Species Index to Published Reports of the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut
SPECIES INDEX BY COMMON NAME FOR THE PUBLISHED REPORTS OF ARCC
Species are sequenced according to the A.O.U. Checklist of
the Birds of North America 7th edition and supplements
through number 42. The records are listed with their associated ARCC
report numbers.
Accepted Records
Accepted Records (Origin Uncertain)
Species Accepted to State List
(Population Establshed)
Unaccepted Records (Identification
Questionable)
Unaccepted Records (Origin Questionable)
PACIFIC LOON (Gavia pacifica).
#92-24. West Haven.
EARED GREBE (Podiceps nigricollis).
#90-6. Morris-Litchfield.
#90-7. Stamford-Darien.
#93-16. Darien.
#94-28. Greenwich
#95-22. Litchfield.
#01-13. East Lyme.
#02-20. West Hartford.
NORTHERN FULMAR (Fulmarus glacialis).
#98-10. Stamford.
CORY'S SHEARWATER (Calonectris diomedea).
#97-29. Madison.
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER (Pufftnus Iherminieri).
#95-35. Suffield
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanites oceanicus)
#95-17. Groton.
NORTHERN GANNET (Morus bassanus).
#89-13. Madison.
#90-10. New Haven.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos).
#89-10. Greenwich.
#92-21. Waterford.
#94-8. Madison.
#94-19. Westport.
#96-49. Waterford.
ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga).
#96-5. Greenwich.
#99-30. Woodbury.
WHITE IBIS (Eudocimus albus).
#93-19. Milford.
WHITE-FACED IBIS (Plegadis chihi).
#95-28. Madison.
#96-33. Stonington.
#02-16. Madison.
WOOD STORK (Mycteria americana)
#99-33. Cornwall.
BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus).
#90-1. New Milford.
#91-15. Cromwell.
#91-27. Kent.
#92-6. New Milford.
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE (Anser brachyrhynchus).
#98-11. Mansfield.
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Anser albifrons).
#95-3. Westport.
#95-43. Hartford/Wethersfield.
#96-15. Mansfield.
TUNDRA SWAN (Cygnus columbianus).
#89-9. Storrs.
#95-09. Stamford/Darien.
TUFTED DUCK (Aythya fuligula).
#92-10. Greenwich.
#97-05. Old Saybrook.
#98-09. East Lyme.
#99-25. Litchfield.
#00-03. Bridgeport.
#00-04. Bridgeport.
KING EIDER (Somateria spectabilis).
#92-28. Milford.
#96-5. Waterford.
#96-29. Madison.
#97-09. New Haven.
#01-08. Madison.
COMMON EIDER (Somateria mollissima).
#96-4. Waterford.
#96-19. Stamford/Darien.
HARLEQUIN DUCK (Histrionicus histrionicus).
#90-18. Norwalk.
#92-15. Fairfield.
#95-44. Milford.
#98-06. Madison.
#99-29. Stamford.
#99-39. Stamford.
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (Bucephala islandica).
#93-7. Westport.
#94-7. Enfield.
#96-17. Enfield.
#96-16. Westport.
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus).
#89-8. Mansfield.
#00-09. Stamford.
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Ictinia mississippiensis).
#95-14. Stamford/Darien.
#97-15. South Windsor.
#99-21. Redding.
#02-17. Middlebury/Oxford.
SWAINSON'S HAWK (Buteo swainsoni).
#91-23. Greenwich.
#91-21. Harwinton.
#95-34. Storrs.
#95-38. New Milford.
#97-1. Madison.
#97-44. New Haven.
#99-27. New Haven.
#01-03. Naugatuck.
GYRFALCON (Falco rusticolus).
#95-39. Madison.
#96-1. Madison.
BLACK RAIL (Laterallus jamaicensis).
#89-15. Milford.
#90-20. Stratford.
#96-31. Stratford.
#97-30. Woodbury.
PURPLE GALLINULE (Porphyrula martinica).
#94-22. Lyme.
#96-6. Guilford.
#99-06. Stamford.
#00-17. Derby.
SANDHILL CRANE (Grus canadensis).
#88-25. Westport.
#92-8. Lyme.
#93-20. Sharon.
#99-04. New Haven.
#99-08. Sandy Hook.
WILSON'S PLOVER (Charadrius wilsonia).
