Accepted (Origin Questionable)
Records Not Accepted (Origin Uncertain)
Each record is from the year of the record # unless otherwise noted. (Updated 11/3/2024 FG)
ACCEPTED RECORDS
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis).
#2018-22. Essex. First state record.
#2021-31. Woodbury.
#2021-36. Rocky Hill.
#2023-35. Litchfield.
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor).
#1987-47. North Stonington. First authenticated state record.
ROSS’S GOOSE (Chen rossii).
#2006-05. Milford.
#2006-42. West Haven.
#2016-01. East Windsor.
#2016-24. Bridgeport.
#2016-25. New Fairfield
#2016-37. Southport
#2017-04. Westport.
#2017-34. Farmington.
#2017-37. North Stonington/Ledyard.
#2018-03. Stamford.
#2018-08. Storrs.
#2023-04. Bloomfield/Windsor
#2023-14. Bridgeport
GRAYLAG GOOSE (Anser anser).
Seventeenth Report First state record and the first accepted North American record.
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Anser albifrons).
#1986-05. S. Windsor.
#1986-06. Orange.
#1987-42. Simsbury/Granby,
#1987-35. Windham,
#1987-41. Storrs/Mansfield.
#1995-03. Westport.
#1995-43. Hartford/Wethersfield.
#1996-15. Mansfield.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE (Anser brachyrhynchus).
#1998-11. Mansfield.
#2006-30. Enfield.
#2012-05. Somers-Ellington-East Windsor area
#2012-08. Middlefield
#2015-35. Avon.
#2015-36. East Windsor/Ellington.
#2016-18. Greenwich.
#2017-02. Enfield/Suffield.
#2017-03. Westport.
#2017-13. Southport.
#2017-35. North Stonington.
#2019-25. Preston.
#2019-26. Orange.
#2020-26. Simsbury.
#2021-28. Avon.
#2021-50. East Windsor.
#2021-54. Somers.
#2021-60. Ellington, E. Windsor
#2021-61. Ellington
#2022-03. Westport, E. Windsor, Ellington
#2022-06. Milford, E. Windsor, Ellington
#2023-12. Vernon.
#2023-39. Broad Brook (East Windsor)
(BLACK) BRANT (Branta bernicla nigricans).
#2009-21. Stratford,
#2010-01. Waterford.
#2017-06. Groton.
#2017-42. Bridgeport.
#2018-17. Stratford.
#2020-21. West Haven.
#2022-53. West Haven.
BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#2010-20. Wallingford.
#2010-23. Windsor.
#2010-21. Storrs.
#2010-22. Westport.
#2023-38. Suffield.
#2023-38a. Broad Brook (East Windsor)
TRUMPETER SWAN (Cygnus buccinator).
#2014-18. Woodbridge.
#2023-18. Pomfret.
TUNDRA SWAN (Cygnus columbianus).
#1987-12. Madison,
#1986-13. Milford.
#1988-12. Orange.
#1988-08. Woodbridge.
#1989-09. Storrs.
#1995-09. Stamford/Darien.
TUFTED DUCK (Aythya fuligula).
#1992-10. Greenwich.
#1997-05. Old Saybrook,
#1998-09. East Lyme.
#1999-25. Litchfield.
#2000-03. Bridgeport.
#2000-04. Bridgeport.
#2015-08. Bridgeport.
#2015-23. Old Saybrook.
#2017-08. Bridgeport.
#2018-05. Bridgeport.
#2018-19. Bridgeport.
#2019-17. Bridgeport.
#2020-45. Bridgeport.
#2022-02. Bridgeport.
#2023-46. East Haven/Woodbridge.
KING EIDER (Somateria spectabilis).
#1986-08. Westport.
#1996-28. Milford. (# corrected from 1992-28)
#1996-05. Waterford.
#1996-29. Madison.
#1997-09. New Haven.
#2001-08. Madison.
COMMON EIDER (Somateria mollissima).
#1996-04. Waterford.
#1996-19. Stamford/Darien.
HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus).
#1987-28. Milford.
#1990-18. Norwalk.
#1992-15. Fairfield.
#1995-44. Milford.
#1998-06. Madison.
#1999-29. Stamford.
#1999-39. Stamford.
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE (Bucephala islandica).
#1986-02. Guilford,
#1987-07. New Haven.
#1993-07. Westport.
#1994-07. Enfield.
#1996-17. Enfield.
#1996-16. Westport.
EARED GREBE (Podiceps nigricollis).
#1988-15. West Haven.
#1990-06. Morris-Litchfield.
#1990-07. Stamford-Darien.
#1993-16. Darien.
#1994-28. Greenwich.
#1995-22. Litchfield.
#2001-13. East Lyme.
#2002-20. West Hartford.
#2003-01. Groton
#2003-02. Waterford
#2003-03. East Hartford
#2015-41. Stonington.
#2017-05. Stratford/New Haven.
#2017-10. Stonington.
#2018-07. Stonington.
#2019-13. Milford.
#2020-05. Stonington.
#2021-08. Barkhamsted.
#2021-57. Litchfield.
#2022-07. Stonington.
#2023-03. Stonington.
#2023-12. Stonington.
#2023-14. West Haven.
WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis).
#2006-47. Old Lyme.
#2010-15. Milford.
#2013-13. Guilford.
#2016-12. Old Saybrook/Madison.
#2019-18. Stamford.
#2020-40. Stamford.
BAND-TAILED PIGEON (Columba fasciata).
#1985-09. East Haven. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#1985-08. Portland.
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto).
#2010-14. Madison.
Seventeenth Report
COMMON GROUND-DOVE (Columbina passerina).
#2007-11. East Haven.
WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica).
#1987-06. Milford. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#1997-14. Sterling.
#2002-15. Sterling.
#2007-10. Branford.
Seventeenth Report
Seventeenth Report
#2013-24. Stratford.
#2015-28. East Haven.
#2016-23. New Haven.
#2017-39. East Haven.
#2018-26. East Haven.
#2019-14. New Haven.
#2020-42. Waterford.
#2022-63. Branford.
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW (Antrostomus carolinensis).
#1987-11. Westport.
#1988-35. Suffield.
#1990-15. Hamden.
#1997-25. Southbury.
#2006-18. Lyme.
#2006-27. Lyme.
#2009-18. Stonington.
#2012-14. Stratford.
#2017-09. Norwalk.
#2020-08. Fairfield.
#2021-27. Stamford.
MEXICAN VIOLETEAR (Colibri thalassinus)
#2017-30. Winchester.
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (Archilochus alexandri).
#2013-26. Fairfield. First state record.
#2022-61. South Windsor.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus rufus).
#1991-19. New Hartford.
#1996-21. East Hartford.
#1998-04. Madison.
#1999-18. Glastonbury.
#1999-05. Hebron.
#2001-05. Avon,
#2001-06. Cheshire.
#2001-07. Stratford.
SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD SP.
#1999-15. Guilford.
#2001-04. Stratford.
