Alaska Birds
during Focus On Nature Tours


1995 thru 2010

(during late May & early June)

An Alaska bird list compiled by Armas Hill
with photos


Photo at right: an immature IVORY GULL 

230 species of birds have cumulatively been found during FONT Alaskan tours. 2 subspecies brings the number of birds in this list to 232.
The numbers that follow the bird names indicate the number of tours 
during which the bird has been found (out of 7). 
 

Codes:

(i): introduced species
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
    (t1): critical    (t2): endangered    (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(NAr): rare in North America
(NAu): uncommon in North America 

(B): a Beringian species (restricted, or nearly so, to the area of & surrounding the Bering Sea, as either a resident or a breeder)
(OW): a species primarily of the Old World 
  

 b: during FONT tours at Barrow
 g: during FONT tours at Gambell on St. Lawrence Island
 p: during FONT tours at the Pribilof Islands

nac: during FONT tours seen north of the Arctic Circle (at either Kotzebue or Barrow)  



Places in Alaska visited during FONT tours have included:

Anchorage area (all tours), Barrow, north of the Arctic Circle (twice), Denali area (three tours), Fairbanks (once), Gambell (on St. Lawrence Island) (twice), Kotzebue, north of the Arctic Circle (once), Nome (all tours but one), Seward (all tours), the Pribilof Islands (St. Paul) (all tours).

For birds seen at the Pribilofs, the number following the "p" indicates the number of tours during which the species has been seen there. 
The same applies to Gambell (following the g) and Barrow (following the b).


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in North America

Alaska Mammals  (with some photos)

Bird-List:

1. Willow Ptarmigan ______ 6
   Lagopus lagopus
   
   
2. Rock Ptarmigan ______ 6
   Lagopus mutus
   
   
3. Tundra Swan ______ 6
   Cygnus columbianus
   
   
4. Trumpeter Swan (nt) ______ 6 p1
   Cygnus buccinator
   
   
   
   
   Trumpeter Swan
   
   
5. Greater White-fronted Goose ______ 5 p1
   Anser albifrons
   
   
6. Snow Goose ______ 2 p1
   Chen (formerly Anser) caerulescens
   
   
7. Ross' Goose ______ 1 p1
   Chen (formerly Anser) rossii
   
   
8. Canada Goose ______ 7 p2
   Branta canadensis
   
   
9. Emperor Goose  (nt) (B)  ______ 4
   Chen (formerly Anser) canagica
   
   
10. Bean Goose  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
    Anser fabalis
    
    
11. "Black" Brant Goose ______ 6  (in North America has been called Brant; in Eurasia has been called Brent Goose) 
    Branta bernicla nigricans
    
    
12. Mallard ______ 7 p2
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
13. Northern Pintail ______ 7 p7
    Anas acuta
    
    
14. Gadwall ______ 2
    Anas strepera
    
    
15. Falcated Duck (nt) (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
    Anas falcata
    
    
    
    
    Falcated Duck
    (This photo taken during a FONT tour in Japan)
    
    
16. Green-winged Teal ______ 7 p7 (was considered conspecific with the Eurasian Teal) 
    Anas carolinensis
    
    
    
    
    Green-winged Teal
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
    
17. Eurasian Teal  (OW) ______ 4 p3
    Anas crecca nimia  (the subspecies of far-eastern Asia & into the Aleutian Is. of Alaska)   
    
    
18. Garganey  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
    Anas querquedula
    
    
19. Northern Shoveler ______ 7 p1
    Anas clypeata
    
    
20. American Wigeon ______ 7 p4
    Anas americana
    
    
21. Eurasian Wigeon  (OW) ______ 3 p2
    Anas penelope
    
    
22. Common Pochard  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
    Aythya ferina
    
    
23. Canvasback ______ 7
    Aythya valisineria
    
    
24. Redhead ______ 2
    Aythya americana
    
    
25. Ring-necked Duck ______ 5
    Aythya collaris
    
    
    
    
    Ring-necked Duck
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
26. Greater Scaup ______ 7 p5
    Aythya marila
    
