List Of Birds Of Connecticut
This list of Connecticut birds is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded from the U.S. state of Connecticut. This list is based on a checklist used by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut, the list used by most birders to objectively evaluate species recorded in the state. This list is based on the committee's revision from 2007.
A total of 417 species of birds have been recorded in Connecticut. This number includes all bird species known to have occurred in the state, including birds that don't breed in Connecticut, such as migrants, winter visitors and vagrants, as well as breeding species and recently extinct and extirpated species. There are about 280 species regularly occurring in the state. The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Connecticut (1994) listed 173 bird species as confirmed breeders, based on a 1982-1986 survey. An assessment before 2004 estimated the total number of species breeding regularly in the state at about 150.
The taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, genera and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adhere to the conventions of the AOU's (1998) Check-list of North American birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North American birds. The AOU's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature, the body responsible for maintaining and updating the Check-list, "strongly and unanimously continues to endorse the biological species concept (BSC), in which species are considered to be genetically cohesive groups of populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (AOU 1998). See Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for an alternative phylogenetic arrangement based on DNA-DNA hybridization.
The following codes are used to denote certain categories of species:
- (I) - Introduced: Birds that have been introduced to North America by the actions of man, either directly or indirectly.
- (X) - Extinct
- (E) - Extirpated
- (S) - Sight record only
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Non-passerines: Ducks, geese, and swans • Turkeys • Grouse • Pheasants • New World quail • Loons • Grebes • Albatrosses • Fulmers, petrels and shearwaters • Storm-petrels • Tropicbirds • Boobies and gannets • Pelicans • Cormorants • Darters • Frigatebirds • Bitterns, herons, and egrets • Ibises and spoonbills • Storks • New World vultures • Osprey • Hawks, kites, and eagles • Caracaras and falcons • Rails, gallinules, and coots • Limpkins • Cranes • Lapwings and plovers • Oystercatchers • Stilts and avocets • Sandpipers, curlews, stints, godwits, snipes, and phalaropes • Gulls • Terns • Skimmers • Skuas • Auks, murres, and puffins • Pigeons and doves • Lories, parakeets, macaws, and parrots • Cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis • Barn owls • Typical owls • Nightjars • Swifts • Hummingbirds • Kingfishers • Woodpeckers, sapsuckers, and flickers |
Passerines: Tyrant flycatchers • Shrikes • Vireos • Jays, crows, magpies, and ravens • Larks • Swallows and martins • Chickadees and titmice • Nuthatches • Treecreepers • Wrens • Kinglets • Gnatcatchers • Old World flycatchers • Thrushes • Mockingbirds and thrashers • Starlings • Wagtails and pipits • Waxwings • Wood-warblers • Tanagers • American sparrows, towhees, juncos, and longspurs • Cardinals, saltators, and grosbeaks • Blackbirds, meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, and orioles • Finches • Old World sparrows |
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Read more about List Of Birds Of Connecticut: Ducks, Geese, and Swans, Pheasants, Turkeys, and Grouse, New World Quail, Loons, Grebes, Fulmars, Petrels and Shearwaters, Storm-petrels, Boobies and Gannets, Pelicans, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets, Ibises and Spoonbills, Storks, New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks, Kites, and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Rails, Gallinules, and Coots, Cranes, Lapwings and Plovers, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Avocets, Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwits, Snipes, and Phalaropes, Gulls, Terns and Skimmers, Skuas, Auks, Murres, and Puffins, Pigeons and Doves, Lories, Parakeets, Macaws, and Parrots, Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers, and Flickers, Tyrant Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos, Jays, Crows, Magpies, and Ravens, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Chickadees and Titmice, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Wrens, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, Old World Flycatchers, Thrushes, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Starlings, Wagtails and Pipits, Waxwings, Longspurs and Snow Buntings, Wood Warblers, American Sparrows, Towhees, Juncos, and Longspurs, Cardinals, Saltators, and Grosbeaks, Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Cowbirds, Grackles, and Orioles, Finches, Old World Sparrows
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