{"id":211,"date":"2017-01-19T04:28:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T04:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.89.31.220\/~ctbirdin\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2021-10-24T23:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T03:45:24","slug":"checklist-of-the-birds-of-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/birds-birding\/checklist-of-the-birds-of-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"

This list includes the 448 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<\/a><\/span> (7th ed. 1998 and supplements to the 61st, July, 2020). (A Crested Caracara photographed 7 March 2021 is under review by the committee and would be #449 if accepted.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

The Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut<\/span><\/h3>\n

Legend: <\/strong>*<\/strong> Rare in CT – ARCC requests details,  (S) Sight record only, (I) Introduced, (X) Extirpated, (E) Extinct<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Ducks, Geese, Swans<\/strong>
\nBlack-bellied Whistling-Duck*<\/strong>
\nFulvous Whistling-Duck*<\/strong>
\nSnow Goose
\nRoss\u2019s Goose*<\/strong>
\nGraylag Goose*<\/strong>
\nGreater White-fronted Goose
\nPink-footed Goose*<\/strong>
\nBrant
\nBarnacle Goose
\nCackling Goose
\nCanada Goose
\nMute Swan (I)
\nTrumpeter Swan*<\/strong>
\nTundra Swan
\nWood Duck
\nBlue-winged Teal
\nCinnamon Teal*<\/strong>
\nNorthern Shoveler
\nGadwall
\nEurasian Wigeon
\nAmerican Wigeon
\nMallard
\nAmerican Black Duck
\nNorthern Pintail
\nGreen-winged Teal
\nCanvasback
\nRedhead
\nRing-necked Duck
\nTufted Duck*<\/strong>
\nGreater Scaup
\nLesser Scaup
\nKing Eider
\nCommon Eider
\nHarlequin Duck
\nSurf Scoter
\nWhite-winged Scoter
\nBlack Scoter
\nLong-tailed Duck
\nBufflehead
\nCommon Goldeneye
\nBarrow\u2019s Goldeneye
\nHooded Merganser
\nCommon Merganser
\nRed-breasted Merganser
\nRuddy Duck<\/p>\n

New World Quail<\/strong>
\nNorthern Bobwhite (X)<\/p>\n

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys<\/strong>
\nWild Turkey
\nRuffed Grouse
\nRing-necked Pheasant (I) (X)<\/p>\n

Grebes
\n<\/strong>Pied-billed Grebe
\nHorned Grebe
\nRed-necked Grebe
\nEared Grebe*<\/strong>
\nWestern Grebe*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pigeons, Doves<\/strong>
\nRock Pigeon (I)
\nBand-tailed Pigeon*<\/strong> (S)
\nEurasian Collared-Dove*<\/strong>
\nCommon Ground-Dove*<\/strong>
\nWhite-winged Dove*<\/strong>
\nMourning Dove<\/p>\n

Cuckoos<\/strong>
\nYellow-billed Cuckoo
\nBlack-billed Cuckoo<\/p>\n

Goatsuckers<\/strong>
\nCommon Nighthawk
\nChuck-will\u2019s-widow*<\/strong>
\nEastern Whip-poor-will<\/p>\n

Swifts<\/strong>
\nChimney Swift<\/p>\n

Hummingbirds<\/strong>
\nMexican Violetear*
\nRuby-throated Hummingbird
\nBlack-chinned Hummingbird*<\/strong>
\nCalliope Hummingbird*<\/strong>
\nRufous Hummingbird
\nBroad-billed Hummingbird*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rails, Gallinules, Coots<\/strong>
\nClapper Rail
\nKing Rail
\nVirginia Rail
\nCorn Crake*<\/strong>
\nSora
\nCommon Gallinule
\nAmerican Coot
\nPurple Gallinule*<\/strong>
\nYellow Rail*<\/strong>
\nBlack Rail*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cranes<\/strong>
\nSandhill Crane<\/p>\n

