Common Shorebirds of Connecticut

Least Tern Lesser Yellowlegs American Oystercatcher State-listed Common State-listed Breeder: May Migrant: March Breeder: March through Sept. through Oct. through Nov. Common Habitat: Sandy Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Shoreline beaches mudflats, marshes Shorebirds of Connecticut Common Tern Greater Yellowlegs Black Skimmer Common Common Uncommon Migrant/Breeder: Migrant: March Migrant/Breeder: May through through Dec. April through Oct. Sept. Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Sandy or Habitat: Sandy mudflats, marshes gravel beaches beaches

Roseate Tern Short-billed Dowitcher Whimbrel State-listed Common Uncommon Breeder: May Migrant: April Migrant: April through Sept. through Oct. through Oct. Habitat: Habitat: Marshes, Habitat: Beaches, Offshore islands, mudflats mudflats, marshes, shoreline coastal grasslands

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Photos by Paul J. Fusco Semipalmated Sandpiper Red Knot Piping Plover Herring Gull Common Uncommon State-listed Common Migrant: April Migrant: April Breeder: March Breeder through Oct. through Sept. through Sept. Year-round Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Sandy Habitat: Shoreline mudflats, marshes mudflats beaches

Least Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Plover Laughing Gull Common Common Common Common Migrant: April Migrant Migrant: March Nonbreeder: through Oct. Year-round through Oct. April through Nov. Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Sandy and Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Sandy mudflats, marshes rocky beaches, mudflats, marshes beaches, marshes mudflats

White-rumped Sandpiper Sanderling Killdeer Great Black-backed Gull Common Common Common Common Migrant: May Migrant Breeder Breeder through Nov. Year-round Year-round Year-round Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Sandy Habitat: Open Habitat: Shoreline mudflats, marshes beaches, mudflats grassy areas

Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Black-bellied Plover Ring-billed Gull Common Common Common Common Migrant: March Migrant Migrant Nonbreeder: through May and Year-round Year-round Year-round July through Nov. Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Shoreline Habitat: Mudflats, mudflats, marshes mudflats, marshes marshes, short grassy fields