Least Tern Lesser Yellowlegs American Oystercatcher

State-listed
Breeder: May
through Sept.
Common
Migrant: March
through Oct.
State-listed
Breeder: March
through Nov.
Common
Shorebirds of
Habitat: Sandy Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Shoreline
beaches mudflats, marshes

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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Spotted Sandpiper Willet
An Identification Guide
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Habitat: Beaches, Habitat: Beaches,
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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