Alaska Birds ... June 2004
Total sighted (Dodges): 66*

*Total seen on trip by all: 95 species

Common name

Genus

Species

Alder flycatcher

Empidonax

alnorum

American robin

Turdus

migratorus

American widgeon

Anas

americana

Arctic tern

Sterna

paradisaea

Bald eagle

Haliaeetus

leucocephalus

Bank swallow

Riparia

riparia

Barrow's goldeneye

Bucephala

islandica

Belted kingfisher

Ceryle

alcyon

Black-billed magpie

Pica

pica

Black-legged kittiwake

Rissa

tridactyla

Bonaparte's gull

Larus

philadelphia

Canada goose

Branta

canadensis

Cliff swallow

Petrochelidon

pyrrhonota

Common loon

Gavia

immer

Common merganser (Goosander)

Mergus

merganser

Common murre or Guillemot

Uria

aalge

Common raven

Corvus

corax

Dark-eyed junco

Junco

hyemalis

Double-crested cormorant

Phalacrocorax

auritus

Fox sparrow

Passerella

iliaca

Gadwall

Anas

strepera

Glaucous-winged gull

Larus

glaucescens

Golden eagle

Aquila

chrysaetos

Gray jay

Perisoreus

canadensis

Greater scaup

Aythya

marila

Greater white-fronted goose

Anser

albifrons

Greater yellowlegs

Tringa

melanoleuca

Green-winged teal (Common teal)

Anas

crecca

Gyrfalcon

Falco

rusticolus

Harlequin duck

Historionicus

historionicus

Northern hawk owl

Sturnia

ulula

Hermit thrush

Catharus

guttarus

Herring gull

Larus

agentatus

Horned puffin

Fratercula

corniculata

Lesser golden-plover (American golden plover)

Pluvialis

dominica

Lesser scaup

Aythya

affinis

Long-tailed duck (Oldsquaw)

Clangula

hyemalis

Long-tailed jaeger

Stercorarius

longicaudus

Mallard

Anas

platyrhyncos

Merlin

Falco

columbarius

Mew/Common gull

Larus

canus

Northern shoveler

Anas

clypeata

Northern/hen harrier

Circus

cyaneus

Northwestern crow

Corvus

caurinus

Orange-crowned warbler

Vermivora

celata

Pigeon guillemot

Cepphus

columba

Red-breasted merganser

Mergus

serrator

Red-faced cormorant

Phalacrocorax

urile

Red-necked phalarope

Phalaropus

lobatus

Red-throated loon

Gavia

stellata

Rock dove (Rock Pigeon)

Columba

livia

Ruby-crowned kinglet

Regulus

calendula

Savannah sparrow

Passerculus

sandwichensis

Say's phoebe

Sayornis

saya

Spotted sandpiper

Actitis

macularia

Steller's jay

Cyanocitta

stelleri

Swainson's thrush

Catharus

ustlatus

Tree swallow

Tachycineta

bicolor

Trumpeter swan

Cygnus

buccinator

Tufted puffin

Fratercula

cirrhata

Violet-green swallow

Tachycineta

thalissina

White-crowned sparrow

Zonotrichia

leucophryx

White-winged crossbill

Loxia

leucoptera

Willow ptarmigan

Lagopus

lagopus

Wilson's warbler

Wilsonia

pusilla

Yellow warbler

Dendroica

petechia

 

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