Stilts, Avocets<\/strong>
\nBlack-necked Stilt*<\/strong>
\nAmerican Avocet<\/p>\n

Oystercatchers<\/strong>
\nAmerican Oystercatcher<\/p>\n

Lapwings, Plovers<\/strong>
\nNorthern Lapwing*<\/strong>
\nBlack-bellied Plover
\nAmerican Golden-Plover
\nPacific Golden-Plover*<\/strong>
\nKilldeer
\nCommon Ringed Plover*<\/strong> (S)
\nSemipalmated Plover
\nPiping Plover
\nWilson\u2019s Plover*<\/strong>
\nSnowy Plover*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sandpipers, Phalaropes<\/strong>
\nUpland Sandpiper
\nWhimbrel
\nLong-billed Curlew*<\/strong>
\nBar-tailed Godwit*<\/strong>
\nBlack-tailed Godwit*<\/strong>
\nHudsonian Godwit
\nMarbled Godwit
\nRuddy Turnstone
\nRed Knot
\nRuff*<\/strong>
\nSharp-tailed Sandpiper*<\/strong>
\nStilt Sandpiper
\nCurlew Sandpiper*<\/strong>
\nRed-necked Stint*<\/strong>
\nSanderling
\nDunlin
\nPurple Sandpiper
\nBaird\u2019s Sandpiper
\nLittle Stint*<\/strong> (S)
\nLeast Sandpiper
\nWhite-rumped Sandpiper
\nBuff-breasted Sandpiper
\nPectoral Sandpiper
\nSemipalmated Sandpiper
\nWestern Sandpiper
\nShort-billed Dowitcher
\nLong-billed Dowitcher
\nAmerican Woodcock
\nWilson\u2019s Snipe
\nSpotted Sandpiper
\nSolitary Sandpiper
\nLesser Yellowlegs
\nWillet
\nSpotted Redshank*<\/strong>
\nGreater Yellowlegs
\nWilson\u2019s Phalarope
\nRed-necked Phalarope
\nRed Phalarope*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Skuas, Jaegers<\/strong>
\nPomarine Jaeger*<\/strong> (S)
\nParasitic Jaeger
\nLong-tailed Jaeger*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auks, Murres, Puffins<\/strong>
\nDovekie*<\/strong>
\nCommon Murre*<\/strong>
\nThick-billed Murre*<\/strong>
\nRazorbill
\nBlack Guillemot*<\/strong>
\nAtlantic Puffin*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers<\/strong>
\nBlack-legged Kittiwake*<\/strong>
\nIvory Gull*<\/strong> (S)
\nSabine\u2019s Gull*<\/strong>
\nBonaparte\u2019s Gull
\nBlack-headed Gull
\nLittle Gull
\nRoss\u2019s Gull*<\/strong>
\nLaughing Gull
\nFranklin\u2019s Gull*<\/strong>
\nMew Gull*<\/strong>
\nRing-billed Gull
\nCalifornia Gull*
\nHerring Gull<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (continued)<\/strong>
\nIceland Gull
\nLesser Black-backed Gull
\nSlaty-backed Gull*<\/strong>
\nGlaucous Gull
\nGreat Black-backed Gull
\nSooty Tern*<\/strong>
\nBridled Tern*<\/strong>
\nLeast Tern
\nGull-billed Tern*<\/strong>
\nCaspian Tern
\nBlack Tern
\nRoseate Tern
\nCommon Tern
\nArctic Tern*<\/strong>
\nForster\u2019s Tern
\nRoyal Tern
\nSandwich Tern*<\/strong>
\nBlack Skimmer <\/p>\n

Tropicbirds<\/strong>
\nWhite-tailed Tropicbird*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loons<\/strong>
\nRed-throated Loon
\nPacific Loon*<\/strong>
\nCommon Loon<\/p>\n

