page_title: List of birds of Connecticut
section_title: Finches, euphonias, and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Connecticut / Finches, euphonias, and allies
caption_attribution_description: American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, 2005; de: Goldzeisig
context_page_description: This list of birds of Connecticut is a comprehensive account of all the bird species recorded from the U.S. state of Connecticut. Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on the checklist produced by the Avian Records Committee of Connecticut dated January 28, 2020, the list used by most birders to objectively evaluate species recorded in the state.
  This list includes all bird species known to have occurred in the state, including birds that don't breed in Connecticut, such as migrants, winter visitors and vagrants, as well as breeding species and recently extinct and extirpated species. There are about 280 species regularly occurring in the state. The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Connecticut listed 173 bird species as confirmed breeders, based on a 1982–1986 survey. An assessment before 2004 estimated the total number of species breeding regularly in the state at about 150.
  Of the 445 species listed here, 127 are considered rare or accidental. Eight were introduced to North America, three are extinct, and four have been extirpated. Ten species are included though they have only sight records.
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae
  Finches are seed-eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Eleven species have been recorded in Connecticut.
  Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla (R)
  Evening grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus
  Pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator
  House finch, Haemorhous mexicanus
  Purple finch, Haemorhous purpureus
  Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea
  Hoary redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni (R)
  Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
  White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
  Pine siskin, Spinus pinus
  American goldfinch, Spinus tristis
caption: American goldfinch
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