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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

Black Tern 1
Chlidonias niger
Roseate Tern 2
Sterna dougallii
Common Tern 3
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 4
Sterna paradisaea
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern 5
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 6
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer 7
Rynchops niger
Pomarine Jaeger 8
Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger 9
Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger 10
Stercorarius longicaudus
Dovekie 11
Alle alle
Common Murre 12
Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre 13
Uria lomvia
Razorbill 12
Alca torda
Black Guillemot 14
Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin 15
Fratercula arctica
Rock Pigeon 16
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 17
Patagioenas fasciata
Eurasian Collared-Dove 18
Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove 19
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
Common Ground-Dove 21
Columbina passerina
Monk Parakeet 22
Myiopsitta monachus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 23
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 21
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Eastern Screech-Owl 24
Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl 25
Bubo virginianus
Snowy Owl 26
Bubo scandiacus
Northern Hawk Owl 27
Surnia ulula
Burrowing Owl 28
Athene cunicularia
Barred Owl 29
Strix varia
Great Gray Owl 30
Strix nebulosa
Long-eared Owl 21
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl 31
Asio flammeus
Boreal Owl 32
Aegolius funereus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 31
Aegolius acadicus
Common Nighthawk 21
Chordeiles minor
Chuck-will’s-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will 33
Antrostomus vociferus
Chimney Swift 34
Chaetura pelagica
Broad-billed Hummingbird 35
Cynanthus latirostris
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Calliope Hummingbird 36
Selasphorus calliope
Rufous Hummingbird 31
Selasphorus rufus
Belted Kingfisher 37
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-headed Woodpecker 38
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 39
Melanerpes carolinus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 21
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 29
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 40
Picoides villosus
Black-backed Woodpecker 41
Picoides arcticus
Northern Flicker 42
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 43
Dryocopus pileatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 21
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee 21
Contopus virens
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 21
Empidonax flaviventris
Acadian Flycatcher 44
Empidonax virescens
Alder Flycatcher 21
Empidonax alnorum
Willow Flycatcher 21
Empidonax traillii
Least Flycatcher 21
Empidonax minimus
Eastern Phoebe 1
Sayornis phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher 45
Myiarchus cinerascens
Great Crested Flycatcher 21
Myiarchus crinitus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Western Kingbird 1
Tyrannus verticalis
Eastern Kingbird 46
Tyrannus tyrannus
Gray Kingbird 47
Tyrannus dominicensis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 48
Tyrannus forficatus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher 49
Tyrannus savana
Loggerhead Shrike 50
Lanius ludovicianus
Northern Shrike 51
Lanius excubitor
White-eyed Vireo 21
Vireo griseus
Bell’s Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo 21
Vireo flavifrons
Blue-headed Vireo 21
Vireo solitarius
Warbling Vireo 37
Vireo gilvus
Philadelphia Vireo 52
Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo 21
Vireo olivaceus
Blue Jay 53
Cyanocitta cristata
American Crow 54
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow 55
Corvus ossifragus
Common Raven 56
Corvus corax
Horned Lark 57
Eremophila alpestris
Purple Martin 58
Progne subis
Brown-chested Martin
Progne tapera
Tree Swallow 31
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 21
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow 59
Riparia riparia
Cliff Swallow 60
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave Swallow 61
Petrochelidon fulva
Barn Swallow 62
Hirundo rustica
Boreal Chickadee
Poecile hudsonicus
Tufted Titmouse 63
Baeolophus bicolor
Red-breasted Nuthatch 64
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 65
Sitta carolinensis
Brown Creeper 66
Certhia americana
Carolina Wren 67
Thryothorus ludovicianus

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