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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell

Cumulative Checklist

with Paul Lehman and Mark Billings as leaders

  • Column A = number of tours out of eight on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
A B C D
1 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
6 Emperor Goose Chen canagica
3 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis parvipes
8 'black' Brant 3 9 Branta bernicla nigricans
6 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
6 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
8 Eurasian Wigeon 2 17 Anas penelope
6 American Wigeon Anas americana
3 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
3 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
8 Northern Pintail 6 2 Anas acuta
7 Green-winged Teal 3 2 Anas crecca
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
6 Greater Scaup Aythya marila
3 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
8 Steller's Eider 2 2 Polysticta stelleri
4 Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
8 King Eider 8 200 Somateria spectabilis
8 Common Eider 2 2 Somateria mollissima
8 Harlequin Duck 8 100 Histrionicus histrionicus
2 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
5 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
8 Long-tailed Duck 3 6 Clangula hyemalis
2 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
1 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
4 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
6 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
3 Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
7 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
8 Arctic Loon 1 1 Gavia arctica
8 Pacific Loon 8 5 Gavia pacifica
5 Common Loon Gavia immer
7 Yellow-billed Loon 2 2 Gavia adamsii
2 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
7 Red-necked Grebe 1 1 Podiceps grisegena
8 Northern Fulmar 7 10 Fulmarus glacialis
8 Short-tailed Shearwater 8 200,000 Puffinus tenuirostris
2 Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile
8 Pelagic Cormorant 8 40 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
6 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
8 Rough-legged Hawk 6 4 Buteo lagopus
4 Merlin Falco columbarius
7 Gyrfalcon 1 1 Falco rusticolus
8 Peregrine Falcon 5 4 Falco peregrinus
6 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
3 Black-bellied Plover 1 7 Pluvialis squatarola
8 Pacific Golden-Plover 3 30 Pluvialis fulva
4 Lesser Sand-Plover 3 1 Charadrius mongilus
1 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
2 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
8 Gray-tailed Tattler 1 1 Tringa brevipes
4 Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
7 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
6 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
7 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
2 Red Knot Calidris canutus
5 Sanderling Calidris alba
8 Western Sandpiper 4 2 Calidris mauri
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
2 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
4 Baird's Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris bairdii
8 Pectoral Sandpiper 8 15 Calidris melanotos
8 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 6 3 Calidris acuminata
8 Rock Sandpiper 2 4 Calidris ptilocnemis
8 Dunlin 3 2 Calidris alpina
8 Long-billed Dowitcher 4 14 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
1 Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
2 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
2 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
6 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
7 Red Phalarope 5 1300 Phalaropus fulicarius
8 Black-legged Kittiwake 8 300 Rissa tridactyla
2 Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
6 Sabine's Gull 4 12 Xema sabini
6 Mew Gull Larus canus
6 Herring Gull Larus argentatus
8 'Vega' Gull 8 45 Larus argentatus vegae
8 Slaty-backed Gull 1 1 Larus schistisagus
8 Glaucous-winged Gull 8 15 Larus glaucescens
8 Glaucous Gull 8 180 Larus hyperboreus
6 Arctic Tern 4 1 Sterna paradisaea
1 Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica
8 Pomarine Jaeger 2 1 Stercorarius pomarinus
8 Parasitic Jaeger 4 2 Stercorarius parasiticus
7 Long-tailed Jaeger 2 2 Stercorarius longicaudus
8 Common Murre 8 700 Uria aalge
8 Thick-billed Murre 8 100 Uria lomvia
2 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
8 Pigeon Guillemot 8 60 Cepphus columba
5 Kittlitz's Murrelet 1 1 Brachyramphus brevirostris
7 Ancient Murrelet 5 6 Synthliboramphus antiquus
8 Parakeet Auklet 8 30 Aethia psittacula
8 Least Auklet 7 700 Aethia pusilla
8 Crested Auklet 8 5,000 Aethia cristatella
8 Horned Puffin 8 1200 Fratercula corniculata
8 Tufted Puffin 8 125 Fratercula cirrhata
2 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
2 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
1 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
1 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
1 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
4 Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
1 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
2 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
1 Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
1 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
8 Common Raven 7 8 Corvus corax
1 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris flava
2 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
2 American Dipper Cinclus americanus
1 Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
2 Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella ochotensis
2 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
4 Dusky Warbler 4 1 Phylloscopus fuscatus
8 Arctic Warbler 6 2 Phylloscopus borealis
8 Bluethroat 6 4 Luscinia calliope
8 Northern Wheatear 3 2 Oenanthe oenanthe
3 "Siberian" Stonechat 2 1 Saxicola torquatus maura
7 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
1 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
2 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
5 American Robin Turdus migratorius
2 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
8 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 3 3 Motacilla tschutschensis
7 White Wagtail 8 8 Motacilla alba
2 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
8 Red-throated Pipit 4 5 Anthus cervinus
8 American Pipit 2 2 Anthus rubescens
8 japonicus American Pipit 1 1 Anthus rubescens japonicus
8 Lapland Longspur 8 200 Calcarius lapponicus
8 Snow Bunting 8 200 Plectrophenax nivalis
6 Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
1 Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
5 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
1 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
2 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia novaboracensis
5 Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
6 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
1 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
8 Savannah Sparrow 2 1 Passerculus sandwichensis
6 'red' Fox Sparrow 1 1 Passerella iliaca iliaca
4 'sooty' Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis
1 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
7 White-crowned Sparrow 1 1 Zonotrichia leucophrys
7 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
3 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 1 1 Junco hyemalis
3 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
2 Pallas's Bunting 2 1 Emberiza pallasi
1 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
1 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
2 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
2 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina
2 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
1 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus
1 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
7 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
8 Hoary Redpoll 6 4 Acanthis hornemanni
3 Pine Siskin 5 7 Spinus pinus

Mammals

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

Mammals:

1 Orca Orcinus orca