ARCC Review List

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Ross’s Goose
Graylag Goose
Pink-footed Goose
“Black” Brant
Barnacle Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Cinnamon Teal
Tufted Duck
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Common Ground-Dove
White-winged Dove
Chuck-will’s-widow
Mexican Violetear
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Purple Gallinule
Corn Crake
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Black-necked Stilt
Northern Lapwing
Pacific Golden Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Wilson’s Plover
Snowy Plover
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Spotted Redshank
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Black Guillemot
Atlantic Puffin

Ivory Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Little Gull
Ross’s Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Common Gull
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
“Thayer’s” Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Arctic Tern
Sandwich Tern
White-tailed Tropicbird
Pacific Loon
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Northern Fulmar
Black-capped Petrel
Cory’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Sargasso (Audubon’s) Shearwater
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby
Anhinga
Brown Pelican
Little Egret
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Swainson’s Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
American Barn Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Great Gray Owl
Boreal Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Crested Caracara
Gyrfalcon
Ash-throated Flycatcher

Tropical Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Say’s Phoebe
Bell’s Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Eurasian Jackdaw
Boreal Chickadee
Violet-green Swallow
Brown-chested Martin
Bohemian Waxwing
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Bicknell’s Thrush**
Fieldfare
Varied Thrush
Northern Wheatear
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Sprague’s Pipit
Brambling
Pine Grosbeak
Hoary Redpoll
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith’s Longspur
Lark Bunting
Brewer’s Sparrow
Dark-eyed “Oregon” Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
Le Conte’s Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Western Meadowlark
Bullock’s Oriole
Black-backed Oriole
Brewer’s Blackbird
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Yellow-rumped “Audubon’s” Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting

**Recording and banding records only
” ” Subspecies for which we want reports

BREEDING BIRD REVIEW SPECIES – Updated March 23, 2024

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

Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Northern Bobwhite
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Eurasian Collared Dove*
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-wills-widow*
King Rail
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Black Rail
Sandhill Crane**
Wilson’s Snipe
Black Skimmer
Common Loon
Tricolored Heron
Western Cattle Egret
White-faced Ibis*

Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Goshawk
Mississippi Kite
Barn Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Merlin*
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
Horned Lark
Sedge Wren
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin

Clay-colored Sparrow*
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Boat-tailed Grackle
Golden-winged Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Summer Tanager*
Blue Grosbeak
Dickcissel 

Those species marked with an * have either, attempted but failed to nest successfully in the State, or are nesting in nearby states and are anticipated to nest in Connecticut. **First confirmed nesting in 2022 in Norfolk.

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

For information on how to report a rare sighting to ARRC, go to Rare Report