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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Alaska: Pribilofs, Nome, Denali National Park, the Kenai Peninsula and Barrow

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with Gary Rosenberg as leader

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4 Greater White-fronted Goose 2 40 Anser albifrons
3 Emperor Goose 1 3 Chen canagica
3 Snow Goose 1 1 Chen caerulescens
9 Brant 6 1000 Branta bernicla nigricans
9 Canada Goose 6 10 Branta canadensis
6 Cackling Goose 1 2 Branta hutchinsii taverni
4 Cackling Goose 1 1 P Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
2 Cackling Goose 1 1 P Branta hutchinsii minima
9 Trumpeter Swan 1 2 Cygnus buccinator
9 Tundra Swan 7 100 Cygnus columbianus
1 Tundra (Bewick's) Swan Cygnus columbianus
6 Gadwall 2 3 Anas strepera
7 Eurasian Wigeon 1 1 Anas penelope
9 American Wigeon 9 20 Anas americana
9 Mallard 4 20 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
9 Northern Shoveler 5 4 Anas clypeata
9 Northern Pintail 10 300 Anas acuta
9 Green-winged Teal 6 6 Anas crecca carolinensis
8 Eurasian Green-winged Teal 3 8 P Anas crecca crecca
9 Canvasback 2 5 Aythya valisineria
3 Redhead Aythya americana
8 Ring-necked Duck 3 3 Aythya collaris
3 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
9 Greater Scaup 12 100 Aythya marila
8 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
4 Steller's Eider 2 12 B Polysticta stelleri
2 Spectacled Eider 1 1 B Somateria fischeri
8 King Eider 2 12 PB Somateria spectabilis
9 Common Eider 5 200 Somateria mollissima
9 Harlequin Duck 4 200 Histrionicus histrionicus
8 Surf Scoter 1 20 Melanitta perspicillata
9 White-winged Scoter 2 6 Melanitta fusca
9 Black Scoter 4 15 Melanitta nigra
9 Long-tailed Duck 10 30 Clangula hyemalis
8 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
3 Common Goldeneye 1 2 P Bucephala clangula
9 Barrow's Goldeneye 1 5 Bucephala islandica
1 Smew Mergellus albellus
8 Common Merganser 1 30 Mergus merganser
9 Red-breasted Merganser 7 50 Mergus serrator
5 Spruce Grouse 2 2 Falcipennis canadensis
9 Willow Ptarmigan 1 7 Lagopus lagopus
8 Rock Ptarmigan 1 3 Lagopus muta
9 Red-throated Loon 7 30 Gavia stellata
6 Arctic Loon 4 3 Gavia arctica
9 Pacific Loon 6 12 Gavia pacifica
9 Common Loon 4 3 Gavia immer
4 Yellow-billed Loon 1 1 P Gavia adamsii
5 Horned grebe Podiceps auritus
9 Red-necked Grebe 4 20 Podiceps grisegena
8 Northern Fulmar 1 20 P Fulmarus glacialis
2 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
4 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
1 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
9 Double-crested Cormorant 2 6 Phalacrocorax auritus
9 Red-faced Cormorant 4 40 Phalacrocorax urile
9 Pelagic Cormorant 2 15 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
1 Great Egret 1 1 B Egretta alba
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
9 Bald Eagle 5 25 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
8 Northern Harrier 2 1 Circus cyaneus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
3 Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
8 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo jamaicensis harlani
1 Swainson's Hawk 1 1 B Buteo swainsoni
8 Rough-legged Hawk 2 2 Buteo lagopus
9 Golden Eagle 2 3 Aquila chrysaetos
2 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
8 Merlin Falco columbarius
9 Gyrfalcon 1 1 Falco rusticolus
5 Peregrine Falcon 2 3 Falco peregrinus
9 Sandhill Crane 4 20 Grus canadensis
8 Black-bellied Plover 1 1 Pluvialis squatarola
9 American Golden-Plover 2 12 Pluvialis dominica
9 Pacific Golden-Plover 3 1 Pluvialis fulva
2 Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
9 Semipalmated Plover 6 3 Charadrius semipalmatus
2 Killdeer 1 1 B Charadrius vociferus
9 Black Oystercatcher 1 1 Haematopus bachmani
1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
9 Spotted Sandpiper 3 1 Actitis macularius
3 Solitary Sandpiper 1 3 Tringa solitaria
1 Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
8 Wandering Tattler 1 1 Heteroscelus incanus
7 Greater Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa melanoleuca
