Cumulative Checklist
with Jon Dunn, Paul Lehman, and Rich Hoyer as leaders.
- Column A = number of tours out of eleven on which this species has been recorded
- Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
- Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour
- Column D = E = Nome extension only, H = heard only, N = nest observed*=generally seen on first evening in Anchorage outing only, X=Seen in 2010
This list has taxonomic notes.
| A | B | C | D | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Greater White-fronted Goose | 3 | 2 | Anser albifrons | |
| 11 | Emperor Goose | 1 | 2 | E | Chen canagica |
| 8 | Snow Goose | 1 | 7 | Chen caerulescens | |
| 10 | "Lesser" Canada Goose | 1 | 10 | Branta canadensis parvipes | |
| 7 | Cackling Goose | 5 | 15 | E | Branta hutchinsii taverneri |
| 2 | Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii minima | |||
| 11 | "Black" Brant | 6 | 100 | Branta bernicla nigricans | |
| 11 | Tundra (Whistling) Swan | 3 | 300 | Cygnus columbianus columbianus | |
| 1 | Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |||
| 9 | Gadwall | Anas strepera | |||
| 8 | Eurasian Wigeon | 1 | 2 | Anas penelope | |
| 11 | American Wigeon | 4 | 30 | Anas americana | |
| 11 | Mallard | 3 | 2 | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 11 | Northern Shoveler | 2 | 8 | Anas clypeata | |
| 11 | Northern Pintail | 11 | 100 | Anas acuta | |
| 11 | "American" Green-winged Teal | 4 | 10 | Anas crecca carolinensis | |
| 9 | "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal | 2 | 2 | Anas crecca crecca | |
| 8 | Canvasback | 2 | 12 | E | Aythya valisineria |
| 3 | Redhead | Aythya americana | |||
| 5 | Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |||
| 1 | Tufted Duck | 1 | 1 | Aythya fuligula | |
| 11 | Greater Scaup | 11 | 150 | Aythya marila | |
| 3 | Lesser Scaup | 1 | 10 | Aythya affinis | |
| 9 | Steller's Eider | 5 | 19 | Polysticta stelleri | |
| 10 | Spectacled Eider | 6 | 150 | Somateria fischeri | |
| 11 | King Eider | 8 | 2000 | Somateria spectabilis | |
| 11 | Common Eider | 9 | 40 | Somateria mollissima v-nigrum | |
| 11 | Harlequin Duck | 10 | 20 | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| 7 | Surf Scoter | 1 | 2 | Melanitta perspicillata | |
| 11 | White-winged Scoter | 6 | 30 | Melanitta fusca deglandi | |
| 1 | White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca stejnegeri | |||
| 11 | Black Scoter | 2 | 8 | Melanitta nigra americana | |
| 11 | Long-tailed Duck | 11 | 75 | Clangula hyemalis | |
| 3 | Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |||
| 4 | Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |||
| 2 | Barrow's Goldeneye | 1 | 1 | Bucephala islandicia | |
| 7 | Common Merganser | 1 | 1 | E | Mergus merganser americanus |
| 11 | Red-breasted Merganser | 9 | 20 | Mergus serrator | |
| 11 | Willow Ptarmigan | 2 | 8 | E | Lagopus lagopus |
| 11 | Rock Ptarmigan | 2 | 10 | E | Lagopus mutus |
| 11 | Red-throated Loon | 6 | 10 | Gavia stellata | |
| 11 | Arctic Loon | 5 | 1 | Gavia arctica | |
| 11 | Pacific Loon | 10 | 30 | Gavia pacifica | |
| 5 | Common Loon | Gavia immer | |||
| 11 | Yellow-billed Loon | 6 | 15 | Gavia adamsii | |
| 1 | Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |||
| 11 | Red-necked Grebe | 3 | 20 | Podiceps grisegena | |
| 11 | Northern Fulmar | 7 | 30 | Fulmarus glacialis | |
| 11 | Pelagic Cormorant | 9 | 100 | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |
| 2 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |||
| 4 | Bald Eagle | 1 | 3 | N | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| 1 | White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |||
| 9 | Northern Harrier | 1 | 1 | E | Circus cyaneus |
| 3 | Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentiles atricapillus | |||
| 1 | "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis harlani | |||
| 11 | Rough-legged Hawk | 10 | 3 | N | Buteo lagopus |
| 10 | Golden Eagle | 1 | 1 | E | Aquila chrysaetos |
| 3 | Merlin | Falco columbarius columbarius | |||
| 1 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |||
| 8 | Gyrfalcon | 1 | 1 | N | E Y Falco rusticolus |
| 9 | Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 2 | N | E Falco peregrinus tundrius |
| 11 | Sandhill Crane | 9 | 65 | Grus canadensis canadensis | |
| 7 | Black-bellied Plover | 1 | 3 | E | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 11 | American Golden-Plover | 1 | 3 | E | Pluvialis dominica |
| 11 | Pacific Golden-Plover | 6 | 2 | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 4 | Lesser Sand-Plover | 4 | 2 | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 10 | Common Ringed Plover | 6 | 3 | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 11 | Semipalmated Plover | 11 | 10 | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| 1 | Common Sandpiper | Actitus hypoleucos | |||
| 10 | Spotted Sandpiper | 3 | 3 | Actitis macularia | |
| 8 | Gray-tailed Tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes | |||
| 9 | Wandering Tattler | 3 | 2 | E | Heteroscelus incanus |
