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Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
1875 Noble Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06610

Main Number: (203) 394-6565

Connecticut Wildlife

Connecticut is a rich mix of habitats filled with hundreds of fascinating animals. How many of these creatures have you encountered? Visit our Great Hikes page and bring your binoculars. We live in an amazingly beautiful state!

Great Hikes

Species Viability Codes
 
I=IntroducedE=Range/species expanding
F=FeralD=Declining/threatened
 

Amphibians & Reptiles
 Blue-spotted SalamanderAmbystoma laterale
 BullfrogRana catesbeiana
 Eastern American ToadBufo americanus americanus
DEastern SpadefootScaphiopus holbrookii
 Four-toed SalamanderHemidactylium scutatum
 Fowler's ToadBufo woodhousii fowleri
 Gray TreefrogHyla versicolor
 Green FrogRana clamitans melanota
 Jefferson SalamanderAmbystoma jeffersonianum
 Marbled SalamanderAmbystoma opacum
 MudpuppyNecturus maculosus maculosus
 Northern Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus fuscus fuscus
 Northern Leopard FrogRana pipiens
 Northern Spring PeeperHyla crucifer crucifer
DNorthern Slimy SalamanderPlethodon glutinosus
DNorthern Spring SalamanderGyrinophilus porphyriticus
 Northern Two-Lined SalamanderEurycea bislineata bislineata
 Pickerel FrogRana palustris
 Redback SalamanderPlethodon cinereus
 Red-spotted NewtNotophthalmus viridescens viridescens
 Spotted SalamanderAmbystoma maculatum
 Wood FrogRana sylvatica
 Black Rat SnakeElaphe obsoleta obsoleta
DBog TurtleClemmys muhlenbergii
 Common Snapping TurtleChelydra serpentina serpentina
 Eastern Garter SnakeThamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
 Eastern Hognose SnakeHeterodon platyrhinos
 Eastern Milk SnakeLampropeltis triangulum triangulum
 Eastern Painted TurtleChrysemys picta picta
 Eastern Ribbon SnakeThamnophis sauritus
 Eastern Smooth Green SnakeOpheodrys vernalis vernalis
 Eastern Worm SnakeCarphophis amoenus amoenus
DFive-lined SkinkEumeces fasciatus
 Midland Painted TurtleChrysemys picta marginata
 Northern Brown SnakeStoreria dekayi dekayi
 Northern CopperheadAgkistrodon contortrix mokeson
 Northern Black RacerColuber constrictor constrictor
 Northern Redbelly SnakeStoreria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata
 Northern Ringneck SnakeDiadophis punctatus edwardsi
 Northern Water SnakeNerodia sipedon sipedon
 Red-eared SliderPseudemys scripta elegans
 Spotted TurtleClemmys guttata
 StinkpotSternotherus odoratus
DTimber RattlesnakeCrotalus horridus
 Wood TurtleClemmys insculpta
   
   
Reptiles
DLoggerhead TurtleCaretta caretta
DAtlantic Green TurtleChelonia mydas
DLeatherback TurtleDermochelys coriacea
DAtlantic Ridley TurtleLepidochelys kempii
   