#2002-23. Southington.
#2002-24. Storrs.
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus calliope).
#2006-35. New Haven.
#2008-21. Simsbury.
#2010-11. Guilford.
Seventeenth Report
#2015-18. West Hartford.
#2020-46. Stamford
BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD (Cynanthus latirostris).
#2008-19. Montville.
PURPLE GALLINULE (Porphyrio martinicus).
#1994-22. Lyme.
#1996-06. Guilford.
#1999-06. Stamford.
#2000-17. Derby.
#2007-06. Stratford.
#2015-19. Mansfield Center.
#2021-59. Stonington.
YELLOW RAIL (Coturnicops noveboracensis).
#2006-15. Salem.
#2006-44. Stonington.
Seventeenth Report
#2013-19. Stonington.
#2017-14. Stonington.
#2019-05. Old Saybrook.
#2020-18. Milford.
#2021-45. Easton.
#2023-31. Groton.
#2023-37. East Lyme.
BLACK RAIL (Laterallus jamaicensis).
#1987-46. Madison.
#1989-15. Milford.
#1990-20. Stratford.
#1996-31. Stratford.
#1997-30. Woodbury.
#2018-14. Old Saybrook.
#2022-27. Torrington.
SANDHILL CRANE (Grus canadensis).
#1988-10. Newtown.
#1988-25. Westport.
#1992-08. Lyme.
#1993-20. Sharon.
#1999-04. New Haven.
#1999-08. Sandy Hook.
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus mexicanus).
#2006-03. Madison.
#2006-04. West Haven.
#2006-37. Westport.
#2008-12. Stonington.
#2008-25. Old Saybrook.
Seventeenth Report
#2013-18. Old Saybrook.
#2020-31. Stonington.
#2021-30. Stonington.
#2022-23 A/B. Simsbury (first inland record)/Old Lyme
#2022-24 A/B. Old Lyme/East Lyme
#2023-22. Old Saybrook.
AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana).
#1985-27. Milford.
#1988-27. Greenwich.
#1992-28. Old Lyme.
#1996-51. Westport.
#1998-07. Stonington.
#1999-11. West Haven.
#2002-18. Madison.
NORTHERN LAPWING (Vanellus vanellus).
#2010-08. Storrs. First state record.
#2021-58. Milford.
PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER (Pluvalis fulva)
#2020-23. Stratford. First state record.
COMMON RINGED PLOVER (Charadrius hiaticula)
#2020-13. Madison. First state record
SNOWY PLOVER (Charadrius nivosus).
#2006-02. West Haven.
WILSON’S PLOVER (Charadrius wilsonia).
#1989-04. Stratford. (# corrected from 1989-13)
#2007-08. West Haven.
#2018-24. Milford.
EURASIAN WHIMBREL (Numenius phaeopus sp.)
#2017-12. Old Lyme.
LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Numenius americanus).
#1995-18. North Windham.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa).
#2002-19. Milford/Waterford.
BAR-TAILED GODWIT (Limosa lapponica).
#2002-26. Old Saybrook.
RUFF (Philomachus pugnax).
#1987-13. Guilford.
#1987-21. Westport.
#1996-23. Milford.
#1999-24. Stratford.
#2000-05. Madison.
#2002-14. Stonington.
#2015-20. Old Saybrook.
#2016-15. Milford.
#2016-16. West Haven.
#2016-17. Stratford.
#2020-06. Madison.
#2022-38. Madison.
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Calidris acuminata).
#1986-09. Norwalk. First state record.
#1999-34. Waterbury.
CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea).
#1986-14. Milford.
#1987-36. Stonington.
#1991-10. Milford,
#1991-11. Cheshire.
#1997-37. Milford.
#1999-14. Old Lyme.
#2012-13. Westport.
#2022-28. Stratford.
RED-NECKED STINT (Calidris ruficollis).
#2000-20. Milford.
#2002-11. Milford.
#2006-38. Milford.
LITTLE STINT (Calidris minuta).
#2006-12. West Haven.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus lobatus).
#1985-15. West Haven.
#1987-20. West Haven.
#1990-25. Milford.
#1997-35. Litchfield.
#1999-09. Pomfret.
#1999-46. New Canaan.
#2000-07. Morris.
#2023-25. West Haven.
#2023-27. Rocky Hill.
#2023-28. Glastonbury.
RED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus fulicaria).
#1985-22. Stratford.
#1990-22. Branford.
#2006-39. Hamden.
#2006-40. Canton.
#2006-41. Killingly.
#2009-06. Stamford.
#2009-07. South Windsor.
#2012-21. Rocky Hill.
#2012-44. Old Saybrook.
#2012-22. Stratford.
#2012-23. Simsbury.
#2016-36. Farmington.
#2023-50. Warren.
POMARINE JAEGER (Stercorarius pomarinus).
#1985-26. West Haven. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#2002-33. Madison.
#2013-27. Bridgeport.
#2015-17. New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry.
PARASITIC JAEGER (Stercorarius parasiticus).
#1996-62. Waterford.
#2002-32. Groton.
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Stercorarius longicaudus).
#1997-39. West Haven.
Seventeenth Report
#2014-14. Milford/Stratford.
#2020-14. Stratford.
#2023-30. Madison.
DOVEKIE (Alle alle).
#1990-23. Madison.
#2007-17. Putnam.
#2009-08. Lebanon.
Seventeenth Report
#2012-19. Stonington.
#2018-23. Mystic.
#2018-29. Stonington.
#2020-37. North Branford.
#2020-61. Stonington.
#2023-07. New London.
#2024-06. Groton.
#2024-08. Waterford.
#2024-10. Stonington.
COMMON MURRE (Uria aalge).
#2011-01. Madison.
Seventeenth Report
#2013-01. New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry.
#2014-04, New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry.
#2014-08. New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry.
#2015-27. Old Saybrook.
#2016-33. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2017-07. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2018-31. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2018-21. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2023-06. New London.
THICK-BILLED MURRE (Uria lomvia).
#1991-07. Stonington.
#1995-41. Madison,
#1996-11. Waterford.
Seventeenth Report
Seventeenth Report
Seventeenth Report
#2013-14. New London-Orient, N.Y. ferry.
#2014-03. Stratford.
#2015-05. Putnam.
#2015-06. Madison.
#2015-07. Stratford.
#2018-06. Stonington.
#2018-10. Stonington.
#2020-03. Stonington Point.
#2020-04. Stamford/Greenwich.
#2021-03. Groton.
#2022-05. Lyme.
#2022-08. Stonington.
#2022-04. Stamford.
#2023-44. Stonington.
#2024-02. Stonington.
RAZORBILL (Alca torda).
#1993-25. Old Lyme,
#1994-26. Waterford.
#2000-06. Mystic.
BLACK GUILLEMOT (Cepphus grylle).
#2014-06. Branford,
#2014-02. Madison.
#2017-01. Stonington.
#2021-02. Groton.
#2022-15. Stonington.