9 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa flavipes
3 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
3 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
9 Whimbrel 2 3 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
1 Whimbrel (Eurasian) 1 1 P Numenius phaeopus variegatus
8 Bristle-thighed Curlew 1 1 Numenius tahitiensis
9 Hudsonian Godwit 1 30 Limosa haemastica
9 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 20 Limosa lapponica
9 Ruddy Turnstone 3 3 Arenaria interpres
7 Black Turnstone 3 4 Arenaria melanocephala
1 Surfbird Aphriza virgata
4 Red Knot 1 1 Calidris canutus
9 Semipalmated Sandpiper 5 20 Calidris pusilla
9 Western Sandpiper 4 100 Calidris mauri
1 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
8 Least Sandpiper 1 1 P Calidris minutilla
2 Baird's Sandpiper 1 4 B Calidris bairdii
2 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 30 B Calidris melanotos
8 Rock Sandpiper 3 60 P Calidris ptilocnemis ptilocnemis
9 Dunlin 4 30 Calidris alpina
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
9 Short-billed Dowitcher 1 1 Limnodromus griseus
3 Long-billed Dowitcher 1 15 B Limnodromus scolopaceus
9 Wilson's Snipe 6 2 Gallinago delicata
3 Common Snipe 1 1 Gallinago gallinago
9 Red-necked Phalarope 10 40 Phalaropus lobatus
5 Red Phalarope 2 50 PB Phalaropus fulicarius
3 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
9 Bonaparte's Gull 1 20 Larus philadelphia
9 Mew Gull 11 100 Larus canus
7 Herring Gull 1 25 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
9 'Vega' Herring Gull 6 2 Larus argentatus vegae
8 Slaty-backed Gull 3 1 Larus schistisagus
9 Glaucous-winged Gull 7 100's Larus glaucescens
9 Glaucous Gull 9 200 Larus hyperboreus
6 Sabine's Gull 2 15 Xema sabini
9 Black-legged Kittiwake 8 1000's Rissa tridactyla
8 Red-legged Kittiwake 3 75 P Rissa brevirostris
9 Aleutian Tern 5 25 Onychoprion aleuticus
1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
9 Arctic Tern 12 100's Sterna paradisaea
5 Pomarine Jaeger 1 50 B Stercorarius pomarinus
9 Parasitic Jaeger 6 4 Stercorarius parasiticus
9 Long-tailed Jaeger 6 12 Stercorarius longicaudus
9 Common Murre 4 100's Uria aalge
9 Thick-billed Murre 4 100's Uria lomvia
3 Black Guillemot 1 1 B Cepphus grylle
9 Pigeon Guillemot 4 20 Cepphus columba
9 Marbled Murrelet 1 30 Brachyramphus marmoratus
9 Kittlitz's Murrelet 1 10 Brachyramphus brevirostris
9 Ancient Murrelet 2 34 Synthliboramphus antiquus
9 Parakeet Auklet 3 200 Aethia psittacula
8 Least Auklet 3 200 P Aethia pusilla
8 Crested Auklet 2 10 Aethia cristatella
9 Rhinoceros Auklet 1 40 Cerorhinca monocerata
9 Horned Puffin 5 100's Fratercula corniculata
9 Tufted Puffin 4 1000 Fratercula cirrhata
4 Rock Pigeon 1 10 Columba livia
1 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
3 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
3 Snowy Owl 2 10 PB Bubo scandiacus
5 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
1 Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
7 Short-eared Owl 3 2 Asio flammeus
8 Rufous Hummingbird 1 1 Selasphorus rufus
8 Belted Kingfisher 1 1 Megaceryle alcyon
4 Downy Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides pubescens
3 Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
7 American Three-toed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides dorsalis
2 Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
5 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
5 Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 2 Contopus cooperi
3 Western Wood-Pewee 1 1 Contopus sordidulus
9 Alder Flycatcher 4 3 Empidonax alnorum
6 Say's Phoebe 1 1 Sayornis saya
6 Northern Shrike 1 1 Lanius excubitor
1 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
8 Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
9 Steller's Jay 2 3 Cyanocitta stelleri
9 Black-billed Magpie 4 15 Pica hudsonia
9 Northwestern Crow 2 2 Corvus caurinus
9 Common Raven 9 100 Corvus corax
6 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
9 Tree Swallow 7 10 Tachycineta bicolor
9 Violet-green Swallow 4 20 Tachycineta thalassina
