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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

Golden Eagle 1
Aquila chrysaetos
American Kestrel 2
Falco sparverius
Merlin 3
Falco columbarius
Gyrfalcon 4
Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon 5
Falco peregrinus
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Corn Crake 6
Crex crex
Clapper Rail 7
Rallus longirostris
King Rail 1
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 2
Rallus limicola
Sora 8
Porzana carolina
Purple Gallinule 9
Porphyrio martinicus
Common Gallinule 10
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 11
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Northern Lapwing 12
Vanellus vanellus
Black-bellied Plover 13
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 1
Pluvialis dominica
Semipalmated Plover 14
Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover 15
Charadrius melodus
Killdeer 16
Charadrius vociferus
American Oystercatcher 17
Haematopus palliatus
Black-necked Stilt 18
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 19
Recurvirostra americana
Spotted Sandpiper 20
Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper 13
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Redshank 21
Tringa erythropus
Greater Yellowlegs 13
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 1
Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs 22
Tringa flavipes
Upland Sandpiper 1
Bartramia longicauda
Eskimo Curlew 10
Numenius borealis
Whimbrel 23
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 8
Numenius americanus
Black-tailed Godwit 24
Limosa limosa
Hudsonian Godwit 25
Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit 26
Limosa lapponica
Marbled Godwit 27
Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone 28
Arenaria interpres
Red Knot 13
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 29
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper 31
Calidris mauri
Red-necked Stint 32
Calidris ruficollis
Little Stint 33
Calidris minuta
Least Sandpiper 34
Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Calidris fuscicollis
Pectoral Sandpiper 35
Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1
Calidris acuminata
Purple Sandpiper 1
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 36
Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper 33
Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper 37
Calidris himantopus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Calidris subruficollis
Ruff 38
Calidris pugnax
Short-billed Dowitcher 9
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 8
Limnodromus scolopaceus
American Woodcock 1
Scolopax minor
Red-necked Phalarope 8
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope 39
Phalaropus fulicarius
Black-legged Kittiwake 40
Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull 2
Pagophila eburnea
Black-headed Gull 41
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 42
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Laughing Gull 1
Leucophaeus atricilla
Mew Gull 2
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 43
Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull 44
Larus glaucoides
Lesser Black-backed Gull 45
Larus fuscus
Glaucous Gull 46
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 47
Larus marinus
Sooty Tern 48
Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern 49
Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern 32
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 13
Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern 46
Chlidonias niger
Roseate Tern 50
Sterna dougallii
Common Tern 51
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 2
Sterna paradisaea
Royal Tern 52
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 28
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer 53
Rynchops niger
Pomarine Jaeger 54
Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger 45
Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger 55
Stercorarius longicaudus
Dovekie 56
Alle alle
Common Murre 57
Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre 58
Uria lomvia
Razorbill 57
Alca torda
Black Guillemot 59
Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin 60
Fratercula arctica
Rock Pigeon 61
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 18
Patagioenas fasciata
Eurasian Collared-Dove 62
Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove 25
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 63
Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 1
Columbina passerina
Monk Parakeet 33
Myiopsitta monachus

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