   
Birds
EAcadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
 Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
DAmerican Black DuckAnas rubripes
DAmerican BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
DAmerican CootFulica americana
EAmerican CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
 American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
 American KestrelFalco sparverius
 American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
 American PipitAnthus rubescens
DAmerican RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
 American RobinTurdus migratorius
DAmerican Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
EAmerican WigeonAnas americana
 American WoodcockScolopax minor
DBaird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
 Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
DBank SwallowRiparia riparia
DBarn OwlTyto alba
 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
DBarred OwlStrix varia
 Bay?breasted WarblerDendroica castanea
 Belted KingfisherCeryle alcyon
DBlack?backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
 Black?capped ChickadeeParus atricapillus
DBlack?crowned Night?HeronNycticorax nycticorax
 Black?bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
DBlack?billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
DBlack?throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
DBlack?throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
 Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
 Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striata
EBlack & White WarblerMniotilta varia
DBlack RailLaterallus jamaicensis
 Black ScoterMelanitta nigra
DBlack TernChlidonias niger
EBlack VultureCoragyps atratus
EBlue?gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
DBlue?winged TealAnas discors
IEBlue?winged WarblerVermivora pinus
 Blue GrosbeakGuiraca caerulea
 Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
 BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
 Bonaparte's GullLarus philadelphia
 BrantBranta bernicla
EBroad?winged HawkButeo platypterus
 Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
 Brown CreeperCerthia americana
DBrown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
 Buff?breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollis
 BuffleheadBucephala albeola
 Canada GooseBranta canadensis
 Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
ECanvasbackAythya valisineria
 Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
ECarolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
DCaspian TernSterna caspia
IECattle EgretBubulcus ibis
 Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedorum
 Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
 Chestnut?sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
DChimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
 Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
 Chuck?will's?widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
DClapper RailRallus longirostris
 Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
ECliff SwallowHirundo pyrrhonota
 Common EiderSomateria mollissima
 Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
 Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
DCommon LoonGavia immer
 Common MerganserMergus merganser
DCommon MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DCommon NighthawkChordeiles minor
ECommon RavenCorvus corax
 Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
 Common TernSterna hirundo
 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
DConnecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
DCooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
 Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
 DickcisselSpiza americana
EDouble?crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
 Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
 DunlinCalidris alpina
 Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
DEastern BluebirdSialia sialis
 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
DEastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
DEastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
 Eastern Screech?OwlOtus asio
DEastern Wood?PeweeContopus virens
 Eskimo CurlewNumenius borealis
IEurasian JackdawCorvus monedula
IEuropean StarlingSturnus vulgaris
 Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
DField SparrowSpizella pusilla
EFish CrowCorvus ossifragus
EForster's TernSterna forsteri
 Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
EGadwallAnas strepera
 Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
 Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
 Golden?crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
DGolden?winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
DGolden EagleAquila chrysaetos
DGrasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
DGray?cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
 Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
EGreat Black?backed GullLarus marinus
EGreat Blue HeronArdea herodias
DGreat Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
 Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
 Great EgretCasmerodius albus
EGreat Horned OwlBubo virginianus
DGreater ScaupAythya marila
 Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
 Green?backed HeronButorides striatus
 Green?winged TealAnas crecca
 Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
DHarlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
DHermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
 Herring GullLarus argentatus
 Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
 Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
EHorned GrebePodiceps auritus
DHorned LarkEremophila alpestris
IEHouse FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
IDHouse SparrowPasser domesticus
DHouse WrenTroglodytes aedon
 Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
DIndigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
 Ipswich SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
 KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
 King EiderSomateria spectabilis
DKing RailRallus elegans
ELark SparrowChondestes grammacus
 Laughing GullLarus atricilla
DLeast BitternIxobrychus exilis
DLeast FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
 Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
DLeast TernSterna antillarum
 Lesser Black?backed GullLarus fuscus
 Lesser Golden?PloverPluvialis dominica
DLesser ScaupAythya affinis
 Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
ELittle Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
ELittle GullLarus minutus
DLoggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
DLong?eared OwlAsio otus
 Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
 Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
IFMallardAnas platyrhynchos
DMarbled GodwitLimoas fedoa
DMarsh WrenCistothorus palustris
 MerlinFalco columbarius
IEMonk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
 Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
 Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphia
IEMute SwanCygnus olor
DNashville WarblerVermivora ruficapilla
DNorthern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
 Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
DNorthern FlickerColaptes auratus
ENorthern GannetMorus bassanus
ENorthern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
DNorthern HarrierCircus cyaneus
ENorthern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
ENorthern OrioleIcterus galbula
DNorthern ParulaParula americana
 Northern PintailAnas acuta
ENorthern Rough?winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
DNorthern Saw?whet OwlAegolius acadicus
 Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
DNorthern ShrikeLanius excubitor
 Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
DOldsquawClangula hyemalis
 Olive?sided FlycatcherContopus borealis
DOrange?crowned WarblerVermivora celata
EOrchard OrioleIcterus spurius
EOspreyPandion haliaetus
 OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillus
 Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
 Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
DPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
 Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
DEPied?billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
EPileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
 Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
DPine WarblerDendroica pinus
DPiping PloverCharadrius melodus
 Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
 Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
DPurple GallinulePorphyrula martinica
DPurple MartinProgne subis
 Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
ERed?bellied WoodpeckerMalanerpes carolinus
 Red?breasted MerganserMergus serrator
 Red?breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
DRed?eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
DRed?headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
 Red?necked GrebePodiceps grisengena
DRed?shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
 Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
 Red?tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
 Red?throated LoonGavia stellata
ERed KnotCalidris canutus
ERing?billed GullLarus delawarensis
 Ring?necked DuckAythya collaris
IDRing?necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
IFRock DoveColumba livia
 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
DRoseate TernSterna dougallii
 Rough?legged HawkButeo lagopus
 Royal TernSterna maxima
ERuby?crowned KingletRegulus calendula
DRuby?throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
 Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
 Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
 RuffPhilomachus pugnax
 Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
 Rufous-sided TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
 SanderlingCalidris alba
DSavannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
 Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
DSedge WrenCistothorus platensis
 Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
 Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
DSharp?shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
DSharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
 Short?billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
DShort?eared OwlAsio flammeus
DESnowy EgretEgretta thula
 Snowy OwlNyctea scandiaca
 Solitary VireoVireo solitarius
 Spotted SandpiperActitus macularia
DStilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
 Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
 Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
 Snow GooseChen caerulescens
 Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
 SoraPorzana carolina
DSummer TanagerPiranga rubra
 Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
ESwamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
 Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrina
ETree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
 Tri?colored HeronEgretta tricolor
ETufted TitmouseParus bicolor
ETurkey VultureCathartes aura
DUpland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
DVeeryCatharus fuscescens
DVesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
DVirginia RailRallus limicola
EWarbling VireoVireo gilvus
EWestern KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
DWhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
DWhip?poor?willCaprimulgus vociferus
EWhite?breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
 White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
EWhite?eyed VireoVireo griseus
 White?rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
 White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
DWhite?winged ScoterMelanitta fusca
EWild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
 WilletCatoptrophorus semipalmatus
EWillow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
DWilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
DWilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
 Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
EWinter WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
 Wood DuckAix sponsa
EWood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
EWorm?eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorus
 Yellow?bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
DYellow?bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
DYellow?billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
DYellow?breasted ChatIcteria virens
 Yellow?crowned Night?HeronNyctanassa violacea
 Yellow?rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
DYellow?throated VireoVireo flavifrons
 Yellow?throated WarblerDendroica dominica
DYellow WarblerDendroica petechia
   