#2023-05. New London.
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla).
#1988-11. New London.
#1989-06. Stamford,
#1989-07. Greenwich.
#1995-42. Madison.
#1997-26. Waterford.
#2006-06. Stamford.
#2010-10. New London-Orient Point ferry.
Seventeenth Report
Seventeenth Report
#2012-26. Stratford.
#2012-38. Old Saybrook.
#2012-39. Old Saybrook.
#2012-28. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2013-12. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2015-03. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2016-03. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2016-30. Stamford.
#2017-36. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2019-15. Westport.
#2019-29. Milford.
#2021-38. New Haven.
#2021-39. Madison.
#2021-40. West Haven.
#2021-43. Old Lyme.
#2021-49. Stonington.
#2022-59. Stonington.
#2022-65. Stamford.
#2022-68. Hampton.
#2023-21. Barkhamsted.
IVORY GULL (Pagophila eburnea).
1986-07R. East Windsor
SABINE’S GULL (Xema sabini).
#1995-21. Windham.
#2017-24. Westport.
#2021-37. New Haven.
BLACK-HEADED GULL (Chroicocephalus ridibundus).
#1991-30. Torrington.
#1992-11. West Haven.
#1993-06. Old Saybrook.
#1994-13. Woodmont.
#1997-20. Old Saybrook.
#1997-21. Fairfield.
LITTLE GULL (Larus minutus).
#1994-12. West Haven.
#1996-22. Old Saybrook.
#1997-22. Old Saybrook.
#1997-27. Old Saybrook.
#1997-28. Groton.
#2022-25. Stratford. (Returned to Review list in 2022)
#2024-11. Stonington.
ROSS’ GULL (Rhodostethia rosea).
#1985-04. West Haven. First State record.
#2021-06. Madison.
FRANKLIN’S GULL (Leucophaeus pipixcan).
#1999-28. Milford/West Haven.
#1999-40. Stamford.
#2015-26. Bridgeport.
#2015-38. CT coast.
#2017-32. Groton.
#2020-59. Old Lyme.
#2022-29. Windham.
#2022-52. Southport.
SHORT-BILLED/COMMON GULL (Larus brachyrynchus/canus).
#1988-06. Madison. Short-billed/Common Gull – First State record (hypothetical).
COMMON (EUROPEAN) GULL (Larus canus canus).
#2009-03. West Haven. First State Record
#2014-07. Southbury.
#2015-01. Southbury.
#2015-37. Milford/West Haven.
#2016-09. Madison.
#2020-27. New London.
#2023-08. Windham.
#2023-15. Stratford.
#2024-01. North Windam/Mansfield.
COMMON (KAMCHATKA) GULL (Larus canus kamtschatschensis).
#2015-40. Madison, Milford/West Haven. First state record.
#2017-16. Stratford.
#2018-28. Stamford.
#2019-27. New Haven.
#2021-22. Bridgeport, West Haven.
#2022-11. Stamford.
#2023-09A/B. Stamford(A)/Bridgeport(B)
#2023-48. Stamford
SHORT-BILLED GULL (Larus brachyrhynchus).
#2016-10. Madison. First state record.
#2022-64. Stratford.
#2023-10. Stamford.
#2024-03. Stamford.
CALIFORNIA GULL (Larus californicus)
#2016-11. West Haven. First state record.
#2019-20. West Haven.
#2021-01. West Haven.
HERRING (VEGA) GULL (Larus argentatus vegae)
#2016-05. North Haven. First state record.
ICELAND (THAYER’S) GULL (Larus glaucoides thayeri).
#1988-17. Shelton.
#1998-02. Manchester.
#2001-09. Southbury.
#2008-26. Windsor.
#2008-28. Windsor.
#2008-29. Windsor.
Seventeenth Report
#2014-01. Windsor.
#2015-16. West Haven.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus fuscus).
#1986-04. New Haven.
SLATY-BACKED GULL (Larus schistisagus).
#2008-22. Windsor.
#2009-01. Windsor.
#2022-13. Stratford.
SOOTY TERN (Onychoprion fuscatus).
#1996-47. Old Lyme.
#2007-05. Southington.
Seventeenth Report
#2019-02. (1979), Stonington Point.
#2020-19. Stratford.
#2020-43. Stamford.
#2020-51. Litchfield.
#2020-54. Old Saybrook.
#2021-16. Stonington.
#2021-18. N. Windham, Windham.
BRIDLED TERN (Onychoprion anaethetus).
#1992-18. Guilford.
#2017-23. Guilford.
GULL-BILLED TERN (Gelochelidon nilotica).
#1985-30. Madison. (# corrected from 1985-00)
#1996-35. Greenwich.
#2006-28. Milford.
#2008-27. Greenwich.
Seventeenth Report
#2012-15. Milford.
#2015-11. Waterford.
#2016-34. Stratford.
#2017-29. Stratford.
#2019-16. Westport.
#2021-33. Milford.
#2022-42. West Haven.
ARCTIC TERN (Sterna paradisaea).
#1991-17. Milford.
#1994-37. West Haven.
#2010-06. Guilford.
#2014-17. Farmington.
#2022-17. Tolland.
#2022-18. Litchfield.
#2022-19. Brookfield.
#2022-20. East Hampton.
#2022-21. Easton.
#2022-22. Madison.
SANDWICH TERN (Thalasseus sandvicensis).
#1991-22. Milford.
#1999-01. West Haven.
#2007-09. Milford/Stratford.
#2008-17. Milford.
Seventeenth Report
#2012-32. Stratford.
#2013-16. Milford.
#2018-25. West Haven.
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD (Phaethon lepturus).
Seventeenth Report First state record.
PACIFIC LOON (Gavia pacifica).
#1992-24. West Haven.
#2009-16. Middlebury.
#2012-25. Stonington.
#2013-17. West Haven.
#2014-09. New London/Groton.
#2016-31. Mystic.
#2019-04. Mystic.
#2022-51. Canton.
WILSON’S STORM-PETREL
#1995-17. Groton
WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL
# Milford. Not yet reviewed
LEACH’S STORM-PETREL
#2011-36. West Haven
#2011-37. Mansfield
#2011-38. Prospect
#2011-39. Litchfield
#2011-46. Prospect
#2012-45. Old Saybrook
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL (Oceanodroma castro).
Seventeenth Report First state record.
NORTHERN FULMAR (Fulmarus glacialis).
#1998-10. Stamford.
#2009-19. Stonington.
CORY’S SHEARWATER (Calonectris diomedea).
#1986-10. Bridgeport.
#1997-29. Madison.
#2012-33, Old Saybrook.
#2012-34, Old Saybrook.
#2012-35. Old Saybrook.
#2015-33. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2017-21. Private boat,
#2017-22. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2017-44. Stratford.
#2018-35. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2022-37. Waterford.
SOOTY SHEARWATER (Puffinus griseus).
#2006-22. Guilford.
#2018-33. New London-Orient Point ferry.
GREAT SHEARWATER (Puffinis gravis).