#89-13. Stratford.
AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra americana).
#92-28. Old Lyme.
#96-51. Westport.
#98-07. Stonington.
#99-11. West Haven.
#02-18. Madison.
LONG-BILLED CURLEW (Numenius americanus).
#95-18. North Windham.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (Limosa limosa)
#02-19. Milford/Waterford.
RED-NECKED STINT (Calidris ruficollis)
#00-20. Milford.
#02-11. Milford.
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (Calidris
acuminata)
#99-34. Waterbury.
CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea).
#91-10. Milford.
#91-11. Cheshire.
#97-37. Milford.
#99-14. Old Lyme.
RUFF (Philomachus pugnax).
#96-23. Milford.
#99-24. Stratford.
#00-05. Madison.
#02-14. Stonington.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus lobatus).
#90-25. Milford.
#97-35. Litchfield.
#99-09. Pomfret.
#99-46. New Canaan.
#00-07. Morris.
RED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus fulicaria).
#90-22. Branford.
PARASITIC JAEGER (Stercorarius parasiticus).
#96-62. Waterford.
LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Stercorarius longicaudus).
#97-39. West Haven.
FRANKLIN'S GULL (Larus pipixcan).
#99-28. Milford/West Haven.
#99-40. Stamford.
LITTLE GULL (Larus minutus).
#94-12. West Haven.
#96-22. Old Saybrook.
#97-22. Old Saybrook.
#97-27. Old Saybrook.
#97-28. Groton.
COMMON BLACK-HEADED GULL (Larus ridibundus).
#91-30. Torrington.
#92-11. West Haven.
#93-6. Old Saybrook.
#94-13. Woodmont.
#97-20. Old Saybrook.
#97-21. Fairfield.
THAYER'S GULL (Larus thayeri).
#88-17. Shelton.
#98-02. Manchester.
#01-09. Southbury.
SABINE'S GULL (Xema sabini).
#95-21. Windham.
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla).
#89-6. Stamford.
#89-7. Greenwich.
#95-42. Madison.
#97-26. Waterford.
GULL-BILLED TERN (Sterna nilotica).
#96-35. Greenwich.
SANDWICH TERN (Sterna sandvicensis).
#91-22. Milford.
#99-01. West Haven.
ARCTIC TERN (Sterna paradisaea).
#91-17. Milford.
#94-37. West Haven.
BRIDLED TERN (Sterna anaethetus).
#92-18. Guilford.
SOOTY TERN (Sterna fuscata).
#96-47. OldLyme.
DOVEKIE (Alle alle).
#90-23. Madison.
THICK-BILLED MURRE (Uria lomvia).
#91-7. Stonington.
#95-41. Madison.
#96-11. Waterford.
RAZORBILL (Alca torda).
#93-25. Old Lyme.
#94-26. Waterford.
#00-06. Mystic.
WHITE-WINGED DOVE (Zenaida asiatica).
#97-14. Sterling.
BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia).
#88-31. Greenwich.
GREAT GRAY OWL (Strix nebulosa).
#96-18. Madison.
East Lyme
BOREAL OWL (Aegolius funereus).
#92-9. Middlebury.
#96-64. Madison.
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
#88-35. Suffield.
#90-15. Hamden.
#97-25. Southbury.
SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD SP.
#99-15. Guilford.
#01-04. Stratford.
#02-23. Southington.
#02-24. Storrs.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus rufus).
#91-19. New Hartford.
#96-21. East Hartford.
#98-04. Madison.
#99-05. Hebron.
#99-18. Glastonbury.
#01-05. Avon.
#01-06. Chesire.
#01-07. Stratford.
SAY'S PHOEBE (Sayornis saya).
#96-10. Gaylordsville.
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus cinerascens).
#93-2. Stamford.
#97-07. Old Lyme.
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Tyrannus melancholicus).
#90-21. New Haven.
WESTERN KINGBIRD (Tyrannus verticalis).
#94-25. Stratford.
#95-23. New Haven.
#95-45. Madison.
#96-61. Southbury.
#96-63. Groton.
#97-38. New Haven.
GRAY KINGBIRD (Tyrannus dominicensis).
#93-1. Greenwich.
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus forficatus).
#93-18. Stonington.
#00-23. New Canaan.
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus savana)
#00-19. Windham.
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicianus).
#92-14. Fairfield.
#95-2. Simsbury
#96-07. Madison.
#96-25. Milford.
#00-08. Groton.
BELL'S VIREO (Vireo bellii).
#91-28. Westport.
CAVE SWALLOW (Petrochelidon fulva)
#99-37. Madison.
#99-38. Mansfield.
BOREAL CHICKADEE (Poecile hudsonica).
#94-2. Madison.
#01-01. Greenwich.
SEDGE WREN (Cistothorus platensis).
#93-17. New Milford.
#93-19. Goshen.
#95-32. Storrs.
#02-09. South Windsor.
#02-10. Wethersfield.
#02-12. Old Lyme.
NORTHERN WHEATEAR (Oenanthe oenanthe).
#90-26. Madison.
#93-22. Groton.
#94-36. Madison.
#95-25. Windham.
#95-37. Stonington.
#95-40. West Haven.
#95-29. Stratford.
#96-64. Storrs.
#99-16. Westport.
#02-02. Madison.
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (Sialia currucoides).
#94-32. Guilford.
#94-35. Sandy Hook.
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE (Myadestes townsendi).
#90-12. Woodbury.
#94-1. Southbury.
#99-19. Litchfield.
VARIED THRUSH (Ixoreus naevius).
#94-5. Killingworth.
#95-07. Norwalk.
#99-41. Hamden.
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (Bombycilla garrulus).
#94-6. Goshen.
#96-24. Madison.
#96-38. Litchfield.
#98-03. Pomfret.
YELLOW-RUMPED "AUDUBON'S" WARBLER (Dendroica coronata auduboni).
#96-59. Westport.
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER (Dendroica nigrescens).
#92-12. Hamden.
#95-1 Greenwich.
#95-20. Avon.
#97-08. West Hartford.
#99-44. Southbury.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Dendroica dominica).
#90-9. Kent.
#94-11. Woodbury.
#94-29. Storrs.
#96-44. Greenwich.
#97-19. Killingworth.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea).
#90-5. Stonington.
#94-10. Hamden.
#95-12. Hamden.
#96-41. Stamford.
MacGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER (Oporornis
tolmiei)
#02-04. New Milford.
SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra).
#94-16. Branford.
#95-10. Stamford.
#96-43. Guilford.
#00-15. Guilford.
WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana).
#97-04. Granby.
#99-42. New Fairfield.
#01-15. Woodbury.
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE (Pipilo chlorurus).
#91-13. Branford.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Spizella pallida).
#91-26. South Windsor
#92-27. Waterford.
#95-15. Windsor.
#95-27. Madison.
#97-31. Hamden.
LARK SPARROW (Chondestes grammacus).
#89-5. East Haddam.
#90-2. Westport.
#94-31. Southbury.
#96-53. Madison.
#97-03. Westport.
#98-08. Norwalk.
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Ammodramus henslowii).
#91-25. Madison.
#92-26. Old Lyme.
LECONTE'S SPARROW (Ammodramus leconteii).
#92-25. Madison.
#94-23. Southbury.
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Zonotrichia atricapilla).
#91-29. Naugatuck.
#99-13. Southbury.
"OREGON" DARK-EYED JUNCO (Junco hyemalis oreganus / ?).
#95-05. Storrs.
#96-46. Fairfield.
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR (Calcarius ornatus).
#94-15. Stratford.
#00-11. Haddam.
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK (Pheucticus melanocephalus).
#89-12. Harwinton.
#98-01. Hamden.
BLUE GROSBEAK (Passerina caerulea).
#90-4. Milford.
#93-11. Mansfield.
#96-09. Fairfield.
#96-36. Windsor.
#97-43. Windsor.
PAINTED BUNTING (Passerina ciris).
#90-8. Old Lyme.
#93-10. Watertown.
#95-13. East Lyme.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus).
#90-3. South Windsor.
#90-16. Clinton.
#91-5. Niantic.
#95-36. East Lyme.
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (Euphagus
cyanocephalus)
#99-36. Windham.
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (Quiscalus major).
#89-3. Stratford.
#93-12. Greenwich.
#97-43. Stratford.
#98-12. Stratford.
#99-23. Stratford.
#00-16. Stratford.
BULLOCK'S ORIOLE (Icterus bullockii).
#97-06. West Hartford.
