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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Alaska: Majesty of the North

Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber 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 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D= P= Pribilofs Only, (I)= Introduced
  • *no Prib's extension for one of the years
A B C D
5 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 1 Anser albifrons
3 Emperor Goose Chen canagica
3 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
10 Brant 3 4 Branta bernicla nigricans
10 Canada Goose 3 30 Branta canadensis
7 Cackling Goose 3 15 Branta hutchinsii taverni
4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii minima
10 Trumpeter Swan 2 2 Cygnus buccinator
10 Tundra Swan 5 40 Cygnus columbianus
1 Tundra (Bewick's) Swan Cygnus columbianus
7 Gadwall 2 1 Anas strepera
8 Eurasian Wigeon 2 2 Anas penelope
10 American Wigeon 9 50 Anas americana
10 Mallard 4 18 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
10 Northern Shoveler 4 10 Anas clypeata
10 Northern Pintail 10 40 Anas acuta
10 Green-winged Teal 10 6 Anas crecca carolinensis
9 Eurasian Green-winged Teal 5 25 P Anas crecca crecca
10 Canvasback 1 8 Aythya valisineria
3 Redhead Aythya americana
9 Ring-necked Duck 1 2 Aythya collaris
3 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
10 Greater Scaup 12 300 Aythya marila
9 Lesser Scaup 4 6 Aythya affinis
5 Steller's Eider 1 5 P Polysticta stelleri
2 Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
9 King Eider 3 24 P Somateria spectabilis
10 Common Eider 4 50 Somateria mollissima
10 Harlequin Duck 8 400 Histrionicus histrionicus
9 Surf Scoter 2 4 Melanitta perspicillata
10 White-winged Scoter 2 35 Melanitta fusca
10 Black Scoter 1 4 Melanitta nigra
10 Long-tailed Duck 7 20 Clangula hyemalis
9 Bufflehead 1 4 Bucephala albeola
4 Common Goldeneye 1 4 Bucephala clangula
10 Barrow's Goldeneye 2 6 Bucephala islandica
1 Smew Mergellus albellus
9 Common Merganser 2 5 Mergus merganser
10 Red-breasted Merganser 5 24 Mergus serrator
5 Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis
10 Willow Ptarmigan 1 3 Lagopus lagopus
9 Rock Ptarmigan 1 3 Lagopus muta
10 Red-throated Loon 6 12 Gavia stellata
7 Arctic Loon 1 2 Gavia arctica
10 Pacific Loon 7 40 Gavia pacifica
10 Common Loon 5 3 Gavia immer
5 Yellow-billed Loon 1 1 P Gavia adamsii
5 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
10 Red-necked Grebe 10 9 Podiceps grisegena
9 Northern Fulmar 6 50 Fulmarus glacialis
3 Sooty Shearwater 1 2 Puffinus griseus
5 Short-tailed Shearwater 1 3 P Puffinus tenuirostris
1 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
10 Double-crested Cormorant 2 40 Phalacrocorax auritus
10 Red-faced Cormorant 5 40 P Phalacrocorax urile
10 Pelagic Cormorant 7 75 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
1 Great Egret Egretta alba
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
10 Bald Eagle 6 70 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
9 Northern Harrier 1 3 Circus cyaneus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
3 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
8 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis harlani
1 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
9 Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 Buteo lagopus
10 Golden Eagle 1 2 Aquila chrysaetos
2 American Kestrel Falco sparverius
8 Merlin Falco columbarius
10 Gyrfalcon 1 2 Falco rusticolus
6 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
10 Sandhill Crane 5 3 Grus canadensis
9 Black-bellied Plover 1 2 Pluvialis squatarola
10 American Golden-Plover 1 1 Pluvialis dominica
10 Pacific Golden-Plover 4 4 Pluvialis fulva
2 Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
10 Semipalmated Plover 11 8 Charadrius semipalmatus
2 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
10 Black Oystercatcher 1 5 Haematopus bachmani
1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
10 Spotted Sandpiper 4 2 Actitis macularius
3 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
1 Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
9 Wandering Tattler 2 2 Heteroscelus incanus
8 Greater Yellowlegs 1 3 Tringa melanoleuca
10 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 8 Tringa flavipes
3 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
3 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
10 Whimbrel 3 7 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
2 Whimbrel (Asian) 1 1 P Numenius phaeopus variegatus
8 Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
10 Hudsonian Godwit 1 3 Limosa haemastica
10 Bar-tailed Godwit 5 17 Limosa lapponica
1 Marbled Godwit 1 2 Limosa fedoa
9 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
8 Black Turnstone 3 3 Arenaria melanocephala
1 Surfbird Aphriza virgata
5 Red Knot 1 6 Calidris canutus
10 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 30 Calidris pusilla
10 Western Sandpiper 4 12 Calidris mauri
1 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
9 Least Sandpiper 7 6 Calidris minutilla
2 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
2 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
9 Rock Sandpiper 5 60 P Calidris ptilocnemis ptilocnemis
9 Dunlin Calidris alpina
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
9 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
3 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
10 Wilson's Snipe 6 7 Gallinago delicata
3 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
10 Red-necked Phalarope 11 50 Phalaropus lobatus
6 Red Phalarope 1 1 P Phalaropus fulicarius
10 Black-legged Kittiwake 12 3000 Rissa tridactyla