#1986-11. Branford.
#2006-29. Stonington.
Seventeenth Report
#2012-36. Old Saybrook.
#2012-37. Old Saybrook.
#2017-15. Madison.
#2018-34. New London-Orient Point ferry.
#2020-10. Old Saybrook.
#2020-32. Stonington.
#2021-23. Stonington.
#2022-30A-E. Waterford.
ACCEPTED RECORDS (continued)
MANX SHEARWATER (Puffinus puffinus).
#1985-05. Greenwich.
#2011-35. Old Saybrook.
#2020-12. Stonington
SARGASSO (AUDUBON’S) SHEARWATER (Pufftnus Iherminieri).
#1995-35. Suffield
WOOD STORK (Mycteria americana).
#1999-33. Cornwall.
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata magnificens).
#1987-16. Branford.
#2019-06. Madison.
FRIGATEBIRD SP. (Fregata sp.)
#2016-20. Middletown.
#2021-29. East Lyme.
BROWN BOOBY (Sula leucogaster).
#2013-25. Norwalk. First documented state record.
NORTHERN GANNET (Morus bassanus).
#1988-07. Stratford.
#1989-13. Madison.
#1990-10. New Haven.
ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga).
#1987-31. Westport. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#1996-55. Greenwich. (# corrected from 1996-05)
#1999-30. Woodbury.
#2002-30. Redding.
#2006-25. Greenwich.
#2023-20. East Haddam.
#2023-49. Essex.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos).
#1989-10. Greenwich.
#1992-21. Waterford.
#1994-08. Madison.
#1994-19. Westport.
#1996-49. Waterford.
#1996-60. Madison/Guilford.
#2003-04. New Haven.
#2005-01. Essex.
BROWN PELICAN (Pelicanus occidentalis).
#2002-01. Greenwich.
#2002-34. Milford.
#2010-16. Stratford.
#2012-27, West Haven,
#2012-17. Stratford.
#2021-07. Essex.
#2022-36 A-C. Old Saybrook(A)/Old Lyme(B)/East Lyme/Waterford.
#2022-50. Stonington.
#2022-57. Stamford.
#2023-24. Stratford.
GREAT BLUE HERON (white form) (Ardea herodias occidentalis)
#2017-33. Weston.
#2020-24. Cos Cob, Greenwich
LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta).
#2018-27. Stonington. First state record.
#2021-26. Westport.
WHITE IBIS (Eudocimus albus).
#1988-04. Stratford.
#1993-19. Milford.
#2006-13 Stonington
#2008-20. Norwalk.
#2008-11. Clinton.
Seventeenth Report
#2012-31. Guilford. (# corrected from 2011-31)
#2012-29. West Haven, Stratford.
#2012-30. Stratford.
#2014-12. Old Lyme.
#2016-32. Fairfield.
#2022-32. Old Saybrook.
#2022-33 A-D. East Lyme(A)/Madison(B)/New Haven(C)/West Haven(D).
#2022-34. Stratford.
#2022-46. Stratford (2).
WHITE-FACED IBIS (Plegadis chihi).
#1995-28. Madison.
#1996-33. Stonington.
#2002-16. Madison.
#2007-04. Madison.
#2009-04. Milford.
Seventeenth Report
#2012-41. Westport.
#2014-10. Madison.
#2014-11. Madison.
#2015-14, East Lyme.
#2015-25, Clinton.
#2015-32. Milford.
#2016-14. Old Saybrook/Madison.
#2017-25. Mystic.
#2017-26. Stonington.
#2017-27. Clinton.
#2018-15. Madison.
#2018-16. Clinton.
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Platalea ajaja).
#2018-30. Stratford. First state record.
#2021-34. West Haven, New Haven, Branford.
#2021-35. Canaan.
#2023-39. Milford/Stratford.
BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus).
#1987-24. Greenwich.
#1990-01. New Milford.
#1991-15. Cromwell,
#1991-27. Kent,
#1992-06. New Milford.
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Elanus leucorus).
#2010-17. Stratford.
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus).
#1987-27. Hamden.
#1989-08. Mansfield.
#2000-09. Stamford.
GOLDEN EAGLE (Aquila chrysaetos).
#1985-24. Essex.
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Ictinia mississippiensis).
#1995-14. Stamford/Darien.
#1997-15. South Windsor.
#1999-21. Redding.
#2002-17. Middlebury/Oxford.
SWAINSON’S HAWK (Buteo swainsoni).
#1985-35. Madison. First accepted state record.
#1991-23. Greenwich.
#1991-21. Harwinton,
#1995-34. Storrs,
#1995-38. New Milford.
#1997-01. Madison,
#1997-44. New Haven.
#1999-27. New Haven.
#2001-03. Naugatuck.
#2002-25. Milford.
#2002-29. New Haven.
#2019-10. North Windham.
#2019-09. New Haven.
#2021-41. New Haven.
#2022-47. New Haven.
#2023-40. New Haven.
ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Buteo albonotatus).
#2015-13. New Haven.
BARN OWL(Tyto alba)
#2023-42. Madison. Put on the review list in 2024.
BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia).
#1988-05 (1979). New Haven. First authenticated state record.
#1988-31 (1980). Greenwich.
#2015-12. Windsor Locks.
GREAT GRAY OWL (Strix nebulosa).
#1996-18. Madison.
#1997-32. East Lyme.
BOREAL OWL (Aegolius funereus).
#1992-09. Middlebury.
#1996-64. Madison.
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (Picoides arcticus).
#1987-17. Chester/Killingworth.
CRESTED CARACARA (Caracara plancus)
#2021-19. West Haven. First state record.
GYRFALCON (Falco rusticolus).
#1987-18. Storrs/Mansfield.
#1987-48. West Haven/New Haven.
#1995-39. Madison.
#1996-01. Madison.
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus cinerascens).
#1993-02. Stamford.
#1997-07. Old Lyme.
#2006-46 Stamford.
#2012-16. New Haven.
#2015-21. Westport.
#2016-27. Madison.
#2018-01. Stratford.
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Tyrannus melancholicus).
#1990-21. New Haven.
WESTERN KINGBIRD (Tyrannus verticalis).
#1985-20. Stratford Point.
#1985-21. New Haven.
#1994-25. Stratford.
#1995-23. New Haven,
#1995-45. Madison.
#1996-61. Southbury,
#1996-63. Groton,
#1997-38. New Haven.
GRAY KINGBIRD (Tyrannus dominicensis).
#1993-01. Greenwich.
#2022-40. Madison.
GRAY FLYCATCHER (Empidonax wrightii)
#2017-17. Stamford.
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus forficatus).
#1985-29. Madison.
#1993-18. Stonington.
#2000-23. New Canaan.
#2008-24. Windsor Locks.
#2009-05. Easton.
#2010-19. Old Lyme.
#2017-40. Southbury.
#2019-07. Easton.
#2019-08. West Simsbury.
#2020-38. Stamford
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus savana).