    
27. Lesser Scaup ______ 7
    Aythya affinis
    
    
28. Tufted Duck  (NAu) (OW) ______ 2 p1
    Aythya fuligula
    
     
29. Common Goldeneye ______ 7 p6
    Bucephala clangula
    
    
30. Barrow's Goldeneye ______ 5
    Bucephala islandica
    
    
31. Bufflehead ______ 5 p2
    Bucephala albeola
    
    
    
    
    Bufflehead
    (photo by Kim Steininger)
    
    
32. Long-tailed Duck ______ 7 p7  (in North America has been called Oldsquaw)
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    
    
    
    Long-tailed Ducks, male & female
    (photo by Kim Steininger) 
    
    
33. Harlequin Duck ______ 7 p7  
    Histrionicus histrioncus
    
    
    
    
    Male Harlequin Duck
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
34. Common Eider ______ 6 p1
    Somateria mollissima
    
    
35. King Eider ______ 7 p6   
    Somateria spectabilis
    
    
    
    
    An immature male King Eider
    
    
36. Steller's Eider (t3) ______ 5 p2
    Polysticta stelleri
    
    
37. Spectacled Eider (t3) (B) ______ 4 b1
    Somateria fischeri
    
    
38. Surf Scoter ______ 6 p2
    Melanitta perspicillata
    
    
39. White-winged Scoter ______ 6 p2
    Melanitta fusca
    
    
40. Black Scoter ______ 6
    Melanitta nigra
    
    
41. Smew  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
    Mergellus albellus
    
    
42. Common Merganser ______ 5 p1  (in Eurasia has been called Goosander)
    Mergus merganser
    
    
43. Red-breasted Merganser ______ 6 p1
    Mergus serrator
    
    
44. Hooded Merganser ______ 1
    Lophodytes cucullatus
    
    
    
    
    Male Hooded Merganser
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
45. Red-throated Loon ______ 6  (in Eurasia has been called Red-throated Diver)
    Gavia stellata  (monotypic)
    
    
46. Pacific Loon ______ 7  (in Eurasia has been called Pacific Diver)
    Gavia pacifica  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Pacific Loon
    
    
47. Black-throated Loon  ______ 5  (in North America has been called Arctic Loon; in Eurasia has been called Black-throated Diver)  
    Gavia arctica viridigularis
    
    
48. Yellow-billed Loon ______ 5 g1 p1  (in Eurasia has been called White-billed Diver)
    Gavia adamsii  (monotypic)
    
    
49. Great Northern Loon ______ 7  (in North America has been called Common Loon; in Eurasia has been called Great Northern Diver) 
    Gavia immer  (monotypic)
    
    
50. Northern Fulmar ______ 7 p7  
    Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii
    
    
    
    
    Northern Fulmar
    (photo by Rick Wiltraut)
    
    
51. Sooty Shearwater ______ 2
    Puffinus griseus
    
    
52. Red-necked Grebe ______ 7 p1
    Podiceps grisegena holboellii
    
    
    
    
    Red-necked Grebe
    (photo by Kim Steininger)
    
    
53. Horned Grebe ______ 4  (in Eurasia has been called Slavonian Grebe)
    Podiceps auritus cornutus
    
    
54. Pied-billed Grebe ______ 1
    Podilymbus p. podiceps
    
    
55. Double-crested Cormorant ______ 5
    Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus
    
    
56. Pelagic Shag ______ 7 p6  (has been called Pelagic Cormorant)
    Leucocarbo (formerly Phalacrocorax) pelagicus resplendens
    
    
57. Red-faced Shag (B) ______ 7 p7  (also been called Red-faced Cormorant)
    Leucocarbo (formerly Phalacrocorax) urile  (monotypic)
    
    
58. American Kestrel ______ 4
    Falco sparverius
    
    
59. Merlin ______ 4
    Falco columbarius
    
    
60. Peregrine Falcon ______ 5 p1 
    Falco peregrinus
    
    
    
    
    Peregrine Falcon
    (photo by Kim Steininger)
    
    
61. Gyrfalcon ______ 5
    Falco rusticolus
    
    
62. Bald Eagle ______ 7 p3 
    Haliaetus leucocephalus
    
    
    