9 Red-legged Kittiwake 5 350 P Rissa brevirostris
6 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
10 Bonaparte's Gull 2 8 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
3 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
10 Mew Gull 10 250 Larus canus
8 Herring Gull 5 25 Larus argentatus smithsonianus
10 'Vega' Herring Gull 3 5 Larus argentatus vegae
9 Slaty-backed Gull 1 1 Larus schistisagus
10 Glaucous-winged Gull 8 250 Larus glaucescens
10 Glaucous Gull 9 50 Larus hyperboreus
10 Aleutian Tern 4 60 Onychoprion aleuticus
1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
10 Arctic Tern 10 80 Sterna paradisaea
6 Pomarine Jaeger 1 2 Stercorarius pomarinus
10 Parasitic Jaeger 4 4 Stercorarius parasiticus
10 Long-tailed Jaeger 6 18 Stercorarius longicaudus
10 Common Murre 6 2250 Uria aalge
10 Thick-billed Murre 7 1000 Uria lomvia
3 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
10 Pigeon Guillemot 7 25 Cepphus columba
10 Marbled Murrelet 2 30 Brachyramphus marmoratus
10 Kittlitz's Murrelet 1 8 Brachyramphus brevirostris
10 Ancient Murrelet 2 5 Synthliboramphus antiquus
10 Parakeet Auklet 5 350 Aethia psittacula
9 Least Auklet 4 2000 P Aethia pusilla
9 Crested Auklet 5 500 P Aethia cristatella
10 Rhinoceros Auklet 1 200 Cerorhinca monocerata
10 Horned Puffin 7 1250 Fratercula corniculata
10 Tufted Puffin 6 1000 Fratercula cirrhata
5 Rock Pigeon 2 15 Columba livia
1 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
3 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
3 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
5 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
1 Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
8 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus
9 Rufous Hummingbird 2 4 Selasphorus rufus
9 Belted Kingfisher 1 1 Megaceryle alcyon
5 Downy Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides pubescens
4 Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides villosus
8 American Three-toed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides dorsalis
2 Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
5 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
5 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
4 Western Wood-Pewee 1 2 Contopus sordidulus
10 Alder Flycatcher 2 15 Empidonax alnorum
7 Say's Phoebe 1 1 Sayornis saya
7 Northern Shrike 2 1 Lanius excubitor
1 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
9 Gray Jay 3 7 Perisoreus canadensis
10 Steller's Jay 2 2 Cyanocitta stelleri
10 Black-billed Magpie 5 10 Pica hudsonia
10 Northwestern Crow 3 30 Corvus caurinus
10 Common Raven 11 80 Corvus corax
6 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
10 Tree Swallow 10 20 Tachycineta bicolor
10 Violet-green Swallow 6 40 Tachycineta thalassina
10 Bank Swallow 6 60 Riparia riparia
10 Cliff Swallow 6 50 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
10 Black-capped Chickadee 3 6 Poecile atricapillus
10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 5 Poecile rufescens
10 Boreal Chickadee 2 4 Poecile hudsonicus
10 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta canadensis
4 Brown Creeper 2 2 Certhia americana
8 Pacific Wren 1 3 P Troglodytes pacificus
6 American Dipper 2 2 Cinclus mexicanus
8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 4 Regulus satrapa
10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 1 Regulus calendula
10 Arctic Warbler 2 5 Phylloscopus borealis
2 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
10 Bluethroat 2 3 Luscinia svecica
1 Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans
10 Northern Wheatear 1 4 Oenanthe oenanthe
10 Gray-cheeked Thrush 4 12 Catharus minimus
10 Swainson's Thrush 1 2 Catharus ustulatus
10 Hermit Thrush 3 3 Catharus guttatus
3 Eyebrowed Thrush 2 1 P Turdus obscurus
10 American Robin 10 12 Turdus migratorius
10 Varied Thrush 2 3 Ixoreus naevius
10 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 4 4 Motacilla tschutschensis
8 American Pipit Anthus rubescens
8 Bohemian Waxwing 1 2 Bombycilla garrulus
10 Northern Waterthrush 5 4 Parkesia noveboracensis
10 Orange-crowned Warbler 6 6 Oreothlypis celata
10 Yellow Warbler 4 5 Setophaga petechia
10 Blackpoll Warbler 4 6 Setophaga striata
10 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 7 Setophaga coronata
10 Townsend's Warbler 1 4 Setophaga townsendi
10 Wilson's Warbler 4 8 Cardellina pusilla
10 Lapland Longspur 9 100 Calcarius lapponicus
5 Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
9 Snow Bunting 5 10 P Plectrophenax nivalis
2 McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
10 American Tree Sparrow 2 5 Spizella arborea
10 Savannah Sparrow 9 15 Passerculus sandwichensis
10 Red Fox Sparrow 5 8 Passerella iliaca zaboria
10 Sooty Fox Sparrow 2 4 Passerella iliaca unalaschensis
10 Song Sparrow 3 4 Melospiza melodia
10 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 3 Melospiza lincolnii
10 White-crowned Sparrow 10 20 Zonotrichia leucophrys
10 Golden-crowned Sparrow 3 16 Zonotrichia atricapilla
10 Dark-eyed Junco 3 6 Junco hyemalis
8 Red-winged Blackbird 1 2 Agelaius phoeniceus
8 Rusty Blackbird 1 1 Euphagus carolinus
1 Brambling 2 3 P Fringilla montifringilla
9 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 5 50 P Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina
8 Pine Grosbeak 1 5 Pinicola enucleator
1 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
3 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
5 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
10 Common Redpoll 10 20 Acanthis flammea
10 Hoary Redpoll 4 40 Acanthis hornemanni
10 Pine Siskin 3 36 Spinus pinus