#2000-19. Windham.
#2006-21. Stonington.
#2010-07. Stamford.
#2013-15. Lyme.
#2014-19. Lyme.
WESTERN FLYCATCHER (Empidonax difficilis).
#2008-10. Derby.
#2015-29. Branford.
#2023-43. New London.
SAY’S PHOEBE (Sayornis saya).
#1996-10. Gaylordsville.
#2012-24. Shelton.
#2016-22. Easton.
#2022-14. Stratford.
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicianus).
#1992-14. Fairfield.
#1995-02. Simsbury.
#1996-07. Madison.
#1996-25. Milford.
#2000-08. Groton.
#2020-20. Stamford
BELL’S VIREO (Vireo bellii).
#1991-28. Westport.
#2016-13. Glastonbury.
#2020-15. Milford
#2023-36. Stamford
EURASIAN JACKDAW (Corvus corax).
#1988-21R. West Haven. First documented state record.
COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax).
#1985-02. Fairfield
#1985-31. Thomaston.
#1988-02. Canton.
BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN (Progne tapera).
#2006-33. Groton.
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW (Tachycineta thalassina)
#2022-16. Avon. First state record.
CAVE SWALLOW (Petrochelidon fulva).
#1999-37. Madison.
#1999-38. Mansfield.
BOREAL CHICKADEE (Poecile hudsonicus).
#1994-02. Madison.
#2001-01. Greenwich.
SEDGE WREN (Cistothorus platensis).
#1985-25. Madison.
#1986-16. Windsor Locks.
#1987-40. Storrs/Mansfield.
#1990-19. Goshen (# corrected from 1993-19)
#1993-17. New Milford.
#1995-32. Storrs.
#2002-09. South Windsor.
#2002-10. Wethersfield.
#2002-12. Old Lyme.
#2018-12. Pomfret.
#2018-13. Southbury.
NORTHERN WHEATEAR (Oenanthe oenanthe).
#1985-13. Madison.
#1986-18. Westport.
#1987-38. Clinton.
#1990-26. Madison.
#1993-22. Groton,
#1994-36. Madison.
#1995-25. Windham.
#1995-37. Stonington,
#1995-40. West Haven,
#1995-29. Stratford.
#1996-54. Storrs. (# corrected from 1996-64)
#1999-16. Westport.
#2002-02. Madison.
#2006-31. Milford,
#2006-32. Windsor Locks.
#2009-11. Madison,
#2009-12. Stratford,
#2009-13. Windsor Locks.
#2010-09. Wilton.
Seventeenth Report
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (Sialia currucoides).
#1994-32. Guilford.
#1994-35. Sandy Hook.
#2010-12. Windsor Locks.
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE (Myadestes townsendi).
#1985-07. Bethel. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#1990-12. Woodbury.
#1994-01. Southbury.
#1999-19. Litchfield.
#2006-09. Hamden.
Seventeenth Report (# corrected from 2012-04)
#2015-30. Greenwich.
#2022-54. Madison.
BICKNELL’S THRUSH (Catharus bicknelli)
#2018-36. New Haven.
#2022-66. New Haven.
#2023-23. Greenwich.
VARIED THRUSH (Ixoreus naevius).
#1987-43. Granby.
#1994-05. Killingworth.
#1995-07. Norwalk.
#1999-41. Hamden.
#2011-02. Stonington.
#2010-26. East Hartland.
#2013-02. Milford.
#2018-11. Simsbury. (# corrected from 2019-24)
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (Bombycilla garrulus).
#1994-06. Goshen.
#1996-24. Madison.
#1996-38. Litchfield.
#1998-03. Pomfret.
#2008-23. New Haven.
#2008-05. Harwinton.
#2008-08. Storrs.
#2008-15. Falls Village.
#2016-29. Winchester.
#2018-09. Granby.
#2018-18. Easton.
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW (Passer montanus)
#2021-44. Old Saybrook. First state record.
#2021-44 Addendum. Old Saybrook.
SPRAGUE’S PIPIT (Anthus spragueii).
#2016-26. Westport. First state record.
BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla).
#2000-02. Weston.
“HOARY” COMMON REDPOLL (Acanthis flammea hornemanni). Lumped with Common Redpoll in 2024.
#1986-15. Norwalk.
#1988-09. Torrington.
#2008-01. Canton.
#2008-02. Goshen.
#2008-03. Barkhamsted.
#2008-04. Harwinton.
#2008-07. Coventry.
#2008-31. Barkhamsted.
#2013-05, Winchester.
#2013-08, Winchester.
#2013-03. Goshen.
#2013-11. Plymouth.
#2020-33. South Windsor.
#2020-34. Stratford.
#2020-55. (2013) Barkhamsted
#2020-56. (2013) Barkhamsted
#2021-05. Avon.
#2021-14. Westport.
#2021-15. Ellington.
#2021-20. West Cornwall.
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR (Calcarius ornatus).
#1994-15. Stratford.
#2000-11. Haddam.
SMITH’S LONGSPUR (Calcarius pictus).
#1982-01. Madison.
#2007-03. Westport.
#2015-15. Wilton.
#2022-41. West Haven.
LARK SPARROW (Chondestes grammacus).
#1989-05. East Haddam.
#1990-02. Westport.
#1994-31. Southbury.
#1996-53. Madison.
#1997-03. Westport.
#1998-08. Norwalk.
LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys).
#2008-14. Madison.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Spizella pallida).
#1985-19. Stratford.
#1987-37. Storrs/Mansfield.
#1991-26. South Windsor.
#1992-27. Waterford.
#1995-15. Windsor.
#1995-27. Madison.
#1997-31. Hamden.
BREWER’S SPARROW (Spizella breweri).
#2019-19. Madison. First state record.
DARK-EYED (OREGON) JUNCO (Junco hyemalis oreganus).
#1995-05. Storrs.
#1996-46. Fairfield.
#2015-09, Salem.
#2015-10. Monroe.
#2021-09. Bethany.
#2021-12. Chaplin.
#2022-67. Bethany. (returning bird)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Zonotrichia atricapilla).
#1991-29. Naugatuck.
#1999-13. Southbury.
HARRIS’S SPARROW (Zonotrichia querula).
#1987-04. South Windsor.
#2006-01. Bloomfield.
#2007-12. Wilton.
Seventeenth Report
#2020-07. Madison.
#2021-46. Wilton.
LE CONTE’S SPARROW (Ammodramus leconteii).
#1988-01. Canton. First documented state record.
#1992-25. Madison.
#1994-23. Southbury.
#2009-14. South Windsor.
#2010-25. Milford.
#2012-46. Durham.
#2012-20. Bloomfield.
#2017-18. Stamford.
#2017-19. Stratford.
#2017-20. Newtown.
#2019-21. Lebanon.
#2020-49. Newtown.
#2021-47. Westport.
#2022-45. Woodbridge.
#2023-33. Madison.
#2024-07. Westport.
HENSLOW’S SPARROW (Ammodramus henslowii).
