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| Simon Tan | profile | all galleries >> Birds of Alaska >> List of birds seen in the summer 2005 Alaska birding trip (7/9-7/21) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| Name | Where |
| Gaviiformes | |
| Red-throated Loon [Gavia stellata] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Pacific Loon [Gavia pacifica] | Homer, Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Common Loon [Gavia immer] | Homer |
| Yellow-billed Loon [Gavia adamsii] | Homer |
| Podicipediformes | |
| Horned Grebe [Podiceps auritus] | Potter Marsh |
| Red-necked Grebe [Podiceps grisegena] | Potter Marsh |
| Pelecaniformes | |
| Double-crested Cormorant [Phalacrocorax auritus] | Seward |
| Red-faced Cormorant [Phalacrocorax urile] | Homer |
| Pelagic Cormorant [Phalacrocorax pelagicus] | Homer |
| Anseriformes | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose [Anser albifrons] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose [Anser erythropus] | |
| Canada Goose [Branta canadensis] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Brant [Branta bernicla] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Trumpeter Swan [Cygnus buccinator] | Parks Highway, Denali Highway |
| Tundra Swan [Cygnus columbianus] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Gadwall [Anas strepera] | |
| American Wigeon [Anas americana] | Anchorage |
| Mallard [Anas platyrhynchos] | Potter Marsh, etc. |
| Northern Pintail [Anas acuta] | Seward |
| Green-winged Teal [Anas crecca] | Seward |
| Canvasback [Aythya valisineria] | Potter Marsh |
| Greater Scaup [Aythya marila] | |
| Lesser Scaup [Aythya affinis] | |
| Steller's Eider [Polysticta stelleri] | Homer |
| Spectacled Eider [Somateria fischeri] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| King Eider [Somateria spectabilis] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Common Eider [Somateria mollissima] | |
| Harlequin Duck [Histrionicus histrionicus] | Kenai Fjords NP |
| Surf Scoter [Melanitta perspicillata] | Homer |
| White-winged Scoter [Melanitta fusca] | Homer |
| Black Scoter [Melanitta nigra] | |
| Oldsquaw [Clangula hyemalis] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Common Goldeneye [Bucephala clangula] | Anchorage |
| Barrow's Goldeneye [Bucephala islandica] | Seward |
| Common Merganser [Mergus merganser] | Seward |
| Red-breasted Merganser [Mergus serrator] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Ruddy Duck [Oxyura jamaicensis] | |
| Falconiformes | |
| Bald Eagle [Haliaeetus leucocephalus] | Potter Marsh, Homer, Seward, Parks Highway |
| Northern Harrier [Circus cyaneus] | Dalton Highway |
| Red-tailed Hawk [Buteo jamaicensis] | Homer, etc. (Harlen's Hawk) |
| Rough-legged Hawk [Buteo lagopus] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Golden Eagle [Aquila chrysaetos] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| American Kestrel [Falco sparverius] | Denali NP |
| Merlin [Falco columbarius] | Denali NP |
| Gyrfalcon [Falco rusticolus] | Denali NP, Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra (White Phase) |
| Peregrine Falcon [Falco peregrinus] | Kenai Fjords NP, Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Galliformes | |
| Spruce Grouse [Falcipennis canadensis] | Potter Marsh |
| Willow Ptarmigan [Lagopus lagopus] | Denali NP, Arctic Tundra |
| Rock Ptarmigan [Lagopus mutus] | Dalton Highway |
| Gruiformes | |
| Sandhill Crane [Grus canadensis] | Homer |
| Charadriiformes | |
| Black-bellied Plover [Pluvialis squatarola] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| American Golden-Plover [Pluvialis dominica] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Pacific Golden-Plover [Pluvialis fulva] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Semipalmated Plover [Charadrius semipalmatus] | Dalton Highway |
| Black Oystercatcher [Haematopus bachmani] | Seward |
| Greater Yellowlegs [Tringa melanoleuca] | Potter Marsh, Denali HW |
| Lesser Yellowlegs [Tringa flavipes] | Denali HW |
| Solitary Sandpiper [Tringa solitaria] | Homer |
| Wandering Tattler [Heteroscelus incanus] | Dalton Highway |
| Spotted Sandpiper [Actitis macularia] | Dalton Highway |
| Whimbrel [Numenius phaeopus] | Homer |
| Hudsonian Godwit [Limosa haemastica] | Anchorage |
| Bar-tailed Godwit [Limosa lapponica] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Ruddy Turnstone [Arenaria interpres] | |
| Black Turnstone [Arenaria melanocephala] | Homer, Seward |
| Surfbird [Aphriza virgata] | Seward |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper [Calidris pusilla] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Least Sandpiper [Calidris minutilla] | Dalton Highway |
| Baird's Sandpiper [Calidris bairdii] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Pectoral Sandpiper [Calidris melanotos] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Short-billed Dowitcher [Limnodromus griseus] | Anchorage |
| Common Snipe [Gallinago gallinago] | Seward |
| Red-necked Phalarope [Phalaropus lobatus] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Pomarine Jaeger [Stercorarius pomarinus] | Prudhoe Bay |