Mammals

9 Snowshoe Hare 2 X Lepus americanus
6 Alaskan Hare 1 X Lepus arcticus
1 Tundra (Arctic) Hare Lepus othus
1 Tundra Vole 1 X Microtus oeconomus
10 Arctic Ground-Squirrel 4 X Spermophilus parryii
10 Red Squirrel 3 X Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
4 Hoary Marmot Marmota caligata
4 American Beaver Castor canadensis
4 Common Muskrat Ondatra zibetheca
5 North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
9 Arctic Fox 5 X P Alopex lagopus
10 Red Fox 3 X Vulpes vulpes
2 Gray Wolf Canis lupis
10 Sea Otter 2 X Enhydra lutris
1 River Otter 1 X Lontra canadensis
3 American Mink Mustela vison
2 Short-tailed Weasel 1 X Mustela erminea
1 Least Weasel Mustela nivalis
9 Northern Fur Seal (Pribilofs) 5 X P Callorhinus ursinus
10 Steller's Sea Lion 5 X Eumetopias jubatus
10 Harbor Seal 6 X Phoca vitulina
3 Spotted Seal 2 X Phoca largha
1 Ringed Seal 1 X Phoca hispida
2 Black Bear Ursus americanus
10 Grizzly Bear 1 X Ursus arctos
10 Muskox 3 X Ovibos moschatus
10 Moose 5 X Alces alces
9 Caribou 1 X Rangifer tarandus
7 Reindeer 1 X Rangifer tarandus
10 Dall Sheep 1 X Ovis dalli
8 Mountain Goat 1 X Oreamnos americanus
10 Humpback Whale 1 X Megaptera novaeangliae
3 Minke Whale 1 X P Balaenoptera acutorostrata
1 Beluga Delphinapterus leucas
5 Orca (Killer Whale) 1 X Orcinus orca
7 Dall Porpoise 1 X Phocoenoides dalli
3 Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phocoena

Butterflies

1 Canadian Tiger Swallowtail X Pipilo canadensis
1 Old World Swallowtail X Papilo machaon
1 Eversmann's Parnassian X Parnassius eversmanni
1 Mustard White X Pieris napi
1 Silvery Blue X Glaucopsyche lygdamus
1 Mountain Fritillary X Boloria napaea
1 Magdalena Alpine X Erebia magdalena
1 White-veined Arctic X Oeneis taygeta