#1991-25. Madison.
#1992-26. Old Lyme.
#2006-17. Greenwich.
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE (Pipilo chlorurus).
#1985-06. Orange. First state record (hypothetical).
#1991-13. Branford.
#2022-02. Fairfield.
SPOTTED TOWHEE (Pipilo maculatus).
#2006-08. Groton.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus).
#1985-16. Milford.
#1990-03. South Windsor.
#1990-16. Clinton.
#1991-05. Niantic.
#1995-36. East Lyme.
WESTERN MEADOWLARK (Sturnella neglecta).
#2009-02. Westport.
#2019-11. Madison.
#2019-12. Westport.
#2020-52. Glastonbury.
#2023-17. Madison.
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE (Icterus bullockii).
#1997-06. West Hartford,
#1997-41. Goshen.
#1999-35. Stafford,
#2000-01. Goshen.
#2008-09. North Canaan.
#2012-18. Ellington.
#2020-36. Hebron.
#2020-47. Ledyard.
#2021-10. Vernon.
BLACK-BACKED ORIOLE (Icterus abeillei).
#2017-43. Stamford.
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD (Euphagus cyanocephalus).
#1987-10. Westport. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#1999-36. Windham.
#2002-38. Waterford.
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (Quiscalus major).
#1985-14. New Haven. First accepted state record (hypothetical).
#1989-03. Stratford.
#1993-12. Greenwich.
#1997-43. Stratford.
#1998-12. Stratford.
#1999-23. Stratford.
#2000-16. Stratford.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea).
#1986-17. Redding.
#1990-05. Stonington.
#1994-10. Hamden.
#1995-12. Hamden.
#1996-41. Stamford.
MacGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER (Geothlypis tolmiei)
#2002-04. New Milford.
#2002-27. Milford.
#2023-41. Fairfield.
YELLOW-RUMPED (AUDUBON’S) WARBLER (Setophaga coronata auduboni).
#1996-59. Westport.
#2012-47. Stratford.
#2012-48. Milford.
#2012-49. New Haven.
#2020.60. Stratford.
#2022-44. Stratford.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Setophaga dominica).
#1987-3. Derby.
#1987-34. Greenwich.
#1987-22. Meriden.
#1990-09. Kent.
#1994-11. Woodbury.
#1994-29. Storrs.
#1996-44. Greenwich.
#1997-19. Killingworth.
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER (Setophaga nigrescens).
#1987-05. Waterford. First state record (hypothetical).
#1992-12. Hamden.
#1995-01. Greenwich.
#1995-20. Avon.
#1997-08. West Hartford.
#1999-44. Southbury.
#2001-10. New Milford.
#2010-13. Westport.
#2015-31. Stratford.
#2021-42. Westport.
#2021-48. Madison.
#2024-05. Tolland.
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER (Setophaga townsendi)
#2020-09. Wethersfield. First state record.
#2020-22. New Haven.
HERMIT WARBLER (Setophaga occidentalis).
#1987-08. New Haven. First state record (hypothetical).
#2015-31. Barkhamsted.
#2024-13. Stonington.
SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra).
#1994-16. Branford.
#1995-10. Stamford.
#1996-43. Guilford.
#2000-15. Guilford.
#2001-02. Waterbury.
WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana).
#1997-04. Granby.
#1999-42. New Fairfield.
#2001-15. Woodbury.
#2006-45. East Haddam.
#2008-13. Madison.
#2008-30. Hampton.
#2009-09. Branford.
#2009-17. Sterling.
#2010-05. New Haven.
#2012-02. New Milford.
#2012-09. Mystic.
#2012-11. Fairfield.
#2012-43. Stratford.
#2015-24. New Haven.
#2016-28. Eastford.
#2019-22. Torrington.
#2020-01. Coventry.
#2020-25. Stratford.
#2021-13. Hamden.
#2021-24. Simsbury.
#2021-56. New Haven.
#2022-01. Madison.
#2023-19. East Harwinton.
#2024-09. Old Lyme.
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus melanocephalus).
#1988-16. Branford.
#1989-12. Harwinton.
#1998-01. Hamden.
#2016-19. Berlin.
#2019-03. (1978), Gales Ferry.
BLUE GROSBEAK (Passerina caerulea).
#1985-23. Avon.
#1990-04. Milford.
#1993-11. Mansfield.
#1996-09. Fairfield.
#1996-36. Windsor.
#1996-42. Fairfield.
#1997-43. Windsor.
LAZULI BUNTING (Passerina amoena).
#2007-01. Madison.
PAINTED BUNTING (Passerina ciris).
#1990-08. Old Lyme.
#1993-10. Watertown.
#1995-13. East Lyme.
#2006-43. Hamden.
#2010-03. Milford.
#2010-18. Stamford.
#2011-07. Stamford.
#2011-11. Stonington.
#2014-15. Brookfield.
#2014-16. Stamford.
#2015-22. Westport.
#2016-04. Stamford.
#2016-21. Westport.
#2017-31. Darien.
#2020-28. New Canaan (corrected from Darien).
#2020-29. Stamford.
#2020-30. Branford.
#2021-17. Stonington.
#2022-56. Milford.
#2022-58. Old Saybrook.
#2022-60. Stonington.
#2023-45. Hamden.
BREEDING RECORDS (Accepted)
SANDHILL CRANE Antigone canadensis
#2022-01B. Norfolk.
ACCEPTED RECORDS (Origin Uncertain)
BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#2002-06. Mansfield. (# corrected from 2002-02)
#2006-36. Newtown.
CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera).
#1995-06. Milford.
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto).
#2006-07. Waterbury.
WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica).
#2007-02. Branford.
FIELDFARE (Turdus pilaris).
#2013-10 (1878). Stamford. First state record
SPECIES ACCEPTED TO STATE LIST (Population Established)
MONK PARAKEET (Myiopsitta monachus)
Acceptance
HISTORICAL REPORTS
FIRST ARCC HISTORIC RECORDS REPORT
SECOND ARCC HISTORIC RECORDS REPORT
RECORDS NOT ACCEPTED (Identification questionable)
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor).
#1994-21. Stratford.
TRUMPETER SWAN (Cygnus buccinator)
#2018-20. Madison.
TUNDRA SWAN (Cygnus columbianus).
#1993-05. Waterford.
#1996-26. South Glastonbury.
KING EIDER (Somateria spectabilis).
#1991-03. Madison.
#1997-13. Mystic.
COMMON EIDER (Somateria mollisima).
#1991-24. Greenwich.
#1997-17. Mystic.
EARED GREBE (Podiceps nigricollis).
87-9. West Haven.
#1988-14. Old Lyme.
WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis).
#1988-13. East Haven.
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto).
#1999-10a. Woodbury.
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (Archilochus alexandri).
#2011-45. Monroe.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus rufus).
#1987-33. Portland.
#1998-05. New Canaan.
YELLOW RAIL (Coturnicops noveboracensis).
