Species · Connecticut · BBS 2025 Release · 1966–2024
Ruffed Grouse Population Trend in Connecticut
Ruffed Grouse in Connecticut has fallen sharply: down 65% on the route-weighted index since 1973.
-65%Since 1973
10Routes In State
17Years
Notable Ruffed Grouse Trends in Connecticut
long arc declinecomputed index
Ruffed Grouse has fallen sharply in Connecticut: down 65% on the route-weighted index since 1973.
Ruffed Grouse Survey Routes in Connecticut
| Mid Haddam | 2 | 1985 | 1976 |
| Mystic | 1 | 1990 | 1990 |
| E Hartland | 1 | 1980 | 1980 |
| Uncasville | 1 | 1981 | 1981 |
| Woodstock | 1 | 1996 | 1968 |
| New Hartford | 1 | 1996 | 1996 |
| Willimantic | 1 | 1997 | 1968 |
| No Woodbury | 1 | 1982 | 1968 |
| Sherman | 1 | 1977 | 1977 |
| Warren | 1 | 1992 | 1982 |
Ruffed Grouse Population Trend in Other States
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22.