Storm-Petrels<\/strong>
\nWilson\u2019s Storm-Petrel
\nWhite-faced Storm-Petrel*<\/strong>
\nLeach\u2019s Storm-Petrel*<\/strong>
\nBand-rumped Storm-Petrel*<\/strong> (S)<\/p>\n

Shearwaters, Petrels<\/strong>
\nNorthern Fulmar*<\/strong>
\nBlack-capped Petrel*<\/strong>
\nCory\u2019s Shearwater*<\/strong>
\nSooty Shearwater*<\/strong>
\nGreat Shearwater*<\/strong>
\nManx Shearwater*<\/strong>
\nAudubon\u2019s Shearwater*<\/strong> (S)<\/p>\n

Storks<\/strong>
\nWood Stork*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frigatebirds<\/strong>
\nMagnificent Frigatebird*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gannets<\/strong>
\nBrown Booby*<\/strong>
\nNorthern Gannet<\/p>\n

Darters<\/strong>
\nAnhinga*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cormorants<\/strong>
\nDouble-crested Cormorant
\nGreat Cormorant<\/p>\n

Pelicans
\n<\/strong>American White Pelican
\nBrown Pelican*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bitterns, Herons<\/strong>
\nAmerican Bittern
\nLeast Bittern
\nGreat Blue Heron
\nGreat Egret
\nLittle Egret*<\/strong>
\nSnowy Egret
\nLittle Blue Heron
\nTricolored Heron
\nCattle Egret
\nGreen Heron
\nBlack-crowned Night-Heron
\nYellow-crowned Night-Heron<\/p>\n

Ibises<\/strong>
\nWhite Ibis*<\/strong>
\nGlossy Ibis
\nWhite-faced Ibis
\nRoseate Spoonbill*<\/strong><\/p>\n

New World Vultures<\/strong>
\nBlack Vulture
\nTurkey Vulture<\/p>\n

Ospreys<\/strong>
\nOsprey<\/p>\n

Hawks, Kites, Eagles<\/strong>
\nWhite-tailed Kite*<\/strong>
\nSwallow-tailed Kite
\nGolden Eagle
\nNorthern Harrier
\nSharp-shinned Hawk
\nCooper\u2019s Hawk
\nNorthern Goshawk
\nBald Eagle
\nMississippi Kite
\nRed-shouldered Hawk
\nBroad-winged Hawk
\nSwainson\u2019s Hawk*<\/strong>
\nZone-tailed Hawk*<\/strong>
\nRed-tailed Hawk
\nRough-legged Hawk<\/p>\n

Barn Owl<\/strong>
\nBarn Owl<\/p>\n

Typical Owls<\/strong>
\nEastern Screech-Owl
\nGreat Horned Owl
\nSnowy Owl
\nNorthern Hawk Owl*<\/strong>
\nBurrowing Owl*<\/strong>
\nBarred Owl
\nGreat Gray Owl*<\/strong>
\nLong-eared Owl
\nShort-eared Owl
\nBoreal Owl*<\/strong>
\nNorthern Saw-whet Owl<\/p>\n

Kingfishers<\/strong>
\nBelted Kingfisher<\/p>\n

Woodpeckers<\/strong>
\nRed-headed Woodpecker
\nRed-bellied Woodpecker
\nYellow-bellied Sapsucker
\nBlack-backed Woodpecker*<\/strong>
\nDowny Woodpecker
\nHairy Woodpecker
\nNorthern Flicker
\nPileated Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Caracaras, Falcons<\/strong>
\nAmerican Kestrel
\nMerlin
\nGyrfalcon*<\/strong>
\nPeregrine Falcon<\/p>\n

Parrots<\/strong>
\nMonk Parakeet (I)<\/p>\n

Tyrant Flycatchers<\/strong>
\nAsh-throated Flycatcher*<\/strong>
\nGreat Crested Flycatcher
\nTropical Kingbird*<\/strong>
\nWestern Kingbird
\nEastern Kingbird
\nGray Kingbird*<\/strong>
\nScissor-tailed Flycatcher*<\/strong>
\nFork-tailed Flycatcher*<\/strong>
\nOlive-sided Flycatcher
\nEastern Wood-Pewee
\nYellow-bellied Flycatcher
\nAcadian Flycatcher
\nAlder Flycatcher
\nWillow Flycatcher
\nLeast Flycatcher
\nGray Flycatcher*
\nPacific-slope Flycatcher*
\nEastern Phoebe
\nSay\u2019s Phoebe*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shrikes<\/strong>
\nLoggerhead Shrike*<\/strong>
\nNorthern Shrike<\/p>\n

Vireos<\/strong>
\nWhite-eyed Vireo
\nBell\u2019s Vireo*<\/strong>
\nYellow-throated Vireo
\nBlue-headed Vireo
\nPhiladelphia Vireo
\nWarbling Vireo
\nRed-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n

Crows, Jays<\/strong>
\nBlue Jay
\nEurasian Jackdaw*<\/strong>
\nAmerican Crow
\nFish Crow
\nCommon Raven<\/p>\n

Larks<\/strong>
\nHorned Lark<\/p>\n

Swallows<\/strong>
\nBank Swallow
\nTree Swallow
\nNorthern Rough-winged Swallow
\nBrown-chested Martin*<\/strong> (S)
\nPurple Martin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Swallows (continued)<\/strong>
\nBarn Swallow
\nCliff Swallow
\nCave Swallow <\/p>\n

Chickadees and Titmice<\/strong>
\nBlack-capped Chickadee
\nBoreal Chickadee*<\/strong>
\nTufted Titmouse<\/p>\n

Nuthatches<\/strong>
\nRed-breasted Nuthatch
\nWhite-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n

Creepers<\/strong>
\nBrown Creeper<\/p>\n

Wrens<\/strong>
\nHouse Wren
\nWinter Wren
\nSedge Wren*<\/strong>
\nMarsh Wren
\nCarolina Wren<\/p>\n

Gnatcatchers<\/strong>
\nBlue-gray Gnatcatcher<\/p>\n

Kinglets<\/strong>
\nGolden-crowned Kinglet
\nRuby-crowned Kinglet<\/p>\n

Old World Flycatchers<\/strong>
\nNorthern Wheatear*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thrushes<\/strong>
\nEastern Bluebird
\nMountain Bluebird*<\/strong>
\nTownsend\u2019s Solitaire*<\/strong>
\nVeery
\nGray-cheeked Thrush
\nBicknell\u2019s Thrush
\nSwainson\u2019s Thrush
\nHermit Thrush
\nWood Thrush
\nFieldfare*<\/strong>
\nAmerican Robin
\nVaried Thrush*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mockingbirds, Thrashers<\/strong>
\nGray Catbird
\nBrown Thrasher
\nNorthern Mockingbird<\/p>\n

Starlings
\n<\/strong>European Starling (I)<\/p>\n

Waxwings<\/strong>
\nBohemian Waxwing*<\/strong>
\nCedar Waxwing<\/p>\n

Old World Sparrows<\/strong>
\nHouse Sparrow (I)<\/p>\n

Wagtails, Pipits<\/strong>
\nAmerican Pipit
\nSprague’s Pipit*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finches and Allies<\/strong>
\nBrambling*<\/strong>
\nEvening Grosbeak
\nPine Grosbeak
\nHouse Finch
\nPurple Finch
\nCommon Redpoll
\nHoary Redpoll*<\/strong>
\nRed Crossbill
\nWhite-winged Crossbill
\nPine Siskin
\nAmerican Goldfinch<\/p>\n

Longspurs, Snow Buntings<\/strong>
\nLapland Longspur
\nChestnut-collared Longspur*<\/strong>
\nSmith\u2019s Longspur*<\/strong>
\nSnow Bunting<\/p>\n

Towhees, Sparrows<\/strong>
\nGrasshopper Sparrow
\nLark Sparrow
\nLark Bunting*<\/strong>
\nChipping Sparrow
\nClay-colored Sparrow
\nField Sparrow
\nBrewer’s Sparrow*<\/strong>
\nFox Sparrow
\nAmerican Tree Sparrow
\nDark-eyed Junco
\nWhite-crowned Sparrow
\nGolden-crowned Sparrow*<\/strong> (S)
\nHarris\u2019s Sparrow*<\/strong>
\nWhite-throated Sparrow
\nVesper Sparrow
\nLeConte\u2019s Sparrow*<\/strong>
\nSeaside Sparrow
\nNelson\u2019s Sparrow
\nSaltmarsh Sparrow
\nHenslow\u2019s Sparrow*<\/strong>
\nSavannah Sparrow
\nSong Sparrow
\nLincoln\u2019s Sparrow
\nSwamp Sparrow
\nGreen-tailed Towhee*<\/strong>
\nSpotted Towhee*<\/strong>
\nEastern Towhee<\/p>\n

Yellow-breasted Chats<\/strong>
\nYellow-breasted Chat<\/p>\n

Blackbirds, Orioles<\/strong>
\nYellow-headed Blackbird
\nBobolink
\nEastern Meadowlark
\nWestern Meadowlark*<\/strong>
\nOrchard Oriole
\nBullock\u2019s Oriole*<\/strong>
\nBaltimore Oriole
\nBlack-backed Oriole*<\/strong> (S)<\/p>\n

Red-winged Blackbird
\nBrown-headed Cowbird
\nRusty Blackbird
\nBrewer\u2019s Blackbird*<\/strong> (S)
\nCommon Grackle
\nBoat-tailed Grackle<\/p>\n

Wood-Warblers<\/strong>
\nOvenbird
\nWorm-eating Warbler
\nLouisiana Waterthrush
\nNorthern Waterthrush
\nGolden-winged Warbler
\nBlue-winged Warbler
\nBlack-and-white Warbler
\nProthonotary Warbler
\nTennessee Warbler
\nOrange-crowned Warbler
\nNashville Warbler
\nConnecticut Warbler
\nMacGillivray\u2019s Warbler* (S)
\nMourning Warbler
\nKentucky Warbler
\nCommon Yellowthroat
\nHooded Warbler
\nAmerican Redstart
\nCape May Warbler
\nCerulean Warbler
\nNorthern Parula
\nMagnolia Warbler
\nBay-breasted Warbler
\nBlackburnian Warbler
\nYellow Warbler
\nChestnut-sided Warbler
\nBlackpoll Warbler
\nBlack-throated Blue Warbler
\nPalm Warbler
\nPine Warbler
\nYellow-rumped Warbler
\nYellow-throated Warbler
\nPrairie Warbler
\nBlack-throated Gray Warbler*<\/strong>
\nTownsend’s Warbler*<\/strong>
\nHermit Warbler*<\/strong>
\nBlack-throated Green Warbler
\nCanada Warbler
\nWilson\u2019s Warbler<\/p>\n

Cardinals, Tanagers<\/strong>
\nSummer Tanager
\nScarlet Tanager
\nWestern Tanager*<\/strong>
\nNorthern Cardinal
\nRose-breasted Grosbeak
\nBlack-headed Grosbeak*<\/strong>
\nBlue Grosbeak
\nLazuli Bunting*<\/strong>
\nIndigo Bunting
\nPainted Bunting*<\/strong>
\nDickcissel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Extinct (E) or Extirpated (X)<\/strong> (7 species):
\nLabrador Duck (E), Gray Partridge (E), Eskimo Curlew (E), Greater Prairie-Chicken (Heath Hen subsp. (E)), Passenger Pigeon (E). Native populations of Northern Bobwhite (X). Breeding Populations of Ring-necked Pheasant (X).<\/p>\n

Updated 06\/18\/21 Frank Gallo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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