#1999-02. Madison.
BLACK RAIL (Laterallus jamaicensis).
#1994-17. Guilford.
#1996-20. Guilford.
#2006-11. Madison.
SANDHILL CRANE (Grus canadensis).
#1988-22. New Canaan.
#1994-09. Bloomfield.
#1994-24. New Haven.
WHOOPING CRANE (Grus americana).
#1989-11. Chester.
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus mexicanus).
#1997-46. Greenwich.
AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana)
#1999-31. Milford.
NORTHERN LAPWING (Vanellus vanellus).
#1989-02. Mansfield.
LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Numenius americanus)
#2009-20. North Windham.
CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea).
#1997-10. Madison.
RED-NECKED STINT (Calidris ruficollis).
#1987-15. Guilford.
#1992-16. Milford.
#2000-21. Milford,
#2000-22. Milford.
#2014-13. West Haven.
LITTLE STINT (Calidris minuta).
#1992-20. Madison,
#1995-04. Milford.
LONG-TOED STINT (Calidris subminuta).
#1985-38. New Haven.
SPOTTED REDSHANK (Tringa erythropus).
#1988-36. Norwalk.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus lobatus).
#1987-25. Milford.
#2023-34. Warren.
#2022-51. Stamford.
YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS (Thalassarche chlororhyncos).
#2000-18. Stratford/Milford.
PACIFIC LOON (Gavia pacifica).
#2001-11. Mystic.
#2006-19. Groton,
#2006-23. Stonington.
#2007-16. Westport.
#2007-13. Westport.
#2020-39. Westport.
#2021-52. Madison.
ARCTIC LOON (Gavia arctica).
#1985-32. Milford.
WILSON’S STORM-PETREL (Oceanites oceanicus).
#1991-16. Old Lyme.
LEACH’S STORM-PETREL (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
#1987-45. East Hartford.
#1990-24. Madison.
CORY’S SHEARWATER (Calonectris diomedea)
#2020-11. Stonington.
#2020-53. Old Saybrook.
SOOTY SHEARWATER (Puffinus griseus)
#1999-43. Madison.
PARASITIC JAEGER (Stercorarius parasiticus).
#1987-30. Milford.
#1988-30. South Windsor.
#1989-17. Greenwich.
#1992-01. Madison.
#1996-58. Old Lyme.
POMARINE JAEGER (Stercorarius pomarinus).
#2017-41. New London-Orient Point ferry.
GREAT SKUA (Stercorarius skua)
#2019-01. New London.
SOUTH POLAR SKUA (Stercorarius maccormicki).
#1985-37. Long Island Sound.
DOVEKIE (Alle alle).
#2015-02. Madison.
COMMON MURRE (Uria aalge).
#2014-05. Madison.
THICK-BILLED MURRE (Uria lomvia).
#1991-02. Old Lyme.
RAZORBILL (Alca torda).
#1991-04. New London.
#1993-09. Middle Clump.
#1992-04. Madison.
#1995-08. Waterford.
BLACK GUILLEMOT (Cepphus grylle).
#2002-05. Stratford.
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla ).
#1996-52. Madison.
FRANKLIN’S GULL (Larus pipixcan).
#1985-28. East Haven.
SHORT-BILLED/COMMON GULL (Larus brachyrynchus/canus).
#1985-34. West Haven.
COMMON GULL (Larus canus canus).
#1991-18. Milford.
CALIFORNIA GULL (Larus californicus).
#1990-11. West Haven.
THAYER’S GULL (Larus thayeri).
#1991-14. New Milford.
Seventeenth Report#2016-08. Stamford.
SLATY-BACKED GULL (Larus schistisagus).
#2016-06. Windsor/Bloomfield.
ROSS’S GULL (Rhodostethia rosea).
#2000-14. Old Saybrook.
SOOTY TERN (Onychoprion fuscatus).
#2011-30. Stratford.
BRIDLED TERN (Onychoprion anaethetus).
Seventeenth Report
GULL-BILLED TERN (Sterna nilotica).
#1994-18. Milford.
ARCTIC TERN (Sterna paradisaea).
#1991-17. Milford.
#1999-45. West Haven.
#2017-38. Westport.
SANDWICH TERN (Thalasseus sandvicensis).
#2013-23. Westbrook.
#2018-25R. West Haven.
WHITE-WINGED TERN (Chlidonias leucopterus).
#1985-3. New Milford.
#1985-3. New Milford.
#1999-26. Milford.
#1999-26. Revisited.
MANX SHEARWATER (Puffinus puffinus).
#1993-21. Stonington.
#1997-40. Guilford.
#2011-05. Stratford.
#2022-31. Waterford.
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata magnificens).
#1990-13. Guilford.
#1991-01. Westbrook.
NORTHERN GANNET (Sula bassanus).
#1985-39. Westport.
#1985-18. Stratford.
ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga).
#2002-07. New Preston.
#2002-03. New Milford.
#2006-26. New Haven.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos).
#1997-24. Madison.
BROWN PELICAN (Pelicanus occidentalis).
#1987-14. Windsor.
#2000-13. Windsor Locks.
#2023-26. Stamford.
REDDISH EGRET (Egretta rufescens).
#1988-3. Madison.
WHITE IBIS (Eudocimus alba).
#1988-33. Old Saybrook.
BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus).
#1988-28. Greenwich.
#1992-17. Westport.
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Elanus leucurus).
#2002-31. East Hartford.
#2008-18. Stamford.
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus).
#1988-34. Clinton.
#1991-12. Woodstock.
#1999-32. Weston.
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Ictinia mississippiensis).
#1995-11. Sandy Hook.
WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (Haliaeetus albicilla).
#1986-12. Branford.
SWAINSON’S HAWK (Buteo swainsoni).
#1997-12. Greenwich.
FERRUGINOUS HAWK (Buteo regalis).
#1987-32. Greenwich.
NORTHERN HAWK OWL (Surnia ulula).
#1992-07. Falls Village.
GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes aurifrons).
#1992-02. Avon.
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER (Picoides tridactylus).
#1993-14. Harwinton.
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (Picoides arcticus)
#2006-20. Stamford.
#2007-14. East Haven.
CRESTED CARACARA (Caracara cheriway)
#2019-28. Greenwich.
RECORDS NOT ACCEPTED (Identification questionable, continued)
EURASIAN KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus).
#1994-04. Greenwich.
GYRFALCON (Falco rusticolus).
#1987-01. New Haven.
#1988-29. Darien.
#1994-03. New Haven.
#1999-17. Old Lyme.
#2002-08. New Milford.
#2006-16. Suffield.
#2013-20. Stamford.
#2015-04. Stamford.
PRAIRIE FALCON (Falco mexicanus).
#1989-14. New Haven.
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus cinerascens).
#1985-10. Bethany.
BLACK PHOEBE (Sayornis nigricans).
#1985-01. Naugatuck.
SAY’S PHOEBE (Sayornis says)
#2019-23. Preston.
