Common Birds in Connecticut
Our list for Connecticut has 72 common birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 26 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Connecticut in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 72, most common first
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made