#97-41. Goshen.
#99-35. Stafford.
#00-01. Goshen.
BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla)
#00-02. Weston.
ACCEPTED RECORDS (Origin Uncertain)
BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#02-02. Mansfield.
CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera).
#95-6. Milford.
SPECIES ACCEPTED TO STATE LIST (Population Established)
MONK PARAKEET (Myiopsitta monachus)
Acceptance
UNACCEPTED RECORDS (Identification questionable)
EARED GREBE (Podiceps nigricollis).
#88-14. Old Lyme.
YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS (Thalassarche
chlororhyncos)
#00-18. Stratford/Milford.
WESTERN GREBE (Aechmophorus occidentalis).
#88-13. East Haven.
SOOTY SHEARWATER (Puffinus griseus)
#99-43. Madison.
MANX SHEARWATER (Puffinus puffinus).
#93-21. Stonington.
#97-40. Guilford.
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanites oceanicus).
#91-16. Old Lyme.
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
#90-24. Madison.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos).
#97-24. Madison.
BROWN PELICAN (Pelicanus occidentalis)
#00-13. Windsor Locks.
ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga)
#02-07. New Preston.
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata magnificens).
#90-13. Guilford.
#91-1. Westbrook.
REDDISH EGRET (Egretta rufescens).
#88-3. Madison.
WHITE IBIS (Eudocimus alba).
#88-33. Old Saybrook.
BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus).
#92-17. Westport.
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor).
#94-21. Stratford.
TUNDRA SWAN (Cygnus columbianus).
#93-5. Waterford.
#96-26. South Glastonbury.
KING EIDER (Somateria spectabilis).
#91-3. Madison.
#97-13. Mystic.
COMMON EIDER (Somateria mollisima)
#91-24. Greenwich.
#97-17. Mystic.
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus).
#88-34. Clinton.
#91-12. Woodstock.
#99-32. Weston.
MISSISSIPPI KITE (Ictinia mississippiensis).
#95-11. Sandy Hook.
SWAINSON'S HAWK (Buteo swainsoni).
#97-12. Greenwich.
EURASIAN KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus).
#94-4. Greenwich.
GYRFALCON (Falco rusticolus).
#88-29. Darien.
#94-3. New Haven.
#99-17. Old Lyme.
#02-08. New Milford.
PRAIRIE FALCON (Falco mexicanus).
#89-14. New Haven.
YELLOW RAIL (Coturnicops noveboracensis).
#99-02. Madison.
BLACK RAIL (Laterallus jamaicensis).
#94-17. Guilford.
#96-20.Guilford.
SANDHILL CRANE (Grus canadensis)
#94-9. Bloomfield.
#94-24. New Haven.
WHOOPING CRANE (Grus americana).
#89-11. Chester.
NORTHERN LAPWING (Vanellus vanellus).
#89-2. Mansfield.
BLACK-NECKED STILT (Himantopus
mexicanus)
#97-46. Greenwich.
AMERICAN AVOCET (Recurvirostra
americana)
#99-31. Milford.
SPOTTED REDSHANK (Tringa erythropus).
#88-36. Norwalk.
RED-NECKED STINT (Calidris ruficollis).
#92-16. Milford.
#00-21. Milford.
#00-22. Milford.
LITTLE STINT (Calidris minuta).
#92-20. Madison.
#95-4. Milford.
CURLEW SANDPIPER (Calidris ferruginea).
#97-10. Madison.
PARASITIC JAEGER (Stercorarius parasiticus).
#88-30. South Windsor.
#89-17. Greenwich.
#92-1. Madison.
#96-58. Old Lyme.
MEW GULL (Larus canus).
#91-18. Milford.
CALIFORNIA GULL (Larus californicus).
#90-11. West Haven.
THAYER'S GULL (Larus thayeri).
#91-14. New Milford.
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla ).
#96-52. Madison.
ROSS'S GULL (Rhodostethia rosea)
#00-14. Old Saybrook.
GULL-BILLED TERN (Sterna nilotica).
#94-18. Milford.
ARCTIC TERN (Sterna paradisaea).
#91-17. Milford.
#99-45. West Haven.
WHITE-WINGED TERN (Chlidonias leucopterus).
#85-3. New Milford.
#99-26. Milford.
#99-26. Revisited.