VERMILLION FLYCATCHER (Pyrocephalus rubinus).
#1995-24. Wilton.
CASSIN’S KINGBIRD (Tyrannus vociferans)
#1999-12. Madison.
GRAY KINGBIRD (Tyrannus dominicensis)
#2009-10. Greenwich.
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus forficatus).
#1987-29. Milford.
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicianus).
#1995-30. Greenwich.
#1996-56. Guilford.
BELL’S VIREO (Vireo bellii).
#2020-16. Storrs. (26th)
#2019-24. Waterford.
#2023-36A. Branford.
“WESTERN” WARBLING VIREO (Vireo gilvus swainsoni)
#2024-04. Branford.
CANADA (GRAY) JAY (Perisoreus canadensis).
#1988-18. New Haven.
#1988-32. North Colebrook.
#2002-21. Watertown. (# corrected from 2002-22)
CAROLINA CHICKADEE (Poecile carolinensis).
#1996-13. New Canaan.
BOREAL CHICKADEE (Poecile husonicus)
#2021-21. Groton.
PACIFIC WREN (Troglodytes pacificus)
#2012-42. Chaplin.
BEWICK’S WREN (Thryomanes bewickii).
#1999-03.Uncasville.
SEDGE WREN (Cistothorus platensis).
#1987-44. New Hartford.
#1990-17. Sharon.
NORTHERN WHEATEAR (Oenanthe oenanthe).
#1992-05. Madison.
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (Sialia currucoides).
#1988-19. Oxford.
#2007-07. Norwalk.
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE (Myadestes townsendi).
#1992-23. Madison.
#1993-08. Newtown.
#2006-34. South Windsor.
#2016-02. Hartford.
FIELDFARE (Turdus pilarus)
#2021-55. Stonington.
REDWING (Turdus iliacus).
#1992-22. Woodstock.
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (Bombycilla garulus).
#1996-03. Sharon.
#1996-39. Groton.
#2017-28. Stamford.
“HOARY” COMMON REDPOLL (Acanthis flammea hornemanni).
#1994-14. Torrington.
#2013-04. Winchester,
#2013-09. Winchester.
#2020-44. Barkhamstead.
#2021-04. Canaan.
#2020-44. Barkhamstead
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH X PINE SISKIN (Spinus tristis X Spinus pinus).
#1997-16. Southbury.
LARK SPARROW (Chondestes grammacus).
#1994-27. Storrs.
#1996-32. New Canaan.
LARK BUNTING (Calamospiza melanocorys).
#1985-11. Beacon Falls.
#2012-40. Rocky Hill.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Spizella pallida).
#1989-16. Storrs.
#1993-03. Westport.
#1993-23. Stratford.
#1996-02. Ansonia.
HARRIS’S SPARROW (Zonotrichia querula).
#1990-14. Avon.
LE CONTE’S SPARROW (Ammodramus leconteii).
#1995-26. Stratford.
#2009-15. Coventry.
HENSLOW’S SPARROW (Ammodramus henslowii).
#1985-17. Stratford.
#1987-26. Madison.
#2013-21. Madison.
DARK-EYED “OREGON” JUNCO (Junco hyemalis oreganus).
#1991-08. Southbury,
#1991-09. Middlebury.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus).
#1994-33. Greenwich.
#1995-16. Rowayton.
#1997-18. Canton.
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE (Icterus bullockii)
#2021-10. Vernon.
BREWER’S BLACKBIRD (Euphagus cyanocephalus).
#1996-45. Stratford/Milford.
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#2023-47. Stonington.
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (Quiscalus major).
#1992-13. Stratford.
#1999-57. Old Lyme. (# corrected from 1999-56)
#2002-22. South Windsor.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea).
#1993-15. Salisbury.
CONNECTICUT WARBLER (Oporornis agilis).
#1987-19. Rowayton.
MacGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER (Geothlypis tolmiei )
#2018-32. New Haven.
YELLOW-RUMPED “AUDUBON’S” WARBLER (Setophaga coronata auduboni).
#1996-14. Woodbury.
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER (Setophaga townsendi)
#2023-32. Harwington.
SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra).
#1995-19. New Haven.
SPOTTED TOWHEE (Pipilo maculatus).
#1996-08. Rowayton.
WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana).
#1994-20. Simsbury.
#2002-13. Redding.
#2012-12. Madison.
PAINTED BUNTING (Passerina ciris).
#1991-20. Old Greenwich.
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus melanocephalus).
#1985-12. Portland.
RECORDS NOT ACCEPTED (Origin questionable)
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
#2008-16. Litchfield.
BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#1985-33. Southbury/Roxbury.
#1987-39. Storrs/Mansfield.
#1992-03. Southbury,
#1994-34. Westport.
#1997-02. Mansfield.
#1997-36. Essex.
GRAYLAG GOOSE (Anser anser).
#1999-20. Ellington/Tolland.
COMMON SHELDUCK (Tadorna tadorna).
#1987-02. Westport.
#2015-34. Meriden.
TRUMPETER SWAN (Cygnus buccinator).
#1996-27. Danbury.
#1999-22. Stratford.
#2001-12. Litchfield.
#2010-02 Stratford.
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CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera).
#2006-10. West Hartford.
RED-CRESTED POCHARD (Netta rufina).
#1987-49. Bridgeport.
#2006-14. Litchfield.
MANDARIN DUCK (Aix galericulata).
#2008-06. West Hartford.
RUDDY SHELDUCK (Tadorna ferruginea).
#1996-48. Durham,
#1996-65. Mansfield,
#1996-66. Lisbon.
AFRICAN COLLARED DOVE (RINGED TURTLE-DOVE) (Streptopelia roseogrisea).
#1999-10b. Woodbury.
#2015-42. Stratford.
EURASIAN JACKDAW (Corvus monedula).
#1988-21. West Haven. (now accepted see 19th ARCC Report)
ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Psittacula krameri).
#1996-50. Fairfield.
BLACK-HOODED PARAKEET (Nandayus nenday).
#1988-23. Storrs/Mansfield.
GREAT TIT (Parus major).
#2001-14. Sharon.
ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula).
#1993-13. West Cornwall.
BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla)
#2010-24. New Haven.
EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH (Carduelis carduelis).
#1996-12. Bethlehem.
YELLOW-FRONTED CANARY (Crithagra mozambicus)
#2021-62. Stratford.
YELLOWHAMMER (Emberiza citrinella).
#2000-12. Stamford.
PIN-TAILED WHYDAH (Vidua macroura).
#1995-33. Fairfield. (# corrected from 1995-23)
NUTMEG MANNIKIN (Lonchura punctulata).
#2002-28. Sterling.
CHOUGH (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax).
#1988-20. Newtown.
RECORDS NOT ACCEPTED (Origin uncertain)
EURASIAN HOBBY (Falco subbuteo)
2021-11. Fairfield.
LE CONTE’S SPARROW (Ammodramus leconteii).
#2013-22. New Haven.