| Parasitic Jaeger [Stercorarius parasiticus] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Long-tailed Jaeger [Stercorarius longicaudus] | Dalton HW, Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra, Denali HW |
| Mew Gull [Larus canus] | Anchorage, etc. |
| Herring Gull [Larus argentatus] | Anchorage, etc. |
| Glaucous-winged Gull [Larus glaucescens] | Anchorage, Homer, Seward |
| Glaucous Gull [Larus hyperboreus] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Black-legged Kittiwake [Rissa tridactyla] | Homer, Seward |
| Arctic Tern [Sterna paradisaea] | Potter Marsh, etc. |
| Aleutian Tern [Sterna aleutica] | Homer |
| Common Murre [Uria aalge] | Homer, Seward |
| Thick-billed Murre [Uria lomvia] | Kenai Fjords NP |
| Pigeon Guillemot [Cepphus columba] | Homer, Seward |
| Marbled Murrelet [Brachyramphus marmoratus] | Seward |
| Ancient Murrelet [Synthliboramphus antiquus] | Homer |
| Parakeet Auklet [Aethia psittacula] | Kenai Fjords NP |
| Rhinoceros Auklet [Cerorhinca monocerata] | |
| Horned Puffin [Fratercula corniculata] | Homer, Seward |
| Tufted Puffin [Fratercula cirrhata] | Homer, Seward |
| Strigiformes | |
| Great Horned Owl [Bubo virginianus] | Highway 2 (between Fairbank and Delta Junction) |
| Snowy Owl [Nyctea scandiaca] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Northern Hawk Owl [Surnia ulula] | Dalton Highway |
| Short-eared Owl [Asio flammeus] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra, Denali HW |
| Apodiformes | |
| Rufous Hummingbird [Selasphorus rufus] | Seward |
| Coraciiformes | |
| Belted Kingfisher [Ceryle alcyon] | Seward |
| Piciformes | |
| Black-backed Woodpecker [Picoides arcticus] | Dalton HW |
| Passeriformes | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher [Contopus cooperi] | |
| Alder Flycatcher [Empidonax alnorum] | Homer, etc. |
| Hammond's Flycatcher [Empidonax hammondii] | |
| Say's Phoebe [Sayornis saya] | Denali NP |
| Northern Shrike [Lanius excubitor] | Denali NP, Dalton HW |
| Gray Jay [Perisoreus canadensis] | Denali NP, Dalton HW |
| Steller's Jay [Cyanocitta stelleri] | Seward |
| Black-billed Magpie [Pica pica] | Anchorage, etc. |
| Northwestern Crow [Corvus caurinus] | Homer, Seward |
| Common Raven [Corvus corax] | Denali NP, etc. |
| Violet-green Swallow [Tachycineta thalassina] | Homer, Seward |
| Bank Swallow [Riparia riparia] | Homer |
| Cliff Swallow [Petrochelidon pyrrhonota] | Denali HW |
| Black-capped Chickadee [Poecile atricapillus] | Anchorage, Seward, etc. |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee [Poecile rufescens] | Seward |
| Boreal Chickadee [Poecile hudsonicus] | Homer, Seward |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch [Sitta canadensis] | Seward |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet [Regulus satrapa] | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet [Regulus calendula] | Homer, Seward |
| Arctic Warbler [Phylloscopus borealis] | Dalton HW, Denali HW |
| Bluethroat [Luscinia svecica] | Dalton HW (heard) |
| Northern Wheatear [Oenanthe oenanthe] | Dalton HW |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush [Catharus minimus] | |
| Swainson's Thrush [Catharus ustulatus] | Anchorage |
| Hermit Thrush [Catharus guttatus] | Seward |
| American Robin [Turdus migratorius] | Dalton HW |
| Varied Thrush [Ixoreus naevius] | Homer, Seward |
| Yellow Wagtail [Motacilla flava] | Dalton HW |
| American Pipit [Anthus rubescens] | Dalton HW |
| Bohemian Waxwing [Bombycilla garrulus] | Dalton HW |
| Orange-crowned Warbler [Vermivora celata] | Homer, Seward |
| Yellow Warbler [Dendroica petechia] | Denali HW |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler [Dendroica coronata] | Homer, Seward |
| Townsend's Warbler [Dendroica townsendi] | Seward |
| Blackpoll Warbler [Dendroica striata] | Denali HW (Tangle River) |
| Northern Waterthrush [Seiurus noveboracensis] | Denali HW (Tangle River) |
| Wilson's Warbler [Wilsonia pusilla] | Denali HW |
| American Tree Sparrow [Spizella arborea] | Denali HW |
| Brewer's Sparrow [Spizella breweri] | Denali HW |
| Savannah Sparrow [Passerculus sandwichensis] | Potter Marsh, etc. |
| Fox Sparrow [Passerella iliaca] | Homer, Seward, Denali HW (Tangle River) |
| Song Sparrow [Melospiza melodia] | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow [Melospiza lincolnii] | Seward |
| White-crowned Sparrow [Zonotrichia leucophrys] | Denali HW, etc. |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow [Zonotrichia atricapilla] | Homer (heard) |
| Dark-eyed Junco [Junco hyemalis] | Homer, etc. |
| Lapland Longspur [Calcarius lapponicus] | Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Smith's Longspur [Calcarius pictus] | Dalton HW |
| Snow Bunting [Plectrophenax nivalis] | Dalton HW, Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch [Leucosticte tephrocotis] | Dalton HW |
| Pine Grosbeak [Pinicola enucleator] | Seward |
| Red Crossbill [Loxia curvirostra] | |
| White-winged Crossbill [Loxia leucoptera] | Homer |
| Common Redpoll [Carduelis flammea] | Dalton HW, Deadhorse/Arctic Tundra |
| Hoary Redpoll [Carduelis hornemanni] | Dalton HW |
| Pine Siskin [Carduelis pinus] | Homer |
| House Sparrow [Passer domesticus] | |
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