9 Bank Swallow 4 6 Riparia riparia
9 Cliff Swallow 1 12 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
9 Black-capped Chickadee 1 1 Poecile atricapillus
9 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 3 Poecile rufescens
9 Boreal Chickadee 2 3 Poecile hudsonica
9 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 Sitta canadensis
3 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
7 Winter Wren 1 1 P Troglodytes troglodytes
5 American Dipper 2 2 Cinclus mexicanus
7 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 1 Regulus calendula
9 Arctic Warbler 1 5 Phylloscopus borealis
2 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
9 Bluethroat 1 1 Luscinia svecica
1 Rufous-tailed Robin 1 1 P Luscinia sibilans
9 Northern Wheatear 3 1 Oenanthe oenanthe
9 Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 10 Catharus minimus
9 Swainson's Thrush 1 2 Catharus ustulatus
9 Hermit Thrush 3 1 Catharus guttatus
2 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
9 American Robin 7 20 Turdus migratorius
9 Varied Thrush 2 3 Ixoreus naevius
9 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 4 4 Motacilla tschutschensis
8 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
7 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
9 Orange-crowned Warbler 6 4 Vermivora celata
9 Yellow Warbler 5 6 Dendroica petechia
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 2 Dendroica coronata
9 Townsend's Warbler 2 4 Dendroica townsendi
9 Blackpoll Warbler 1 1 Dendroica striata
9 Northern Waterthrush 2 2 Seiurus noveboracensis
9 Wilson's Warbler 5 4 Wilsonia pusilla
9 American Tree Sparrow 2 4 Spizella arborea
9 Savannah Sparrow 9 12 Passerculus sandwichensis
9 Red Fox Sparrow 5 6 Passerella iliaca zaboria
9 Sooty Fox Sparrow 3 2 Passerella iliaca unalaschensis
8 Song Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza melodia
9 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 2 Melospiza lincolnii
9 White-crowned Sparrow 8 10 Zonotrichia leucophrys
9 Golden-crowned Sparrow 5 4 Zonotrichia atricapilla
9 Dark-eyed Junco 4 6 Junco hyemalis
9 Lapland Longspur 10 50 Calcarius lapponicus
5 Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
8 Snow Bunting 3 40 PB Plectrophenax nivalis
2 McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
7 Red-winged Blackbird 1 2 Agelaius phoeniceus
7 Rusty Blackbird 1 2 Euphagus carolinus
8 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 3 25 P Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina
7 Pine Grosbeak 2 2 Pinicola enucleator
1 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
3 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
5 White-winged Crossbill 1 8 Loxia leucoptera
9 Common Redpoll 2 4 Carduelis flammea
9 Hoary Redpoll 6 12 Carduelis hornemanni
9 Pine Siskin 2 10 Carduelis pinus

Mammals

8 Snowshoe Hare 1 Lepus americanus
5 Alaskan Hare 1 Lepus arcticus
1 Tundra (Arctic) Hare Lepus othus
9 Arctic Ground-Squirrel 1 Spermophilus parryii
9 Red Squirrel 1 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
4 Hoary Marmot Marmota caligata
4 American Beaver Castor canadensis
4 Common Muskrat Ondatra zibetheca
5 North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
8 Arctic Fox (Pribilofs) 1 P Alopex lagopus
9 Red Fox 1 Vulpes vulpes
2 Gray Wolf Canis lupis
9 Sea Otter 1 Enhydra lutris
3 American Mink Mustela vison
1 Short-tailed Weasel Mustela erminea
1 Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
8 Northern Fur Seal (Pribilofs) 1 P Callorhinus ursinus
9 Steller's Sea Lion 1 Eumetopias jubatus
9 Harbor Seal 1 Phoca vitulina
2 Spotted Seal Phoca largha
2 Black Bear Ursus americanus
9 Grizzly Bear 1 Ursus arctos
9 Muskox 1 Ovibos moschatus
9 Moose 1 Alces alces
8 Caribou Rangifer tarandus
6 Reindeer 1 Rangifer tarandus
9 Dall Sheep 1 Ovis dalli
7 Mountain Goat 1 Oreamnos americanus
9 Humpback Whale 1 Megaptera novaeangliae
2 Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
1 Beluga Delphinapterus leucas
4 Orca (Killer Whale) Orcinus orca
6 Dall Porpoise 1 Phocoenoides dalli
3 Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena