Here is the list. Hopefully I havent forgotten any: Based on the COA’s checklist of birds for Connecticut. This list includes the 435 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.U. Checklist of the Birds of North America (7th ed. 1998 and supplements to the 54th, September 13, 2013). Ducks, Geese, and Swans Fulvous Whistling-Duck* Pink-footed Goose* √ (MA) Greater White-fronted Goose √ Graylag Goose* Snow Goose √ Ross’s Goose* √ (MA) 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* √ (MA) Greater Scaup √ Lesser Scaup √ King Eider √(MA) Common Eider √ (RI) Harlequin Duck √ (RI) Surf Scoter √ White-winged Scoter √ (RI) Black Scoter √ (RI) Long-tailed Duck √ Bufflehead √ Common Goldeneye √ Barrow’s Goldeneye √ Hooded Merganser √ Common Merganser √ Red-breasted Merganser √ Ruddy Duck √ New World Quail Northern Bobwhite (X) 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* √ (ME/NS) Black-capped Petrel* Cory’s Shearwater* √ (MA) Great Shearwater* √ (MA) Sooty Shearwater* (S) √ (MA) Manx Shearwater* √ (MA) 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 Brown Booby* Northern Gannet √ Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant √ Great Cormorant√ (RI) Darters Anhinga* Pelicans American White Pelican √ (MN) Brown Pelican* √ (NJ) 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 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 √ Lapwings and 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 √ Whimbrel √ Long-billed Curlew* Black-tailed Godwit* Hudsonian Godwit √ (ME) Bar-tailed Godwit* Marbled Godwit √ (NY) 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 √ (NY) 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*√ (MA) Ivory Gull* Sabine’s Gull* √ (MA) Bonaparte’s Gull √ Black-headed Gull √ (NY) 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 √ (NJ) Black Tern √ (MN NJ) Roseate Tern √ (ME) Common Tern √ Arctic Tern* Forster’s Tern √ (ME) Royal Tern √ Sandwich Tern* Black Skimmer √ Skuas and Jaegers Pomarine Jaeger* (S) √ (ME) Parasitic Jaeger √ (MA) Long-tailed Jaeger* Auks, Murres, and Puffins Dovekie* √ (RI) Common Murre* √ (RI) Thick-billed Murre* √ (RI) Razorbill √ (MA) Black Guillemot* √ (ME) Atlantic Puffin* Pigeons and Doves Rock Pigeon (I) √ Band-tailed Pigeon*(S) Eurasian Collared-Dove* √ (NY) White-winged Dove* Mourning Dove √ Common Ground-Dove* √ (NY) 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 Ruby-throated Hummingbird √ Black-chinned Hummingbird* Rufous Hummingbird √ Calliope Hummingbird* Broad-billed 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 √ Caracaras and Falcons American Kestrel √ Merlin √ Gyrfalcon* Peregrine Falcon √ Parrots Monk Parakeet (I) √ 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 √ (MA) 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 √ Eurasian Jackdaw* American Crow √ Fish Crow √ Common Raven √ Larks Horned Lark √ Swallows Purple Martin √ Brown-chested Martin*(S) 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 House Wren √ Winter Wren √ Sedge Wren √ Marsh Wren √ Carolina Wren √ Gnatcatchers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher √ Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet √ Ruby-crowned Kinglet √ Old World Flycatchers Northern Wheatear* √ (NY) Thrushes Eastern Bluebird √ Mountain Bluebird* Townsend’s Solitaire* Veery √ Gray-cheeked Thrush Bicknell’s Thrush √ (or Gray-cheeked NH) Swainson’s Thrush √ Hermit Thrush √ Wood Thrush √ Fieldfare* American Robin √ Varied Thrush* Mockingbirds and Thrashers Gray Catbird √ Northern Mockingbird √ Brown Thrasher √ Starlings European Starling (I) √ Wagtails and 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 √ (MA) Field Sparrow √ Vesper Sparrow √ Lark Sparrow √ Lark Bunting* Savannah Sparrow √ Grasshopper Sparrow √ Henslow’s Sparrow* Le Conte’s Sparrow* Nelson’s Sparrow √ (ME) 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 and Allies 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) √ Additional species on on CT List Trumpeter Swan (MN and non countable in CT) √ Whiskered Tern (NJ) √ Cassin’s Kingbird (NY) √ Couch’s Kingbird (NY) √ Carolina Chickadee (NJ) √ Hybrids Mallard X American Black Duck √ Tricolored X Little Blue Heron √ Black-headed X Ring-billed Gull √ Lesser Black-backed X Herring Gull √ Herring x Glaucous Gull √ Distinctive subspecies Lesser Snow Goose √ “Audubon’s Warbler” √ Western Willet √ “Vega” Herring Gull, possible √ * is review species for CT.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:08:08 +0000
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