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The Big Sit! 2008: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	Connecticut
Country:	United States

1. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
2. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
3. Brant Branta bernicla
4. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
6. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
7. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
8. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
9. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
10. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
11. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
12. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
13. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
14. Merlin Falco columbarius
15. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
16. Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
17. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
18. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
19. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
20. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
21. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
22. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
23. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
24. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
25. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
26. Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
27. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
28. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
29. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
30. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
31. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
32. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
33. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
34. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
35. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
36. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
37. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
38. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
39. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
40. American Robin Turdus migratorius
41. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
42. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
43. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
44. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
45. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
46. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
47. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
48. Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
49. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
50. Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus
51. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
52. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
53. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
54. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
55. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
56. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
57. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
58. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
59. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
60. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
61. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
62. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
63. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
64. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
65. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
66. Common Loon Gavia imme
67. Great Egret Ardea alba
68. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
69. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
70. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
71. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
72. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
73. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
74. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
75. Traill's Flycatcher
76. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
77. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla
78. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
79. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
80. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
81. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
82. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
83. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
84. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
85. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
86. Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
87. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
88. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
89. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
90. Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
91. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
92. American Woodcock Scolopax minor
93. Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
94. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
95. Barred Owl Strix varia
96. Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
97. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
98. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
99. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
100. Common Raven Corvus corax
101. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
102. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
103. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
104. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
105. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
106. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
107. Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
108. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
109. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
110. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla