CONNECTICUT ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

The Checklist of the Birds of Connecticut

Legend: * Rare in CT - ARCC requests details,  (S) Sight record only, (I) Introduced, (E) Extirpated, (X) Extinct

Ducks, Geese, and Swans
Fulvous Whistling-Duck*
Pink-footed Goose*
Greater White-fronted Goose
Graylag Goose*
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose*
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada 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
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

New World Quail
Northern Bobwhite

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys
Ring-necked Pheasant (I)
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey

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*
Great Shearwater*
Sooty Shearwater* (S)
Manx Shearwater*
Audubon’s Shearwater* (S)

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

Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird*

Storks
Wood Stork*

Frigatebirds
Magnificent Frigatebird*

Gannets
Northern Gannet

Cormorants and Darters
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant

Darters
Anhinga*

Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican*

Herons and Bitterns
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*

New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

Ospreys
Osprey

Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite*
Mississippi Kite
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 Gallinule
American Coot

Cranes
Sandhill Crane

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

Oystercatchers
American Oystercatcher

Stilts and Avocets
Black-necked Stilt*
American Avocet

Sandpipers and Phalaropes
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank*
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Eskimo Curlew*
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew*
Black-tailed Godwit*
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit*
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint*
Little Stint* (S)
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*

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake*
Ivory Gull*
Sabine’s Gull*
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Ross’s Gull*
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull*
Mew Gull*
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer’s Gull*
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull*
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Sooty Tern*
Bridled Tern*
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern*
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern*
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern*
Black Skimmer

Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger* (S)
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger*

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

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

Parrots
Monk Parakeet (I)

Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-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*
Eastern Whip-poor-will

Swifts
Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds
Broad-billed Hummingbird*
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird*
Rufous 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
“Western” Flycatcher* (see 14th ARCC report)
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

Crows and Jays
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven

Larks
Horned Lark

Swallows
Purple Martin
Brown-chested Martin*(S)
Tree Swallow
N. 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

Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Kinglets and Thrushes
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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*

Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher

Starlings
European Starling (I)

Pipits
American Pipit

Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing*
Cedar Waxwing

Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur*
Smith’s Longspur*
Snow Bunting

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

Towhees and Sparrows
Green-tailed Towhee*
Spotted Towhee*
Eastern 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 Sparrow
Saltmarsh 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

Cardinals and Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager*
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak*
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting*
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting*
Dickcissel

Blackbirds and Orioles
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark*
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird*(S)
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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)

Extinct or Extirpated (4 species):
Labrador Duck, Gray Partridge, Greater Prairie-Chicken (Heath Hen subsp. Extinct), Passenger Pigeon. Native populations of Northern Bobwhite also extirpated.