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Bird Species

The following bird checklist is from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge list as shown on the USGS web site.

Birding in Alaska is relatively new, even though some of us have been birding for many years. This list is currently being revised by the Wildlife Refuge staff. Our list of birds seen on our trips is more extensive, and some of the ones they list as casual or accidental we have in our yard, or we often see on our trips. Our birding list as of the end of 2007 is now at 510 naturally occurring species in Alaska. If you have specific birds in mind, we will do our best to help you find them. We can help everyone, of all levels of expertise to find and enjoy our Alaskan birds.

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Common NameScientific NameSpringSummerFallWinterLocal Nesting
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumCCC✓
American KestrelFalco sparveriusI
American Robin Turdus migratoriusCCC✓
American Tree SparrowSpizella arboreaUUU✓
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusRRRR✓
Black-Billed Magpie Pica picaCCCC✓
Black-Capped ChickadeeParus atricapillusCCCC✓
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataUUU✓
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusUUUR✓
Boreal ChickadeeParus hudsonicusCCCC✓
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusUUUU✓
Brown CreeperCerthia americanaUUUU✓
Common RavenCorvus coraxCCCC✓
Common RedpollCarduelis flammeaCCCC✓
Dark-Eyed Junco Junco hyemalisCCC✓
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescensCCCC✓
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaCCC✓
Golden-Crowned KingletRegulus satrapaRRUR✓
Golden-Crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaCCCR✓
Gray JayPerisoreus canadensisCCCC✓
Gray-Cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusCCC✓
Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosaRRRR
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusCCCC✓
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosusCCCC✓
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusCCC✓
MerlinFalco columbariusUUUU
Mourning DoveZenaidura macrouraII
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratusRRRR✓
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilisUUUU✓
Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ululaUUUU
Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicusRRRR✓
Northern ShrikeLanius excubitorUUUR✓
Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensisUUU✓
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus borealisUUU✓
Orange-Crowned WarblerVermivora celataCCC✓
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleatorUUUU✓
Pine SiskinCarduelis pinusCCCC✓
Red-Breasted NuthatchSitta canadensisUUUU
Red-Breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberRRR
Red-Tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisCCC
Ruby-Crowned KingletRegulus calendulaCCCR✓
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusRRRR✓
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusRRR
Say’s PheobeSayornis phoebeRRR✓
Sharp-Shinned HawkAccipiter striatusCCC✓
Spruce GrouseDendragapus canadensisCCCC✓
Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleriaRRRI
Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatusCCC
Three-Toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylusCCCC✓
Townsend’s WarblerDendroica townsendiUUU✓
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusCCC✓
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulusUUU✓
White-Crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysCCCR✓
White-Winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraUUUU✓
Wilson’s WarblerWilsonia pusillaUUU✓
Yellow WarblerDendroica petechiaUUU✓
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Dendroica coronataCCCI✓
Common NameScientific NameSpringSummerFallWinterLocal Nesting
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosUUU✓
Gray-Crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotisUUU✓
GyrfalconFalco rusticolusRRRI
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusCU
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutusUUUU✓
Sharp-Tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellusUUU
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisUUUU✓
White-Tailed PtarmiganLagopus leucurusUUUU✓
Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopusCCCC✓
Common NameScientific NameSpringSummerFallWinterLocal Nesting
Aleutian TernSterna aleuticaRRR✓
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaUR
Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRR
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephalaRR
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephalaRR
Black-Bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaUR
Black-Footed AlbatrossesPhoebastria nigripesRRR
Black-Legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaRRU
Common Black-Headed GullLarus ridibundus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoCCC✓
Double-Crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritusUUU✓
Flesh-Footed ShearwaterPuffinus carneipesRRR
Fork-Tailed Storm-PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaIR
Franklin’s GullLarus pipixcan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusRRR
Glaucous-Winged GullLarus glaucescensAAA✓
GyrfalconFalco rusticolusRRRI
Herring GullLarus argentatusCCC✓
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusR
Leach’s Storm-PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaRRR
Long-Billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusR
Long-Tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusURR
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusAAA
Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectataUUU
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisCCC
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneusCUC✓
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaUU
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusCCC✓
Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicusCCC
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusRRRI✓
Pink-Footed ShearwaterPuffinus creatopusRRR
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Red KnotCalidris canutusI
Red-Faced CormorantPhalacrocorax urileCCC
Ring-Billed GullLarus delawarensisIII
Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemisI
Rough-Legged HawkButeo lagopusRRC✓
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresRR
Sabine’s GullXema sabiniII
SanderlingCalidris albaRR
Semi-Palmated PloverCharadrius mongolusCCC✓
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaURU
Sharp-Tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataR
Short-Eared OwlAsio flammeusUUUR✓
Short-Tailed AlbatrossPhoebastria albatrusRRR
Short-Tailed ShearwaterPuffinus tenuirostrisUCU
Snowy OwlNyctea scandiacaII
Sooty ShearwaterPuffinus griseusCCC
SurfbirdAphriza virgataURR
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusCUC
Common NameScientific NameSpringSummerFallWinterLocal Nesting
American DipperCinclus mexicanusUUUU✓
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaUR
American PipitAnthus rubescensCCC✓
American Wigeon Anas americanaACCR✓
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaeaCCU✓
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusCCCC✓
Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaCCC✓
Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandicaCCCU✓
Belted KingfisherCeryle alcyonUUUI✓
Black ScoterMelanitta nigraRRR
Black-Bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaUR
Blue-Winged TealAnas discorsRIR
Bonaparte’s GullLarus philadelphiaCCC✓
BrantBranta berniclaRIR
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaRRU
Canada GooseBranta canadensisACC✓
Canvasback Aythya valisineriaRIR
Cinnamon TealAnas cyanoptera
Cliff SwallowHirundo pyrrhonotaUUU✓
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaCCCC✓
Common LoonGavia immerCCC✓
Common MerganserMergus merganserCCCC✓
DunlinCalidris alpinaUR
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisAAA
Emperor GooseChen canagicaIII
Eurasian WigeonAnas penelopeR
GadwallAnas streperaRIR
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodiasI
Greater ScaupAythya marilaCUCU✓
Greater White-Fronted GooseAnser albifronsAUU
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaCCC✓
Green-Winged TealAnas creccaACC✓
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicusUUUI✓
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusUCC✓
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisUUU✓
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaCCU✓
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaCCC✓
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisRR
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesCCC✓
Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolniiCCC✓
MallardAnas platyrhynchosACCR✓
MerlinFalco columbariusUUUU
Mew GullLarus canusAAA✓
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneusCUC✓
Northern PintailAnas acutaACC✓
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeataCUC✓
Northwestern Crow Corvus caurinusRRRR
OldsquawClangula hyemalisI
OspreyPandion haliaetusRRR✓
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaUU
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaUUU✓
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosCUC
Pied GrebePodilymbus podicepsAAA
Red-Breasted MerganserMergus serratorUUU✓
Red-Necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaUCC✓
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusCCU✓
Red-Throated LoonGavia stellataUUU✓
Red-Throated LoonGavia stellataUUU✓
RedheadAythya americanaRR
Ring-Necked DuckAythya collarisRRR✓
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresRR
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensisACC✓
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisCCC✓
Semi-Palmated PloverCharadrius mongolusCCC✓
Short-Billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusCCC
Short-Eared OwlAsio flammeusUUUR✓
Snow GooseChen caerulescensAR
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaUUU✓
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaRRR✓
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis maculariaCCC✓
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataCCC✓
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorCCR✓
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinatorCCCR✓
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusCC
Violet-Green SwallowTachycineta thalassinaCCR✓
Wandering TattlerHeteroscelus incanusUUU✓
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalisAAA
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriURU
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusCUC
White-Winged ScoterMelanitta fuscaRRR✓
Yellow-Billed LoonGavia adamsiiUUU

Abundance Key

Seasons

Spring: April through May
Summer: June through July
Fall: August through October
Winter: November - March

Abundance

AAbundantRRare
CCommonIIrregular
UUncommon+Accidental
 Never observed on KNWR

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“Our trip last summer was so successful,and we used about 70 pounds of the salmon for our son’s wedding, it was a big hit. We hope to make it up again this next summer. A fantastic trip for birding, wildlife viewing and photography.”

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