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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

Mississippi Kite 1
Ictinia mississippiensis
Bald Eagle 2
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier 3
Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Accipiter striatus
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk 5
Accipiter gentilis
Red-shouldered Hawk 6
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 7
Buteo platypterus
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 9
Buteo lagopus
Golden Eagle 1
Aquila chrysaetos
American Kestrel 10
Falco sparverius
Merlin 11
Falco columbarius
Gyrfalcon 12
Falco rusticolus
Peregrine Falcon 13
Falco peregrinus
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Corn Crake 14
Crex crex
Clapper Rail 15
Rallus longirostris
King Rail 1
Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail 10
Rallus limicola
Sora 16
Porzana carolina
Purple Gallinule 17
Porphyrio martinicus
Common Gallinule 18
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 19
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Northern Lapwing 20
Vanellus vanellus
Black-bellied Plover 21
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 1
Pluvialis dominica
Snowy Plover
Wilson’s Plover
Semipalmated Plover 6
Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover 22
Charadrius melodus
Killdeer 23
Charadrius vociferus
American Oystercatcher 24
Haematopus palliatus
Black-necked Stilt 25
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 26
Recurvirostra americana
Spotted Sandpiper 27
Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper 21
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Redshank 28
Tringa erythropus
Greater Yellowlegs 21
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 1
Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs 29
Tringa flavipes
Upland Sandpiper 1
Bartramia longicauda
Eskimo Curlew 18
Numenius borealis
Whimbrel 30
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 16
Numenius americanus
Black-tailed Godwit 31
Limosa limosa
Hudsonian Godwit 32
Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit 33
Limosa lapponica
Marbled Godwit 3
Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone 34
Arenaria interpres
Red Knot 21
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 35
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 36
Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper 37
Calidris mauri
Red-necked Stint 38
Calidris ruficollis
Little Stint 39
Calidris minuta
Least Sandpiper 40
Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Calidris fuscicollis
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 41
Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1
Calidris acuminata
Purple Sandpiper 1
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 42
Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper 39
Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper 43
Calidris himantopus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Calidris subruficollis
Ruff 44
Calidris pugnax
Short-billed Dowitcher 17
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 16
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson’s Snipe
American Woodcock 1
Scolopax minor
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope 16
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope 45
Phalaropus fulicarius
Black-legged Kittiwake 46
Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull 10
Pagophila eburnea
Sabine’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull 47
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 48
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Ross’s Gull
Laughing Gull 1
Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin’s Gull
Mew Gull 10
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 49
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Iceland Gull 50
Larus glaucoides
Lesser Black-backed Gull 51
Larus fuscus
Slaty-backed Gull*
Glaucous Gull 52
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 53
Larus marinus
Sooty Tern 54
Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern 55
Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern 38
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 21
Hydroprogne caspia

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