| 2 | Greater Yellowlegs | 1 | 1 | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 1 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |||
| 8 | Lesser Yellowlegs | 1 | 1 | Tringa flavipes | |
| 4 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |||
| 11 | "Hudsonian" Whimbrel | 2 | 6 | Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus | |
| 5 | "Asian" Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus variegatus | |||
| 9 | Bristle-thighed Curlew | 1 | 3 | E | Numenius tahitiensis |
| 6 | Hudsonian Godwit | 1 | 22 | Limosa haemastica | |
| 11 | Bar-tailed Godwit | 3 | 1 | E | Limosa lapponica baueri |
| 11 | Ruddy Turnstone | 2 | 1 | Arenaria interpres interpres | |
| 10 | Black Turnstone | 1 | 2 | E | Arenaria melanocephala |
| 2 | Surfbird | Aphriza virgata | |||
| 2 | Great Knot | Calidirs tenuirostris | |||
| 5 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |||
| 5 | Sanderling | Calidris alba | |||
| 11 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 2 | 20 | E | Calidris pusilla |
| 11 | Western Sandpiper | 11 | 300 | Calidris mauri | |
| 10 | Red-necked Stint | 2 | 1 | Calidris ruficollis | |
| 1 | Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |||
| 3 | Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |||
| 1 | Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |||
| 1 | Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |||
| 9 | Pectoral Sandpiper | 4 | 5 | Calidris melanotis | |
| 11 | Rock Sandpiper | 6 | 4 | C. ptiocnemis tschuktschorum | |
| 11 | Dunlin | 10 | 30 | Calidris alpina pacifica | |
| 1 | Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |||
| 2 | Ruff | 1 | 3 | Philomachus pugnax | |
| 5 | Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |||
| 11 | Long-billed Dowitcher | 6 | 4 | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| 1 | Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |||
| 11 | Wilson's Snipe | 3 | 10 | Gallinago delicate | |
| 2 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago gallinago | |||
| 11 | Red-necked Phalarope | 11 | 25 | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 11 | Red Phalarope | 5 | 8 | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| 11 | Black-legged Kittiwake | 10 | 1000 | Rissa tridactyla | |
| 4 | Ivory Gull | 1 | 1 | Pagophila eburnea | |
| 9 | Sabine's Gull | 1 | 5 | E | Xema sabini |
| 8 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1 | 5 | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| 4 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |||
| 1 | Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | |||
| 10 | "American" Mew Gull | 5 | 100 | N | Larus canus brachyrhynchus |
| 3 | "Kamchatka" Mew Gull | Larus canus kamtschatschensis | |||
| 3 | "American" Herring Gull | Larus argentatus smithsonianus | |||
| 11 | "Vega" Herring Gull | 10 | 100 | Larus argentatus vegae | |
| 10 | Slaty-backed Gull | 1 | 1 | Larus schistisagus | |
| 3 | Glaucous-winged Gull | 5 | 1 | Larus glaucescens | |
| 1 | Glaucous-winged Gull x | 1 | 6 | L. glaucescens x L. argentatus | |
| Herring Gull | smithsonianus | ||||
| 11 | Glaucous Gull | 8 | 250 | Larus hyperboreus pallidisimus | |
| 9 | Glaucous Gull | 3 | 50 | E | Larus hyperboreus barrovianus |
| 2 | Glaucous Gull x Herring Gull | 2 | 1 | L. hyperboreus x L. argentatus | |
| 11 | Aleutian Tern | 2 | 10 | E | Onychoprion aleuticus |
| 2 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |||
| 1 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo longipennis | |||
| 11 | Arctic Tern | 5 | 50 | Sterna paradisaea | |
| 11 | Pomarine Jaeger | 7 | 30 | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| 11 | Parasitic Jaeger | 8 | 6 | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| 11 | Long-tailed Jaeger | 11 | 10 | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| 11 | Dovekie | 4 | 7 | Alle alle | |
| 11 | Common Murre | 8 | 100's | Uria aalge | |
| 11 | Thick-billed Murre | 8 | 2000 | Uria lomvia | |
| 11 | Black Guillemot | 5 | 11 | Cepphus grylle | |
| 11 | Pigeon Guillemot | 8 | 50 | Cepphus columba | |
| 1 | Marbled Murrelet | Brachyramphus marmoratus | |||
| 2 | Kittlitz's Murrelet | Brachyramphus brevirostris | |||
| 5 | Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |||
| 11 | Parakeet Auklet | 7 | 700 | Aethia psittacula | |
| 11 | Least Auklet | 8 | 1000's | Aethia pusilla | |
| 11 | Crested Auklet | 8 | 10,000's | Aethia cristatella | |
| 11 | Horned Puffin | 7 | 50 | Fratercula corniculata | |
| 11 | Tufted Puffin | 7 | 123 | Fratercula cirrhata | |
| 1 | Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |||
| 2 | Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |||
| 1 | Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |||
| 7 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |||
| 6 | Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |||
| 7 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |||
| 1 | Hairy Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | N | Picoides villosus |
| 2 | Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |||
