Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Birds
Cerulean warbler, species of special concern
Status |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| T | Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| E | Sharp-shinned hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| SC | Northern saw-whet owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| SC | Saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus |
| SC | Henslow's sparrow* | Ammodramus henslowii |
| T | Seaside sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus |
| E | Grasshopper sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| T | Great egret | Ardea alba |
| T | Short-eared owl (wintering populations) | Asio flammeus |
| E | Long-eared owl | Asio otus |
| E | Upland sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| E | American bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| SC | Broad-winged hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| SC | Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus |
| T | Piping plover^ | Charadrius melodus |
| E | Common nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| E | Northern harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| E | Sedge wren | Cistothorus platensis |
| SC | Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| SC | Little blue heron | Egretta caerulea |
| T | Snowy egret | Egretta thula |
| SC | Alder flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| E | Horned lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| T | Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| SC | American kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| E | Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| SC | Common loon | Gavia immer |
| T | American oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| T | Bald eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| E | Yellow-breasted chat | Icteria virens |
| T | Least bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| E | Red-headed woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| SC | Eskimo curlew*+ | Numenius borealis |
| SC | Yellow-crowned night-heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| SC | Savannah sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| SC | Ipswich sparrow (wintering populations) | Passerculus sandwichensis ssp. princeps |
| SC | Glossy ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| E | Pied-billed grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| E | Vesper sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| SC | Purple martin | Progne subis |
| E | King rail (nesting population only) | Rallus elegans |
| SC | Northern parula | Setophaga americana |
| SC | Cerulean warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
| E | Roseate tern+ | Sterna dougallii |
| SC | Common tern | Sterna hirundo |
| T | Least tern | Sternula antillarum |
| T | Eastern meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| SC | Brown thrasher | Toxostoma rufum |
| E | Barn owl | Tyto alba |
| E | Golden-winged warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
* Believed Extirpated
+ Federally Endangered
^ Federally Threatened
Effective August 5, 2015
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Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species in Connecticut