    
    Adult Bald Eagles
    (photo by Ed Kendell) 
    
    
63. Northern Harrier ______ 6
    Circus hudsonius
    
    
64. Osprey ______ 1
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
65. Northern Goshawk ______ 2
    Accipiter gentilis
    
    
66. Sharp-shinned Hawk ______ 1
    Accipiter striatus
    
    
67. Red-tailed Hawk ______ 4  (including subspecies known as "Harlan's Hawk")
    Buteo jamaicensis
    
    
68. Rough-legged Hawk ______ 6
    Buteo lagopus
    
    
69. Golden Eagle ______ 6
    Aquila chrysaetos
    
    
70. Sandhill Crane ______ 7 p2
    Grus canadensis
    
    
    
    
    Sandhill Crane
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
71. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover ______ 3  (in Eurasia called Grey Plover)
    Pluvialis s. squatarola
    
    
72. American Golden Plover ______ 6
    Pluvialis dominicus  (monotypic)
    
    
73. Pacific Golden Plover ______ 7 p2  (was conspecific with the American Golden Plover)
    Pluvialis fulva  (monotypic)
    
    
74. Common Ringed Plover  (NAr) (OW)  ______ 2 g1
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
    
    
75. Semipalmated Plover ______ 7 p7
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
    
    
76. Black Oystercatcher ______ 5
    Haematopus bachmani
    
    
77. Common Greenshank  (NAr) (OW)  ______ 3 p3
    Tringa nebularia  (monotypic)
    
    
78. Greater Yellowlegs ______ 6 p2
    Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
    
    
79. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ 6 p1
    Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
    
    
80. Wood Sandpiper  (NAr) (OW)  ______ 4 p4
    Tringa glareola  (monotypic)
    
     
81. Wandering Tattler ______ 7 p5
    Heteroscelus incanus  (monotypic)
    
    
82. Gray-tailed Tattler  (NAr) (OW)  ______ 3 p2
    Heteroscelus breviceps  (monotypic)
    
    
83. Common Sandpiper (NAr) (OW)  ______ 1 p1
    Actitis hypoleucos  (monotypic)
    
    
84. Spotted Sandpiper ______ 6
    Actitis macularia  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Spotted Sandpiper
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
85. Green Sandpiper  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
    Tringa ochropus (monotypic)
    
    
86. Terek Sandpiper (NAr) (OW) ______ 1
    Xenus cinereus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
87. "American" Whimbrel ______ 7 p2
    Numenius phaeopus rufiventris
    
    
88. Bristle-thighed Curlew (t3) (NAr) ______ 4 p1
    Numenius tahitiensis  (monotypic)
    
    
89. Eastern Curlew (nt) (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1  (has been called Far Eastern Curlew) 
    Numenius madagascariensis  (monotypic)
    
    
90. Bar-tailed Godwit (OW) ______ 7 p6  (an Old World species, but the subspecies L. l. baueri commonly breeds in west Alaska) 
    Limosa lapponica baueri
    
    
    
    
    Bar-tailed Godwits
    (photo by Paul West)
    
    
91. Eastern Black-tailed Godwit  (nt) (NAr) ______ 1 p1  (a "split" from the Black-tailed Godwit)
    Limosa melanuroides
    
    
92. Hudsonian Godwit  ______ 5
    Limosa haemastica
    
    
93. Ruddy Turnstone ______ 7 p1
    Arenaria interpres
    
    
94. Black Turnstone ______ 4
    Arenaria melanocephala
    
    
95. Surfbird ______ 5
    Aphriza virgata
    
    
96. Red Knot ______ 5
    Calidris canutus
    
    
97. Sanderling ______ 2
    Calidris alba 
    
    
98. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ 6
    Calidris pusilla
    
    
99. Western Sandpiper ______ 6 p1
    Calidris mauri
    
    
    
    
    Western Sandpiper
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
100. Red-necked Stint  (NAr) (OW) ______ 3 p2 b1
     Calidris ruficollis
     
     
101. Temminck's Stint  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 b1
     Calidris temminckii
     
     
102. Long-toed Stint  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
     Calidris subminuta
     
     
     
     
     Long-toed Stint
     (photo taken during a FONT tour in Japan) 
      