   
Mammals
 BeaverCastor canadensis
 Big Brown BatEptesicus fuscus
EBlack BearUrsus americanus
 BobcatLynx rufus
ECoyotesCanis latrans
 Deer MousePeromyscus maniculatus
 Eastern CottontailSylvilagus floridanus
 Eastern ChipmunkTamias striatus
 Eastern MoleScalopus aquaticus aquaticus
 Eastern PipistrellePipistrellus subflavus obscurus
 ErmineMustela erminea cicognanii
IEuropean HareLepus europaeus
 FisherMartes pennanti pennanti
 Gapper's Red-backed MouseClethrionomys gapperi
 Grey FoxUrocyon cinereoargenteus
 Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
 Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus
 Hairy-tailed MoleParascalops breweri
 Harbor PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
 Hoary BatLasiurus cinereus
IHouse MouseMus musculus
 Keen's MyotisMyotis keenii septentrionalis
DLeast ShrewCryptotis parva
 Little Brown MyotisMyotis lucifugus
 Long-tailed WeaselMustela freneta
DLynxLynx canadensis
 MartenMartes americana americana
 Masked ShrewSorex cinereus cinereus
 Meadow JumperZapus hudsonius
 Meadow VoleMicrotus pennsylvanicus
 MinkMustela vison
EMooseAlces alces americana
 MuskratOndatra zibethicus
DNew England CottontailSilvilagus transitionalis
 Northern Flying SquirrelGlaucomys sabrinus macrotis
INorway RatRattus norvegicus
 Pine VoleMicrotus pinetorum scalopsoides
 PorcupineErethizon dorsatum dorsatum
 RaccoonProcyon lotor
 Red BatLasiurus borealis
 Red FoxVulpes vulpes
 Red SquirrelTamiasciurus hudsonicus
 River OtterLutra canadensis
 Short-tailed ShrewBlarina brevicauda
 Silver-haired BatLasionycteris moctivagans
 Small-footed MyotisMyotis leibii leibii
 Smoky ShrewSorex fumeus
 Snowshoe HareLepus americanus
 Southern Bog LemmingSynaptomys cooperi
 Southern Flying SquirrelGlaucomys volans
 Star-nosed MoleCondylura cristata
 Thompson's Pygmy ShrewMicrosorex thompsoni thompsoni
 Virginia OpossumDidelphis virginiana
 Water ShrewSorex palustris albibarbus
 White-footed MousePeromyscus leucopus
 White-tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianus borealis
 WoodchucksMarmota monax
 Woodland Jumping MouseNapaeozapus insignis

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