| 4 | Say's Phoebe | Phoebe saya saya | |||
| 8 | Northern Shrike | 3 | 1 | E | Lanius excubitor |
| 10 | Black-billed Magpie | 1 | 6 | Pica hudsonia | |
| 11 | Common Raven | 12 | 100 | Corvus corax | |
| 2 | Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis pekinensis | |||
| 4 | Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris arcticola | |||
| 10 | Tree Swallow | 6 | 40 | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| 10 | Violet-green Swallow | 1 | 5 | Tachycineta thalassina | |
| 11 | Bank Swallow | 3 | 8 | E | Riparia riparia |
| 11 | Cliff Swallow | 1 | 15 | E | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| 4 | "Eurasian" Barn Swallow | 1 | 1 | Hirundo r. guttaralis or rustica | |
| 2 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica erythrogaster | |||
| 6 | Black-capped Chickadee | 1 | 1 | Poecile atricapillus | |
| 2 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |||
| 1 | Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |||
| 4 | American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |||
| 2 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | |||
| 11 | Arctic Warbler | 2 | 1 | E | Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti |
| 2 | Siberian Rubythroat | Luscinia calliope | |||
| 11 | Bluethroat | 6 | 2 | Liscinia svecica svecica | |
| 11 | Northern Wheatear | 4 | 7 | Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 2 | Stonechat | 1 | 1 | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 11 | Gray-cheeked Thrush | 6 | 20 | Catharus minimus alciae | |
| 7 | Swainson"s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus incanus | |||
| 7 | Hermit Thrush | 3 | 1 | Catharus guttatus guttatus | |
| 4 | Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |||
| 11 | American Robin | 5 | 15 | Turdus migratorius migratorius | |
| 11 | Varied Thrush | 1 | 1 | H | E Ixoreus naevius |
| 11 | Eastern Yellow Wagtail | 7 | 8 | Motacilla t. tschutschensis | |
| 1 | Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla t. simillima | |||
| 10 | White Wagtail | 8 | 7 | Motacilla alba ocularis | |
| 1 | Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |||
| 8 | Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |||
| 11 | American Pipit | 1 | 1 | Anthus rubescens pacificus | |
| 1 | American Pipit | Anthus rubescens japonicus | |||
| 11 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 4 | 8 | Vermivora celata celata | |
| 1 | Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata lutescens | |||
| 10 | Yellow Warbler | 3 | 10 | E | Dendroica petechia banksi |
| 9 | Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler | Dendroica coronata hooveri | |||
| 7 | Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata | |||
| 11 | Northern Waterthrush | 3 | 10 | E | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| 11 | Wilson's Warbler | 3 | 10 | E | Wilsonia pusilla pileolata |
| 11 | American Tree Sparrow | 3 | 10 | E | Spizella arborea ochracea |
| 11 | Savannah Sparrow | 3 | 10 | E | Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis |
| 11 | "Red" Fox Sparrow | 3 | 20 | E | Passerella iliaca zaboria |
| 3 | "Sooty" Fox Sparrow | 1 | 1 | Passerella iliaca unalaschensis | |
| 11 | White-crowned Sparrow | 3 | 8 | E | Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii |
| 11 | Golden-crowned Sparrow | 3 | 10 | E | Zonotrichia atricapilla |
| 7 | Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco | Junco hyemalis hyemalis | |||
| 11 | Lapland Longspur | 11 | 40 | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| 1 | Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | |||
| 2 | Rustic Bunting | 4 | 1 | Emberiza rustica | |
| 11 | Snow Bunting | 9 | 50 | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
| 3 | McKay's Bunting | Plectrophenax hyperboreus | |||
| 6 | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | |||
| 5 | Brambling | 1 | 1 | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| 2 | Common Rosefinch | 1 | 1 | Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii | |
| 1 | White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera leucoptera | |||
| 11 | Common Redpoll | 4 | 3 | Carduelis flammea | |
| 10 | Hoary Redpoll | 11 | 25 | Carduelis hornemanni exilipes | |
| 2 | Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus | |||
| 1 | Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |||
| 1 | Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |||
Mammals |
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| Arctic Ground Squirrel | 10 | 10 | Spermophilus parryii | ||
| Tundra Vole | 8 | 30 | Microtus oeconomus | ||
| Arctic Fox | 1 | 1 | Alopex lagopus | ||
| Red Fox | 2 | 2 | E | Vulpes vulpes | |
| Bearded Seal | 1 | 2 | Erignathus barbatus | ||
| Muskox | 2 | 21 | E | E Obibos moschatus | |
| Moose | 1 | 1 | E | Alces alces | |
| Gray Whale | 8 | 10 | Eschrichtius robustus | ||
| Killer Whale | 1 | 5 | Orcinus orca | ||
Butterflies |
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| Old World Swallowtail | 3 | 2 | E | Papilio machaon | |
| Northern Blue | 1 | 1 | Lycaeides idas | ||