     
103. Least Sandpiper ______ 6 p5
     Calidris minutilla
     
     
     
     
     Least Sandpiper
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
104. Baird's Sandpiper ______ 4
     Calidris bairdii
     
     
105. Pectoral Sandpiper ______ 5 p3
     Calidris melanotos
     
     
106. Rock Sandpiper ______ 7 p7
     Calidris ptilocnemis
     
     
107. Dunlin ______ 6 p1
     Calidris alpina
     
     
108. Ruff / Reeve  (NAu) (OW) ______ 1 p1
     Philomachus pugnax
     
     
109. Stilt Sandpiper ______ 1
     Calidris himantopus
     
     
110. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ 4 p1
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
111. Long-billed Dowitcher ______ 3
     Limnodromus scolopaceus
     
     
112. Wilson's Snipe ______ 6 p1  (was conspecific with the Common Snipe of the Old World)
     Gallinago delicata
     
     
     
     
     Wilson's Snipe
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
113. Red-necked Phalarope ______ 7 p7
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
114. Red Phalarope ______ 5 p2  (in Eurasia has been called Grey Phalarope)
     Phalaropus fulicaria
     
     
115. Pomarine Skua ______ 5  (in North America has been called Pomarine Jaeger)
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
116. Parasitic Jaeger ______ 6 p3  (in Eurasia has been called Arctic Skua)
     Stercorarius parasiticus  (monotypic)
     
     
117. Long-tailed Jaeger ______ 6 p2  (in Eurasia has been called Long-tailed Skua)
     Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens
     
     
118. Black-headed Gull  (NAu) (OW) ______ 4 p1
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) ridibundus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Common Black-headed Gull
     (photo by Armas Hill)
      
     
119. Bonaparte's Gull ______ 6
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) philadelphia  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Bonaparte's Gull
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
120. Mew Gull ______ 7 p1  (in Eurasia the nominate race has been called Common Gull; the race in eastern Asia has been called the "Kamchatka Gull" is L. c. kamtschatschensis)
     Larus canus brachyrhynchus
     
     
121. "American" Herring Gull ______ 6 p1
     Larus (argentatus) smithsonianus
     
     
122. Vega Gull (OW) ______  (has been considered a subspecies of the Herring Gull)  
     Larus vegae
     
     
123. Slaty-backed Gull  (NAr) (OW) ______ 6 p1
     Larus schistisagus  (monotypic)
     
     
124. Glaucous-winged Gull ______ 7 p7
     Larus glaucescens  (monotypic)
     
     
125. Glaucous Gull ______ 7 p5
     Larus hyperboreus barrovianus  (Another subspecies, L. h. pallidissimus, on the Asian side of the Bering Sea) 
     
     
     
     
     An immature Glaucous Gull
       
     
126. Black-legged Kittiwake ______ 7 p7
     Rissa tridactyla  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
127. Red-legged Kittiwake (t3) (B) ______ 7 p7
     Rissa brevirostris  (monotypic)
     (In the mid-1970s, the total population of this species was estimated at about 260,000 individuals. It declined to about 168,000 by the mid-1990s. Most of this decline was on the Pribilofs.)  
     
     
     
     
     A Red-legged Kittiwake photographed during a FONT tour in Alaska
     
     
128. Ross' Gull ______ 2 p1
     Hydrocoloeus (formerly Rhodostethia) rosea  (monotypic) 
     
     
     
     
     Two photos of Ross' Gulls
      
     
     
     
129. Sabine's Gull ______ 6 p1
     Xema sabini  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     
     
     A juvenile Sabine's Gull
     (photo by Jens Bruun)
     
     
130. Ivory Gull ______ 1  (a bird of the high arctic)  (PHOTO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LIST) 
     Pagophila eburnea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Ivory Gull
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
131. Common Tern ______ 2 p1
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
132. Arctic Tern ______ 7 p1
     Sterna paradisaea  (monotypic)
     
     
133. Aleutian Tern (B) ______ 6
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) aleutica  (monotypic)
     
     
134. Little Auk ______ 2  (in North America has been called Dovekie)
     Alle alle polaris
     
     
135. Common Murre ______ 7 p7  (in Eurasia has been called Guillemot)
     Uria aalge inornata
     
     
     
     
     Common Murre
     (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
     
136. Thick-billed Murre ______ 7 p7  (in Eurasia has been called Brunnich's Guillemot)
     Uria lomvia arra
     
     
137. Black Guillemot ______ 2
     Cepphus grylle mandtii  (a different subspecies than in the NE USA & eastern Canada)
     
     
138. Pigeon Guillemot ______ 6 p3
     Cepphus c. columba  (the 2 other subspecies are in eastern Asia) 
     
     
139. Marbled Murrelet (t2)  ______ 5 p1  (was conspeciic with what's now the Long-billed Murrelet of eastern Asia) 
     Brachyramphus marmoratus  (monotypic)
     
     
140. Kittlitz's Murrelet  (t2)  ______ 5
     Brachyramphus brevirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
141. Ancient Murrelet ______ 3 p1
     Synthliboramphus a. antiquus  (the other subspecies breeds on Commander Island, Siberia) 
     
     
142. Parakeet Auklet (B) ______ 7 p7
     Aethia (formerly Cyclorrhynchus) psittacula  (monotypic)
     
     
143. Least Auklet (B) ______ 7 p7  (Alaska's most numerous colonial seabird)
     Aethia pusilla  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Least Auklet
     (photo by Mike Danzenbaker)
     
     
144. Crested Auklet (B) ______ 7 p7
     Aethia cristatella  (monotypic)
     
     
145. Rhinoceros Auklet ______ 3
     Cerorhinca monocerata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
146. Tufted Puffin ______ 7 p7  
     Fratercula (formerly Lunda) cirrhata  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Tufted Puffin
     (photo by Paul West)
     
     
147. Horned Puffin ______  7 p7 
     Fratercula corniculata  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Horned Puffin
     (photo by Paul West)
     
     
148. Common (or Feral) Pigeon ______ 6
     Columba livia
     
     
149. Common Cuckoo (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
     Cuculus canorus
     
      
150. Snowy Owl ______ 3 p3 b1  
     Bubo scandiacus (was Nyctea scandiaca)  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Snowy Owl
     (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
     
151. Short-eared Owl ______ 6 p3
     Asio flammeus
     
     
     
     
     Short-eared Owl
     (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
     
152. Northern Hawk-Owl ______ 2
     Surnia ulula
     
     
153. Boreal Owl ______ 4  (in Eurasia has been called Tengmalm's Owl)
     Aegolius funereus
     
     
154. Northern Saw-whet Owl ______ 2
     Aegolius acadicus
     
     
     
     
     Northern Saw-whet Owl
     (photo by Andy Ednie)
     
     
155. Rufous Hummingbird ______ 5
     Selasphorus rufus
     
     
     
     
     An immature female Rufous Hummingbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
156. Belted Kingfisher ______ 5
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Belted Kingfisher
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
157. Downy Woodpecker ______ 4
     Picoides pubescens medianus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska)
     
     
158. Hairy Woodpecker ______ 5
     Picoides villosus septentrionalis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska)
     
     
159. American Three-toed Woodpecker ______ 3  (was conspecific with the Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker)
     Picoides tridactylus fasciatus
     
     
160. Black-backed Woodpecker ______ 2  (was at one time called the Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker, as this species also has 3 toes) 
     Picoides arcticus  (monotypic)
     
     
161. "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker ______ 4
     Colaptes auratus cafer
     
     
162. Olive-sided Flycatcher  (nt)  ______ 5  (an alternate name could be Boreal Pewee)
     Contopus borealis
     
     
163. Western Wood Pewee ______ 3
     Contopus sordidulus
     
     
164. Alder Flycatcher ______ 5
     Empidonax alnorum
     
     
165. Hammond's Flycatcher ______ 1
     Empidonax hammondii
     
     
166. Say's Phoebe ______ 3
     Sayornis saya
     
     
167. Great Gray Shrike ______ 4  (in North America has been called Northern Shrike)  
     Lanius excubitor
     
     
168. Gray Jay ______ 6
     Pesisoreus canadensis
     
     
169. Steller's Jay ______ 5
     Cyanocitta stelleri
     
     
     
