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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell and the Pribilofs

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with Paul Lehman as leader

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4 Emperor Goose Chen canagica
3 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
5 'black' Brant 1 50 E Branta bernicla nigricans
4 Cackling Goose 1 200 E Branta hutchinsii
4 Tundra Swan 1 20 E Cygnus columbianus
5 Eurasian Wigeon 1 3 Anas penelope
4 American Wigeon 1 10 E Anas americana
2 Mallard 1 2 E Anas platyrhynchos
1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
5 Northern Pintail 9 400 Anas acuta
4 Green-winged Teal 3 40 Anas crecca
4 Greater Scaup 1 15 E Aythya marila
1 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
5 Steller's Eider 4 1 Polysticta stelleri
2 Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
5 King Eider 11 60 Somateria spectabilis
5 Common Eider 5 150 Somateria mollissima
5 Harlequin Duck 11 175 Histrionicus histrionicus
2 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
4 White-winged Scoter 1 2 Melanitta fusca
5 Long-tailed Duck 8 4 Clangula hyemalis
2 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
4 Red-breasted Merganser 2 30 Mergus serrator
5 Red-throated Loon 3 14 Gavia stellata
5 Arctic Loon 1 1 E Gavia arctica
5 Pacific Loon 12 8 Gavia pacifica
4 Common Loon 1 2 E Gavia immer
4 Yellow-billed Loon 4 1 Gavia adamsii
4 Red-necked Grebe 2 3 Podiceps grisegena
5 Northern Fulmar 11 75 Fulmarus glacialis
5 Short-tailed Shearwater 11 125,000 Puffinus tenuirostris
5 Pelagic Cormorant 12 125 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
4 Northern Harrier 1 3 E Circus cyaneus
5 Rough-legged Hawk 12 4 Buteo lagopus
2 Merlin 1 1 E Falco columbarius
4 Gyrfalcon 1 1 E Falco rusticolus
5 Peregrine Falcon 4 2 Falco peregrinus
4 Sandhill Crane 1 35 E Grus canadensis
2 Black-bellied Plover 1 1 E Pluvialis squatarola
5 Pacific Golden-Plover 12 50 Pluvialis fulva
3 Lesser Sand-Plover 4 3 Charadrius mongolus
5 Gray-tailed Tattler 4 2 Tringa brevipes
2 Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
5 Whimbrel 1 150 E Numenius phaeopus
4 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 2 E Limosa lapponica
5 Ruddy Turnstone 10 8 Arenaria interpres
1 Red Knot Calidris canutus
3 Sanderling 3 3 Calidris alba
5 Western Sandpiper 7 100 Calidris mauri
2 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
3 Baird's Sandpiper 2 3 Calidris bairdii
5 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 14 Calidris melanotos
5 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 5 46 Calidris acuminata
5 Rock Sandpiper 7 8 Calidris ptilocnemis
5 Dunlin 6 10 Calidris alpina
5 Long-billed Dowitcher 6 300 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
4 Red-necked Phalarope 3 1 Phalaropus lobatus
4 Red Phalarope 1 2 Phalaropus fulicarius
4 Mew Gull 1 10 E Larus canus
4 Herring Gull 1 1 E Larus argentatus
5 'Vega' Gull 12 35 Larus argentatus vegae
5 Slaty-backed Gull 12 5 Larus schistisagus
5 Glaucous-winged Gull 12 12 Larus glaucescens
5 Glaucous Gull 12 80 Larus hyperboreus
5 Black-legged Kittiwake 12 5000 Rissa tridactyla
1 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
3 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
5 Pomarine Jaeger 11 120 Stercorarius pomarinus
5 Parasitic Jaeger 12 18 Stercorarius parasiticus
4 Long-tailed Jaeger 3 1 Stercorarius longicaudus
5 Common Murre 11 35,000 Uria aalge
5 Thick-billed Murre 11 15,000 Uria lomvia
2 Black Guillemot 3 1 Cepphus grylle
5 Pigeon Guillemot 11 120 Cepphus columba
3 Kittlitz's Murrelet 1 1 Brachyramphus brevirostris
4 Ancient Murrelet 1 2 Synthliboramphus antiquus
5 Parakeet Auklet 10 500 Aethia psittacula
5 Least Auklet 7 250 Aethia pusilla
5 Crested Auklet 11 100,000 Aethia cristatella
5 Horned Puffin 11 5000 Fratercula corniculata
5 Tufted Puffin 11 1000 Fratercula cirrhata
1 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
1 Snowy Owl 10 7 Bubo scandiacus
1 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax difficilis
2 Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
1 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
5 Common Raven 12 12 Corvus corax
1 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
2 Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella ochotensis
1 Willow Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus trochilus
2 Dusky Warbler 2 1 Phylloscopus fuscatus
5 Arctic Warbler 7 7 Phylloscopus borealis
5 Bluethroat 1 1 Luscinia calliope
5 Northern Wheatear 8 3 Oenanthe oenanthe
1 "siberian" Stonechat Saxicola torquatus maura
5 Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 2 Catharus fuscescens
1 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
1 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
3 American Robin Turdus migratorius
2 Siberian Accentor 1 1 Prunella montanella
5 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 10 5 Motacilla tschutschensis
4 White Wagtail 12 5 Motacilla alba
1 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
5 Red-throated Pipit 9 9 Anthus cervinus
5 American Pipit 1 2 E Anthus rubescens
5 japonicus American Pipit 9 5 Anthus rubescens japonicus
4 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 2 Vermivora celata
1 Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
3 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
1 American Redstart 1 1 Setophaga ruticilla
2 Northern Waterthrush 1 1 Seiurus novaboracensis
4 Wilson's Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia pusilla
4 American Tree Sparrow 1 2 E Spizella arborea
5 Savannah Sparrow 3 16 Passerculus sandwichensis
3 'red' Fox Sparrow 1 1 E Passerella iliaca iliaca
3 'sooty' Fox Sparrow 6 2 Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis
1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 1 Melospiza lincolnii
4 White-crowned Sparrow 2 1 Zonotrichia leucophrys
5 Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 4 Zonotrichia atricapilla
1 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco Junco hyemalis
5 Lapland Longspur 12 500 Calcarius lapponicus
3 Little Bunting 3 1 Emberiza pusilla
5 Snow Bunting 12 1000 Plectrophenax nivalis
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
2 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
1 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
1 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
1 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
5 Common Redpoll 6 5 Carduelis flammea
5 Hoary Redpoll 12 55 Carduelis hornemanni
2 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus

Mammals

2 shrew species X Sorex sp.
1 Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
5 Arctic Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus parryii
2 Northern Red-backed Vole X Clethrionomys rutilus
5 Tundra Vole X Microtus oeconomus
1 St. Lawrence Island Collared Lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus exsul
2 Common Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
5 Arctic Fox X Alopex lagopus
2 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
2 Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos
5 Steller's Sea Lion X Eumetopias jubatus
3 Spotted Seal X Phoca largha
2 Short-tailed Weasel Mustela erminea
2 Moose Alces alces
4 Muskox X Ovibos moschatus
1 Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
5 Gray Whale X Eschrichtius robustus
4 Humpback Whale X Megaptera novaeangliae
5 Minke Whale X Balaenoptera acutorostrata