The Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut


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The official checklist of 417 bird species accepted by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut (formerly the Connecticut Rare Records Committee) as having been adequately documented for occurrence in Connecticut.
The species' names and sequence follow the American Ornithological Union's Checklist of the Birds of North America (7th ed. 1998) including supplements to the Checklist up to the 47th.
  See the AOU Checklist online>>

In accordance with the 44th supplement; Swans, Geese, and Ducks are moved up in the taxonomic order, Grouse, Turkeys, and Quails are moved up in the taxonomic order, and the common name of Rock Dove is changed to Rock Pigeon.

The Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut
Legend: * Rare in CT. ARCC requests details.  S: Sight record only I: Introduced  E: Extirpated  X: Extinct

Updated: May 16, 2007
Swans, Geese, and Ducks
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Pink-footed Goose*
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Barnacle Goose*
Ross's Goose*
Cackling Goose
Mute Swan (I)
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal*
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck*
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Labrador Duck (X)
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck

Grouse, Turkeys, and Quails
Gray Partridge (EX)(I)
Ring-necked Pheasant (I)
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken (EX)(S)
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite

Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon*
Common Loon

Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe *
Western Grebe *

Shearwaters and Petrels
Northern Fulmar *
Black-capped Petrel *
Cory’s Shearwater *
Greater Shearwater *
Sooty Shearwater *
Manx Shearwater *(S)
Audubon’s Shearwater*(S)

Storm-Petrels
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel*
Leach’s Storm-Petrel*

Gannets
Northern Gannet

Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican*

Cormorants and Darters
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Anhinga *(S)

Frigatebirds
Magnificent Frigatebird*

Bitterns and Herons
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises
White Ibis*
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis*

Storks
Wood Stork *

American Vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

Kites, Eagles, and Hawks
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite(S)
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk*
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle

Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon *
Peregrine Falcon

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Yellow Rail*
Black Rail*
Corn Crake*
Clapper Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule*
Common Moorhen
American Coot

Cranes
Sandhill Crane

Plovers
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Wilson’s Plover*
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover*
Piping Plover
Killdeer

Oystercatchers
American Oystercatcher

Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt*
American Avocet

Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank*
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Eskimo Curlew*
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew*
Bar-tailed Godwit*
Black-tailed Godwit*
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint*
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper*
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper*
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff *
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope*

Skuas, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Pomarine Jaeger *(S)
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger*
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull*
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull*(S)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer’s Gull*(S)
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sabine’s Gull*
Black-legged Kittiwake*
Ross’s Gull*
Gull-billed Tern*(S)
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern*
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern*
Forster’s Tern
Least Tern
Bridled Tern*
Sooty Tern*
Black Tern
Black Skimmer

Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Dovekie *
Thick-billed Murre*
Razorbill (S)
Black Guillemot*
Atlantic Puffin*

Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon (I)
Band-tailed Pigeon*(S)
White-winged Dove *(S)
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove*
Passenger Pigeon (X)

Parrots
Monk Parakeet (I)

Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Barn Owl
Barn Owl

Typical Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl *
Burrowing Owl *
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl*
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl *
Northern Saw-whet Owl

Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will’s-widow *
Whip-poor-will

Swifts
Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird*

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker *
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker

Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe *
Ash-throated Flycatcher *
Great Crested Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird *
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird *
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher *
Fork-tailed Flycatcher *

Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike*
Northern Shrike

Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell’s Vireo*
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

Jays and Crows
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven

Larks
Horned Lark

Swallows
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow

Chickadees and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee*
Tufted Titmouse

Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch

Creepers
Brown Creeper

Wrens
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren

Kinglets and Thrushes
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Wheatear *
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird *
Townsend’s Solitaire *
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush*

Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher

Starlings
European Starling (I)

Pipits
American Pipit

Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing*
Cedar Waxwing

Wood-Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler*
Black-throated Green Warbler
Hermit Warbler* (S)
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler*
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager*

Towhees, Sparrows, and Longspurs
Green-tailed Towhee*
Eastern Towhee
Spotted Towhee*
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting*
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow*
Le Conte’s Sparrow*
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow*
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow *(S)
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Smith’s Longspur*
Chestnut-collared Longspur*
Snow Bunting

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak*
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting*
Lazuli Bunting*
Dickcissel

Blackbirds and Orioles
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird *(S)
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle(S)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Bullock’s Oriole*
Baltimore Oriole

Finches
Brambling*
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll*
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow (I)

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