Birds to See in Connecticut in February
108 bird species on our list for Connecticut are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay and White-breasted Nuthatch. New this month: Golden Eagle and Painted Bunting.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From Connecticut’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 108 birds in February
108 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.60% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.31% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.03% in Feb
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.83% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.41% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.00% in Feb
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