THICK-BILLED MURRE (Uria lomvia).
#91-2. Old Lyme.
RAZORBILL (Alca torda).
#91-4. New London.
#92-4. Madison.
#93-9. Middle Clump.
#95-08. Waterford.
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto).
#99-10a. Woodbury.
NORTHERN HAWK OWL (Surnia ulula).
#92-7. Falls Village.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (Selasphorus rufus).
#98-05. New Canaan.
GOLDEN-FRONTED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes aurifrons).
#92-2. Avon.
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER (Picoides tridactylus).
#93-14. Harwinton.
VERMILION FLYCATCHER (Pyrocephalus rubinus).
#95-24. Wilton.
CASSIN'S KINGBIRD (Tyrannus vociferans)
#99-12. Madison.
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicianus).
#95-30. Greenwich.
#96-56. Guilford.
GRAY JAY (Perisoreus canadensis).
#88-32. North Colebrook.
#02-22. Watertown.
CAROLINA CHICKADEE (Poecile carolinensis).
#96-13. New Canaan.
BEWICK'S WREN (Thryomanes bewickii).
#99-03.Uncasville.
SEDGE WREN (Cistothorus platensis).
#87-44. New Hartford.
#90-17. Sharon.
NORTHERN WHEATEAR (Oenanthe oenanthe).
#92-5. Madison.
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE (Myadestes townsendi).
#92-23. Madison.
#93-8. Newtown.
REDWING (Turdus iliacus).
#92-22. Woodstock.
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (Bombycilla garulus).
#96-3. Sharon.
#96-39. Groton.
YELLOW-RUMPED "AUDUBON'S" WARBLER (Dendroica coronata auduboni).
#96-14. Woodbury.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea).
#93-15. Salisbury.
SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra)
#95-19. New Haven.
WESTERN TANAGER (Piranga ludoviciana).
#94-20. Simsbury.
#02-13. Redding.
SPOTTED TOWHEE (Pipilo maculatus).
#96-8. Rowayton.
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (Spizella pallida).
#89-16. Storrs.
#93-3. Westport.
#93-23. Stratford.
#96-2. Ansonia.
LARK SPARROW (Chondestes grammacus).
#94-27. Storrs.
#96-32. New Canaan.
LE CONTE'S SPARROW (Ammodramus leconteii).
#95-26. Stratford.
HARRIS'S SPARROW (Zonotrichia querula).
#90-14. Avon.
DARK-EYED "OREGON" JUNCO (Junco hyemalis oreganus).
#91-8. Southbury.
#91-9. Middlebury.
PAINTED BUNTING (Passerina ciris).
#91-20. Old Greenwich.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus).
#94-33. Greenwich.
#95-16. Rowayton.
#97-18. Canton.
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (Euphagus cyanocephalus).
#96-45. Stratford/Milford.
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (Quiscalus major).
#92-13. Stratford.
#99-56. Old Lyme.
#02-22. South Windsor.
HOARY REDPOLL (Carduelis hornemanni).
#94-14. Torrington.
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH X PINE SISKIN (Carduelis tristis X Carduelis pinus).
#97-16. Southbury.
UNACCEPTED RECORDS (Origin questionable)
BARNACLE GOOSE (Branta leucopsis).
#92-3. Southbury.
#94-34. Westport.
#97-02. Mansfield.
#97-36. Essex.
GRAYLAG GOOSE (Anser anser).
#99-20. Ellington/Tolland.
TRUMPETER SWAN (Cygnus buccinator).
#96-27. Danbury.
#99-22. Stratford.
#01-12. Litchfield.
RINGED TURTLE-DOVE (Streptopelia risoria).
#99-10b. Woodbury.
ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET (Psittacula krameri).
#96-50. Fairfield.
EURASIAN JACKDAW (Corvus monedula).
#88-21. West Haven.
GREAT TIT (Parus major)
#01-14. Sharon.
ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula).
#93-13. West Cornwall.
EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH (Carduelis carduelis).
#96-12. Bethlehem.
RUDDY SHELDUCK (Tadorna ferruginea).
#96-48. Durham.
#96-65. Mansfield.
#96-66. Lisbon.
YELLOWHAMMER (Emberiza citrinella).
#00-12. Stamford.
PIN-TAILED WHYDAH (Vidua macroura).
#95-23. Fairfield.
