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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Eastern Screech-Owl 3
Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl 4
Bubo virginianus
Snowy Owl 5
Bubo scandiacus
Northern Hawk Owl 6
Surnia ulula
Burrowing Owl 7
Athene cunicularia
Barred Owl 8
Strix varia
Great Gray Owl 9
Strix nebulosa
Long-eared Owl 2
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 10
Asio flammeus
Boreal Owl 11
Aegolius funereus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 10
Aegolius acadicus
Common Nighthawk 2
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Whip-poor-will 12
Antrostomus vociferus
Chimney Swift 13
Chaetura pelagica
Broad-billed Hummingbird 14
Cynanthus latirostris
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Calliope Hummingbird 15
Selasphorus calliope
Rufous Hummingbird 10
Selasphorus rufus
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-headed Woodpecker 17
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 18
Melanerpes carolinus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 8
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 19
Picoides villosus
Black-backed Woodpecker 20
Picoides arcticus
Northern Flicker 21
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 22
Dryocopus pileatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Contopus virens
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2
Empidonax flaviventris
Acadian Flycatcher 23
Empidonax virescens
Alder Flycatcher 2
Empidonax alnorum
Willow Flycatcher 2
Empidonax traillii
Least Flycatcher 2
Empidonax minimus
Eastern Phoebe 24
Sayornis phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher 25
Myiarchus cinerascens
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Myiarchus crinitus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Western Kingbird 24
Tyrannus verticalis
Eastern Kingbird 26
Tyrannus tyrannus
Gray Kingbird 27
Tyrannus dominicensis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 28
Tyrannus forficatus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher 29
Tyrannus savana
Loggerhead Shrike 30
Lanius ludovicianus
Northern Shrike 31
Lanius excubitor
White-eyed Vireo 2
Vireo griseus
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Vireo flavifrons
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Vireo solitarius
Warbling Vireo 16
Vireo gilvus
Philadelphia Vireo 32
Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Vireo olivaceus
Blue Jay 33
Cyanocitta cristata
American Crow 34
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow 35
Corvus ossifragus
Common Raven 36
Corvus corax
Horned Lark 37
Eremophila alpestris
Purple Martin 38
Progne subis
Brown-chested Martin
Progne tapera
Tree Swallow 10
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow 39
Riparia riparia
Cliff Swallow 40
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave Swallow 41
Petrochelidon fulva
Barn Swallow 42
Hirundo rustica
Boreal Chickadee
Poecile hudsonicus
Tufted Titmouse 43
Baeolophus bicolor
Red-breasted Nuthatch 44
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 45
Sitta carolinensis
Brown Creeper 46
Certhia americana
Carolina Wren 47
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 2
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 48
Troglodytes troglodytes
Sedge Wren 2
Cistothorus platensis
Marsh Wren 10
Cistothorus palustris
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Polioptila caerulea
Golden-crowned Kinglet 49
Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50
Regulus calendula
Northern Wheatear 51
Oenanthe oenanthe
Eastern Bluebird 52
Sialia sialis
Mountain Bluebird 53
Sialia currucoides
Veery 30
Catharus fuscescens
Gray-cheeked Thrush 54
Catharus minimus
Hermit Thrush 55
Catharus guttatus
Wood Thrush 17
Hylocichla mustelina
American Robin 56
Turdus migratorius
Gray Catbird 2
Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird 57
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 2
Toxostoma rufum
European Starling 58
Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit 2
Anthus rubescens
Bohemian Waxwing 10
Bombycilla garrulus
Cedar Waxwing 3
Bombycilla cedrorum
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
Chestnut-collared Longspur 59
Calcarius ornatus
Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
Ovenbird 60
Seiurus aurocapilla
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Helmitheros vermivorum

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