     
     The Steller's Jay was among the first birds found in Alaska 
     by European explorers from Russia.
     Georg Steller encountered it in July 1741 when he landed
     for a few hours on an island off the Alaskan coast.
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
      
     
170. Black-billed Magpie ______ 7  (was conspecific with the Eurasian Magpie, Pica pica)
     Pica hudsonia
     
     
171. Northwestern Crow ______ 6
     Corvus caurinus
     
     
172. Common Raven ______ 7
     Corvus corax
     
     
173. Bohemian Waxwing ______ 1   
     Bombycilla garrulus
     
     
174. Black-capped Chickadee ______ 7
     Poecile (formerly Parus) atricapillus
     
     
     
     
     Black-capped Chickadee
     (photo by Doris Potter)
     
     
175. Boreal Chickadee ______ 5
     Poecile (formerly Parus) hudsonicus
     
     
176. Chestnut-backed Chickadee ______ 1
     Poecile (formerly Parus) rufescens
     
     
177. Tree Swallow ______ 7 p3
     Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
     
     
178. Violet-green Swallow ______ 7
     Tachycineta t. thalassina
     
     
179. Sand Martin (or Bank Swallow) ______ 7 p1  
     Riparia r riparia
     
     
180. American Cliff Swallow ______ 6
     Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) p. pyrrhonota
     
     
181. Barn Swallow ______ 3
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
182. Horned Lark ______ 3  (in Eurasia has been called Shore Lark)
     Eremophila alpestris
     
     
183. Eurasian Skylark (OW) (NAr) ______ 2 p1 (in Alaska not introduced)
     Alauda arvensis
     
     
184. Arctic Warbler (OW) (NAr) ______ 3
     Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti  (1 of 3 subspecies; P. b. kennicotti breeds only in Alaska, and winters in the Philippines & Indonesia)   
     
     
185. Golden-crowned Kinglet ______ 1
     Regulus satrapa olivaceus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska)
     
     
     
     
     Golden-crowned Kinglet
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
186. Ruby-crowned Kinglet ______ 5
     Regulus calendula grinnelli
     
     
187. Winter (or Northern) Wren ______ 6 p6
     Troglodytes troglodytes alascensis  (this subspecies of the Pribilof Is. is 1 of 6 subspecies in Alaska; most of the others are on islands including the Aleutians & Kodiak.)   
     
     
     
     
     Winter Wren
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
188. Red-breasted Nuthatch ______ 3
     Sitta canadensis
     
     
     
     Red-breasted Nuthatch
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
189. Brown Creeper ______ 2 (an alternate name would be American Treecreeper)
     Certhia americana
     
     
190. Bluethroat  (NAr) (OW)  ______ 5
     Luscinia s. svecica  (Bluethroats that breed in Alaska winter in southeast Asia.) 
     
     
191. Northern Wheatear (OW) ______ 5 p1
     Oenanthe o. oenanthe   (Wheatears that breed in Alaska winter on the savannas of northern & eastern Africa.) 
     
     
192. Gray-cheeked Thrush ______ 6
     Catharus minimus
     
     
193. Swainson's Thrush ______ 4
     Catharus ustulatus
     
     
194. Hermit Thrush ______ 6
     Catharus guttatus
     
     
195. Eye-browed Thrush  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1
     Turdus obscurus
     
     
196. American Robin ______ 7
     Turdus migratorius
     
     
197. Varied Thrush ______ 6
     Ixoreus naevius meruloides  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska) (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
198. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (OW) ______ 6 p2
     Motacilla t. tschutschensis  (This subspecies breeds in Alaska & the northern Kamchatka Peninsula of Siberia. It winters in east Asia to the Greater Sundas.)
     
