Review list

The following is a list of species which The Avian Records Committee requests written descriptions, photographs, sound recordings, and other documentation for occurrences in Connecticut as well as any species not on the official state list (see COA Field Checklist, March 2002 as well as updated state checklist page of this site CT Checklist ).
CURRENT REVIEW SPECIES - Updated May 2006
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Pink-footed Goose Cinnamon Teal Pacific loon Western Grebe Northern Fulmar Black-capped Petrel Cory’s Shearwater Greater Shearwater Manx Shearwater Audubon’s Shearwater White-faced Storm- Petrel Leach’s Storm-Petrel Brown Pelican Anhinga Magnificent Frigatebird White Ibis White-faced Ibis Wood Stork Gyrfalcon Yellow Rail Black Rail Corn Crake Purple Gallinule Snowy Plover Wilson’s Plover Black-necked Stilt Spotted Redshank Eskimo Curlew Long-billed Curlew Black-tailed Godwit	Bar-tailed Godwit Red-necked Stint Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Franklin’s Gull Mew Gull Thayer’s Gull Sabine’s Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Ross’ Gull Gull-billed Tern Sandwich Tern Arctic Tern Bridled Tern Sooty Tern Dovekie Thick-billed Murre Black Guillemot Atlantic Puffin Band-tailed Pigeon White-winged Dove Eur. Collared Dove Northern Hawk Owl Burrowing Owl Great Gray Owl Boreal Owl Chuck-will’s-widow Black-backed Woodpecker	Say’s Phoebe Ash-throated Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Gray Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Fork-tailed Flycatcher Loggerhead Shrike Bell’s Vireo Boreal Chickadee Northern Wheatear Mountain Bluebird Townsend’s Solitaire Bohemian Waxwing Hermit Warbler Western Tanager Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Lark Bunting Henslow’s Sparrow LeConte’s Sparrow Harris’s Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Smith’s Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Black-headed Grosbeak Painted Bunting Brewer’s Blackbird Bullock’s Oriole Brambling Hoary Redpoll

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

Tricolored Heron	Common Snipe	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Henslow's Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal	Black Skimmer	Loggerhead Shrike	Boat-tailed Grackle
Bald Eagle	Barn Owl	Northern Parula	Red Crossbill
Northern Harrier	Long-eared Owl	Yellow-throated Warbler	Pine Siskin
Peregrine Falcon	Short-eared Owl	Prothonotary Warbler	Evening Grosbeak
Black Rail	Red-headed Woodpecker	Blue Grosbeak
King Rail	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Dickcissel
American Coot	Sedge Wren	Vesper Sparrow

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