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Alaska: Gambell

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Cumulative Checklist

with Jon Dunn as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of ten on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2009 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2009 tour
  • Column D = E = Nome extension only, H = heard only, N = nest observed, E = Nome extension only
A B C
9 Greater White-fronted Goose 2 1 Anser albifrons
10 Emperor Goose 5 8 Chen canagica
7 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
9 "Lesser" Canada Goose 1 4 Branta canadensis parvipes
6 Cackling Goose 4 8 E Branta hutchinsii taverneri
2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii minima
10 "Black" Brant 10 150 Branta bernicla nigricans
10 Tundra (Whistling) Swan 4 200 Cygnus columbianus columbianus
1 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
9 Gadwall 1 1 Anas strepera
7 Eurasian Wigeon 1 4 Anas penelope
10 American Wigeon 6 10 Anas americana
10 Mallard 3 3 E Anas platyrhynchos
10 Northern Shoveler 1 8 E Anas clypeata
10 Northern Pintail 11 100 Anas acuta
10 "American" Green-winged Teal 7 8 Anas crecca carolinensis
8 "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal Anas crecca crecca
7 Canvasback 3 10 Aythya valisineria
3 Redhead Aythya americana
5 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
10 Greater Scaup 8 75 Aythya marila
2 Lesser Scaup 2 1 Aythya affinis
8 Steller's Eider 5 10 Polysticta stelleri
9 Spectacled Eider 1 6 Somateria fischeri
10 King Eider 5 50 Somateria spectabilis
10 Common Eider 8 30 Somateria mollissima v-nigrum
10 Harlequin Duck 9 25 Histrionicus histrionicus
6 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
10 White-winged Scoter 7 8 Melanitta fusca deglandi
1 White-winged Scoter 2 4 Melanitta fusca stejnegeri
10 Black Scoter 4 6 Melanitta nigra americana
10 Long-tailed Duck 11 100 Clangula hyemalis
3 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
4 Common Goldeneye 2 6 E Bucephala clangula
1 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandicia
6 Common Merganser Mergus merganser americanus
10 Red-breasted Merganser 10 20 Mergus serrator
10 Willow Ptarmigan 3 25 E Lagopus lagopus
10 Rock Ptarmigan 1 5 E Lagopus mutus
10 Red-throated Loon 8 20 Gavia stellata
10 Arctic Loon 3 1 Gavia arctica
10 Pacific Loon 10 12 Gavia pacifica
5 Common Loon 1 1 Gavia immer
10 Yellow-billed Loon 6 5 Gavia adamsii
1 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
10 Red-necked Grebe 1 30 Podiceps grisegena
10 Northern Fulmar 7 200 Fulmarus glacialis
10 Pelagic Cormorant 9 30 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
3 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
1 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
8 Northern Harrier 1 3 E Circus cyaneus
3 Northern Goshawk 1 1 E Accipiter gentiles atricapillus
1 "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis harlani
10 Rough-legged Hawk 5 1 Buteo lagopus
9 Golden Eagle 1 1 N E Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
3 Merlin Falco columbarius columbarius
1 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
7 Gyrfalcon 1 1 N E Falco rusticolus
8 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus tundrius
10 Sandhill Crane 5 20 Grus canadensis canadensis
6 Black-bellied Plover 1 4 E Pluvialis squatarola
10 American Golden-Plover 2 1 E Pluvialis dominica
10 Pacific Golden-Plover 7 5 Pluvialis fulva
3 Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
9 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
10 Semipalmated Plover 11 12 Charadrius semipalmatus
1 Common Sandpiper Actitus hypoleucos
9 Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 Actitis macularia
8 Gray-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
8 Wandering Tattler 5 3 Heteroscelus incanus
1 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
1 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
7 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa flavipes
4 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
10 "Hudsonian" Whimbrel 3 8 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
5 "Asian" Whimbrel 1 1 Numenius phaeopus variegatus
8 Bristle-thighed Curlew 1 4 E Numenius tahitiensis
5 Hudsonian Godwit 1 7 Limosa haemastica
10 Bar-tailed Godwit 5 2 Limosa lapponica baueri
10 Ruddy Turnstone 4 2 Arenaria interpres interpres
9 Black Turnstone 1 1 E Arenaria melanocephala
2 Surfbird Aphriza virgata
2 Great Knot Calidirs tenuirostris
5 Red Knot 1 1 Calidris canutus
5 Sanderling Calidris alba
10 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 20 E Calidris pusilla
10 Western Sandpiper 11 100 Calidris mauri
9 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
8 Pectoral Sandpiper 3 6 Calidris melanotis
10 Rock Sandpiper 6 3 C. ptiocnemis tschuktschorum
10 Dunlin 10 10 Calidris alpina pacifica
1 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
5 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
10 Long-billed Dowitcher 5 6 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
10 Wilson's Snipe 4 8 Gallinago delicate
2 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago
10 Red-necked Phalarope 10 120 Phalaropus lobatus
10 Red Phalarope 5 6 Phalaropus fulicarius
10 Black-legged Kittiwake 10 300 Rissa tridactyla
3 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
8 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
7 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
4 Black-headed Gull 3 1 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
1 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
9 "American" Mew Gull 6 25 Larus canus brachyrhynchus
3 "Kamchatka" Mew Gull Larus canus kamtschatschensis
