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The Big Sit! 2007: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Connecticut
Country:	United States

1. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
2. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
3. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
4. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
5. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
6. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
7. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
8. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
9. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
10. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
11. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
12. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
13. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
14. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
15. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
16. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
17. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
18. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
19. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
20. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
21. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
22. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
23. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
24. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
25. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
26. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
27. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
28. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
29. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
30. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
31. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
32. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
33. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
34. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
35. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
36. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla
37. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
38. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
39. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
40. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
41. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
42. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
43. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
44. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
45. American Robin Turdus migratorius
46. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
47. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
48. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
49. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
50. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
51. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
52. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
53. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
54. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
55. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
56. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
57. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
58. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
59. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
60. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
61. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
62. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
63. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
64. Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
65. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
66. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
67. Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
68. Common Loon Gavia imme
69. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
70. Great Egret Ardea alba
71. Brant Branta bernicla
72. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
73. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
74. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
75. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
76. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
77. Merlin Falco columbarius
78. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
79. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
80. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
81. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
82. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
83. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
84. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
85. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
86. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
87. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
88. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
89. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
90. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
91. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
92. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
93. American Coot Fulica americana
94. Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
95. Barred Owl Strix varia
96. Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
97. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
98. Common Raven Corvus corax
99. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
100. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
101. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
102. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
103. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
104. Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
105. Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
106. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
107. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
108. American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
109. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
110. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
111. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
112. Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
113. American Wigeon Anas americana
114. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
115. Gadwall Anas strepera
116. Common Eider Somateria mollissima
117. White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
118. Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
119. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
120. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
121. Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
122. American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
123. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
124. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
125. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
126. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
127. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
128. Sanderling Calidris alba
129. Dunlin Calidris alpina
130. Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
131. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
132. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
133. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
134. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
135. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
136. Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
137. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
138. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
139. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
140. Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus
141. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
142. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
143. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
144. American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
145. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
146. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
147. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes