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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell and the Pribilofs

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Cumulative Checklist

with Paul Lehman and Gavin Bieber as leaders

  • Column A = number of tours out of six on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2008 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2008 tour
  • Column D = EN = seen only on Nome pre-tour extension, EP = seen only on Pribilofs post-tour extension
A B C D
1 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 1 EP Anser albifrons
5 Emperor Goose 5 980 Chen canagica
3 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
1 Canada Goose 1 10 EP Branta canadensis parvipes
6 "Black" Brant 1 1 Branta bernicla nigricans
5 Cackling Goose 1 80 EN Branta hutchinsii
5 Tundra Swan 1 90 EN Cygnus columbianus
6 Eurasian Wigeon 2 6 ENP Anas penelope
5 American Wigeon 2 550 ENP Anas americana
2 Mallard 1 1 EP Anas platyrhynchos
2 Northern Shoveler 2 1 EP Anas clypeata
6 Northern Pintail 9 30 Anas acuta
5 Green-winged Teal 2 1 Anas crecca
1 Ring-necked Duck 1 8 EP Aythya collaris
5 Greater Scaup 1 80 ENP Aythya marila
2 Lesser Scaup 1 15 EP Aythya affinis
6 Steller's Eider 2 18 Polysticta stelleri
3 Spectacled Eider 2 1 Somateria fischeri
6 King Eider 9 35 Somateria spectabilis
6 Common Eider 2 2 Somateria mollissima
6 Harlequin Duck 9 100 Histrionicus histrionicus
2 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
4 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
6 Long-tailed Duck 8 8 Clangula hyemalis
1 Common Goldeneye 1 6 EP Bucephala clangula
1 Barrow's Goldeneye 1 1 EP Bucephala islandica
3 Common Merganser 1 3 EN Mergus merganser
5 Red-breasted Merganser 2 6 Mergus serrator
2 Willow Ptarmigan 1 16 EN Lagopus lagopus
6 Red-throated Loon 1 3 Gavia stellata
6 Arctic Loon 1 1 EN Gavia arctica
6 Pacific Loon 8 6 Gavia pacifica
4 Common Loon Gavia immer
5 Yellow-billed Loon 2 3 Gavia adamsii
1 Horned Grebe 1 1 EN Podiceps auritus
5 Red-necked Grebe 1 1 EN Podiceps grisegena
6 Northern Fulmar 10 125 Fulmarus glacialis
6 Short-tailed Shearwater 10 100,000 Puffinus tenuirostris
1 Red-faced Cormorant 3 90 EP Phalacrocorax urile
6 Pelagic Cormorant 10 60 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
5 Northern Harrier 1 6 EN Circus cyaneus
6 Rough-legged Hawk 9 3 Buteo lagopus
4 Merlin 2 1 EP Falco columbarius
5 Gyrfalcon 1 2 EN Falco rusticolus
6 Peregrine Falcon 6 2 Falco peregrinus
5 Sandhill Crane 1 150 EN Grus canadensis
2 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
6 Pacific Golden-Plover 6 13 Pluvialis fulva
3 Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
6 Gray-tailed Tattler 1 1 EP Tringa brevipes
3 Wandering Tattler 3 1 EP Tringa incana
6 Whimbrel 1 160 EN Numenius phaeopus
5 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 40 EN Limosa lapponica
6 Ruddy Turnstone 4 40 EP Arenaria interpres
2 Red Knot 2 1 Calidris canutus
4 Sanderling 1 3 EN Calidris alba
6 Western Sandpiper 3 80 ENP Calidris mauri
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 1 EN Calidris pusilla
2 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
3 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
6 Pectoral Sandpiper 8 15 Calidris melanotos
6 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 7 19 Calidris acuminata
6 Rock Sandpiper 5 6 Calidris ptilocnemis
6 Dunlin 7 3 Calidris alpina
6 Long-billed Dowitcher 3 10 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Solitary Snipe 1 1 EP Gallinago solitaria
1 Common Snipe 1 1 Gallinago gallinago
2 Wilson's Snipe 1 4 EN Gallinago delicata
5 Red-necked Phalarope 1 8 EN Phalaropus lobatus
5 Red Phalarope 7 300 Phalaropus fulicarius
5 Mew Gull 1 20 EN Larus canus
5 Herring Gull 2 1 Larus argentatus
6 "Vega" Gull 10 55 Larus argentatus vegae
6 Slaty-backed Gull 9 3 Larus schistisagus
6 Glaucous-winged Gull 10 20 Larus glaucescens
6 Glaucous Gull 10 150 Larus hyperboreus
6 Black-legged Kittiwake 10 1000 Rissa tridactyla
1 Red-legged Kittiwake 4 300 EP Rissa brevirostris
2 Sabine's Gull 4 3 Xema sabini
4 Arctic Tern 1 2 EN Sterna paradisaea
6 Pomarine Jaeger 4 2 Stercorarius pomarinus
6 Parasitic Jaeger 7 4 Stercorarius parasiticus
5 Long-tailed Jaeger 1 1 Stercorarius longicaudus
6 Common Murre 10 3,000 Uria aalge
6 Thick-billed Murre 19 300 Uria lomvia
2 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
6 Pigeon Guillemot 10 70 Cepphus columba
4 Kittlitz's Murrelet 1 1 Brachyramphus brevirostris
5 Ancient Murrelet 5 2 Synthliboramphus antiquus
6 Parakeet Auklet 10 100 Aethia psittacula
6 Least Auklet 10 5,000 Aethia pusilla
6 Crested Auklet 10 550,000 Aethia cristatella
6 Horned Puffin 10 1500 Fratercula corniculata
6 Tufted Puffin 10 300 Fratercula cirrhata
2 Northern Hawk Owl 1 1 EN Surnia ulula
2 Snowy Owl 6 7 Bubo scandiacus
1 Short-eared Owl 1 1 EN Asio flammeus
1 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
1 Willow Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax traillii
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
3 Northern Shrike 1 1 EN Lanius excubitor
1 Brown Shrike 3 1 Lanius cristatus
2 Warbling Vireo 1 1 Vireo gilvus
1 Gray Jay 1 1 EN Perisoreus canadensis
6 Common Raven 10 7 Corvus corax
1 Horned Lark 1 1 Eremophila alpestris flava
1 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
2 American Dipper 1 4 EN Cinclus americanus
1 Winter Wren 2 2 EP Troglodytes troglodytes
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
2 Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella ochotensis
2 Willow Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus trochilus
3 Dusky Warbler 3 2 Phylloscopus fuscatus
6 Arctic Warbler 9 5 Phylloscopus borealis
6 Bluethroat 5 4 Luscinia calliope
6 Northern Wheatear 7 10 Oenanthe oenanthe
2 "Siberian" Stonechat 1 1 Saxicola torquatus maura
6 Gray-cheeked Thrush 6 3 Catharus fuscescens
1 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
2 Hermit Thrush 1 1 EP Catharus guttatus
4 American Robin 1 4 EN Turdus migratorius
2 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
6 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 5 3 Motacilla tschutschensis
5 White Wagtail 10 6 Motacilla alba
2 Pechora Pipit 1 1 Anthus gustavi
6 Red-throated Pipit 9 19 Anthus cervinus
6 American Pipit 3 2 Anthus rubescens
6 japonicus American Pipit 10 7 Anthus rubescens japonicus
5 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 2 EN Vermivora celata
1 Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
4 Yellow Warbler 1 1 EN Dendroica petechia
1 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
2 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus novaboracensis
5 Wilson's Warbler 1 1 Wilsonia pusilla
5 American Tree Sparrow 1 60 EN Spizella arborea
1 Chipping Sparrow 1 1 EP Spizella passerina
6 Savannah Sparrow 1 10 EN Passerculus sandwichensis
4 "Red" Fox Sparrow 3 1 Passerella iliaca iliaca
4 "Sooty" Fox Sparrow 1 2 Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis
1 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
5 White-crowned Sparrow 3 1 Zonotrichia leucophrys
6 Golden-crowned Sparrow 4 50 ENP Zonotrichia atricapilla
2 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 2 1 Junco hyemalis
6 Lapland Longspur 10 70 Calcarius lapponicus
3 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
6 Snow Bunting 10 100 Plectrophenax nivalis
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
2 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
1 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 3 90 EP Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina
1 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
1 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
1 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
6 Common Redpoll 1 10 EN Acanthis flammea
6 Hoary Redpoll 10 9 Acanthis hornemanni
2 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus

Mammals

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