3 "American" Herring Gull Larus argentatus smithsonianus
10 "Vega" Herring Gull 10 25 Larus argentatus vegae
9 Slaty-backed Gull 3 1 Larus schistisagus
2 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 1 Larus glaucescens
1 Glaucous-winged Gull x 1 1 L. glaucescens x L. hyperboreus
9 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
10 Glaucous Gull 8 50 Larus hyperboreus pallidisimus
8 Glaucous Gull 6 50 Larus hyperboreus barrovianus
1 Glaucous Gull x Herring Gull L. hyperboreus x L. argentatus
10 Aleutian Tern 1 18 E Onychoprion aleuticus
2 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
1 Common Tern 1 1 Sterna hirundo longipennis
10 Arctic Tern 5 30 Sterna paradisaea
3 Pomarine Jaeger 7 20 Stercorarius pomarinus
3 Parasitic Jaeger 4 6 Stercorarius parasiticus
3 Long-tailed Jaeger 8 10 Stercorarius longicaudus
10 Dovekie 3 1 Alle alle
10 Common Murre 6 25 Uria aalge
10 Thick-billed Murre 8 1500 Uria lomvia
10 Black Guillemot 6 2 Cepphus grylle
10 Pigeon Guillemot 7 250 Cepphus columba
1 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
2 Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
5 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
10 Parakeet Auklet 7 500 Aethia psittacula
10 Least Auklet 8 10,000's Aethia pusilla
10 Crested Auklet 8 100,000's Aethia cristatella
10 Horned Puffin 7 150 Fratercula corniculata
10 Tufted Puffin 6 50 Fratercula cirrhata
1 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
1 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
2 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
1 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
7 Short-eared Owl 7 7 Asio flammeus
6 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
7 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 1 N Aegolius acadicus
2 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
4 Say's Phoebe 1 1 Phoebe saya saya
7 Northern Shrike 2 1 Lanius excubitor
9 Black-billed Magpie 1 12 Pica hudsonia
10 Common Raven 12 15 N Corvus corax
2 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis pekinensis
4 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris arcticola
9 Tree Swallow 2 10 E Tachycineta bicolor
9 Violet-green Swallow 1 10 Tachycineta thalassina
10 Bank Swallow 2 30 E Riparia riparia
10 Cliff Swallow 2 2 E Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
3 "Eurasian" Barn Swallow Hirundo r. guttaralis or rustica
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
5 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
1 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
4 American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
10 Arctic Warbler 2 2 Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti
2 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
10 Bluethroat 4 3 Liscinia svecica svecica
10 Northern Wheatear 7 3 Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
1 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
10 Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 10 E Catharus minimus alciae
7 Swainson"s Thrush 1 1 Catharus ustulatus incanus
6 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus guttatus
4 Eyebrowed Thrush 3 1 Turdus obscurus
10 American Robin 5 15 Turdus migratorius migratorius
10 Varied Thrush 1 2 H E Ixoreus naevius
10 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 6 15 Motacilla t. tschutschensis
1 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla t. simillima
9 White Wagtail 6 3 Motacilla alba ocularis
1 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
8 Red-throated Pipit 2 1 Anthus cervinus
10 American Pipit 2 4 Anthus rubescens pacificus
1 American Pipit Anthus rubescens japonicus
10 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 4 E Vermivora celata celata
1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 1 H Vermivora celata lutescens
10 Yellow Warbler 2 4 E Dendroica petechia banksi
9 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler Dendroica coronata hooveri
7 Blackpoll Warbler 2 1 E Dendroica striata
10 Northern Waterthrush 3 15 E Seiurus noveboracensis
10 Wilson's Warbler 3 10 E Wilsonia pusilla pileolata
10 American Tree Sparrow 3 10 Spizella arborea ochracea
10 Savannah Sparrow 4 10 Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis
10 "Red" Fox Sparrow 4 20 Passerella iliaca zaboria
2 "Sooty" Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca unalaschensis
10 White-crowned Sparrow 6 3 Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
10 Golden-crowned Sparrow 3 20 E Zonotrichia atricapilla
7 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco Junco hyemalis hyemalis
10 Lapland Longspur 11 50 Calcarius lapponicus
1 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
1 Rustic Bunting 4 2 Emberiza rustica
10 Snow Bunting 8 40 Plectrophenax nivalis
3 McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
6 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
4 Brambling 1 1 Fringilla montifringilla
1 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii
1 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera leucoptera
10 Common Redpoll 1 3 E Acanthis flammea
9 Hoary Redpoll 10 20 Acanthis hornemanni exilipes
2 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
1 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1 Hawfinch 1 1 Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Mammals

Alaska Hare 1 2 E Lepus othus
Arctic Ground Squirrel 10 8 Spermophilus parryii
Tundra Vole 9 40 Microtus oeconomus
Short-tailed Weasel 1 1 E Mustela erminea
Grizzly Bear 1 2 E Ursos arctos
Arctic Fox 3 1 Alopex lagopus
Red Fox 1 2 E Vulpes vulpes
Spotted Seal 1 1 Phoca largha
Walrus 1 2 Odobenus rosmarus
Muskox 2 25 E Ovibos moschatus
Moose 3 3 E Alces alces
Gray Whale 7 12 Eschrichtius robustus
Killer Whale 1 6 Orcinus orca