     
199. White Wagtail (OW) ______ 3 g1
     Motacilla alba ocularis
     Motacilla alba lugens  _____  2 g1  (this race has been called "Black-backed Wagtail") 
     
     
200. Olive-backed Pipit  (NAr) (OW) ______ 2 p2
     Anthus hodgsoni
     
     
201. Red-throated Pipit  (NAu) (OW) ______ 2 p1 g1
     Anthus cervinus
     
     
202. Buff-bellied Pipit ______ 5 p1  (in North America has been called American Pipit)
     Anthus rubescens
     
     
203. Brambling  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1 p1  
     Fringilla montifringilla
     
     
204. Gray-crowned Rosy Finch ______ 7 p7
     Leucosticte tephrocotis
     
     
     
     
     Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
     
     
205. Scarlet (or Common) Rosefinch  (NAr) (OW) ______ 1
     Carpodacus erythrinus
     
      
206. Two-barred Crossbill ______ 3  (in North America has been called White-winged Crossbill) 
     Loxia leucoptera
     
     
     
     
     Two-barred (or White-winged) Crossbill
     
     
207. Oriental Greenfinch (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
     Carduelis sinica
     
     
208. Common Redpoll ______ 7 p4
     Carduelis flammea
     
     
     
     
     Common Redpoll
     (photo by James Scheib)
     
     
209. Hoary Redpoll ______ 6  (in Eurasia has been called Arctic Redpoll)
     Carduelis hornemanni
     
     
210. Pine Siskin ______ 5
     Carduelis pinus
     
     
211. Orange-crowned Warbler ______ 7
     Vermivora celata
     
     
212. Yellow Warbler ______ 6
     Dendroica petechia
     
     
213. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ 7 p1
     Dendroica c. coronata
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-rumped Warbler
     (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
     
214. Townsend's Warbler ______ 4
     Dendroica townsendi
     
     
215. Blackpoll Warbler ______ 6  
     Dendroica atriata
     
     
     
     
     Blackpoll Warbler
     
     
216. Northern Waterthrush ______ 6
     Seiurus noveboracensis
     
     
217. Wilson's Warbler ______ 6 p1
     Wilsonia pusilla
     
     
218. Red-winged Blackbird ______ 4 p1
     Agelaius phoeniceus
     
     
219. Rusty Blackbird ______ 6
     Euphagus carolinus 
     
     
     
     
     Rusty Blackbird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
220. American Tree Sparrow ______ 6
     Spizella arborea
     
     
     
     
     American Tree Sparrow
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
221. Savannah Sparrow ______ 6
     Passerculus sandwichensis  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
222. "Red" Fox Sparrow  ______ 6  (near Nome)
     Passerella i. iliaca
     
     
223. "Sooty" Fox Sparrow ______  (on the Kenai Peninsula) 
     Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis 
     
     
224. Song Sparrow ______ 4 p1 (see note at the end of the list)
     Melospiza melodia
     
     
225. Lincoln's Sparrow ______ 5
     Melospiza lincolnii
     
     
226. Golden-crowned Sparrow ______ 6
     Zonotrichia atricapilla
     
     
227. White-crowned Sparrow ______ 7
     Zonotrichia leucophrys
     
     
     
     
     White-crowned Sparrow
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
228. "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco ______ 7
     Junco hyemalis
     
     
229. Lapland Longspur ______ 7 p7  (in Eurasia has been called Lapland Bunting) 
     Calcarius lapponicus
     
     
     
     
     Lapland Longspur in non-breeding plumage
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
230. Smith's Longspur ______ 1
     Calcarius pictus
     
     
231. Snow Bunting ______ 7 p7  
     Calcarius (formerly Plectrophenax) nivalis
     
     
     
     
     Snow Bunting
     (photo by Kim Steininger)
     
     
232. McKay's Bunting (nt) (B) ______ 1g  
     Calcarius (formely Plectrophenax) hyperboreus
     (Breeds only on Hall & St. Matthew's Islands in the Bering Sea, and occasionally on St. Lawrence Island & probably on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs. It winters along the wet Alaska coast mainly from Kotzebue to the tip of the Alaska Peninsula.)  
     

Notes:

(*) A Song Sparrow seen during one of our tours on St Pauls Island in the Pribilofs was believed to be ship-assisted.

During our 1997 tour, all 4 species of eider were seen at Barrow.

Photos of Some of the Alcids We've Seen in Alaska 

Common Murres

Least Auklet

Horned Puffin

Tufted Puffin