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Species of Connecticut

Includes rare, incidental, and introduced species.

Information and species will be continuously updated.

Northern Lapwing 1
Vanellus vanellus
Black-bellied Plover 2
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 3
Pluvialis dominica
Semipalmated Plover 4
Charadrius semipalmatus
Piping Plover 5
Charadrius melodus
Killdeer 6
Charadrius vociferus
American Oystercatcher 7
Haematopus palliatus
Black-necked Stilt 8
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 9
Recurvirostra americana
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Redshank 11
Tringa erythropus
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 3
Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Tringa flavipes
Upland Sandpiper 3
Bartramia longicauda
Eskimo Curlew 13
Numenius borealis
Whimbrel 14
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 15
Numenius americanus
Black-tailed Godwit 16
Limosa limosa
Hudsonian Godwit 17
Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit 18
Limosa lapponica
Marbled Godwit 19
Limosa fedoa
Ruddy Turnstone 20
Arenaria interpres
Red Knot 2
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 21
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 22
Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper 23
Calidris mauri
Red-necked Stint 24
Calidris ruficollis
Little Stint 25
Calidris minuta
Least Sandpiper 26
Calidris minutilla
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Calidris fuscicollis
Pectoral Sandpiper 27
Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 3
Calidris acuminata
Purple Sandpiper 3
Calidris maritima
Dunlin 28
Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper 25
Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper 29
Calidris himantopus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 3
Calidris subruficollis
Ruff 30
Calidris pugnax
Short-billed Dowitcher 31
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 15
Limnodromus scolopaceus
American Woodcock 3
Scolopax minor
Red-necked Phalarope 15
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope 32
Phalaropus fulicarius
Black-legged Kittiwake 33
Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull 34
Pagophila eburnea
Black-headed Gull 35
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 36
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Laughing Gull 3
Leucophaeus atricilla
Mew Gull 34
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 37
Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull 38
Larus glaucoides
Lesser Black-backed Gull 39
Larus fuscus
Glaucous Gull 40
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 41
Larus marinus
Sooty Tern 42
Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Least Tern 43
Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern 24
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 2
Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern 40
Chlidonias niger
Roseate Tern 44
Sterna dougallii
Common Tern 45
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 34
Sterna paradisaea
Royal Tern 46
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 20
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Black Skimmer 47
Rynchops niger
Pomarine Jaeger 48
Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger 39
Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger 49
Stercorarius longicaudus
Dovekie 50
Alle alle
Common Murre 51
Uria aalge
Thick-billed Murre 52
Uria lomvia
Razorbill 51
Alca torda
Black Guillemot 53
Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin 54
Fratercula arctica

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