Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
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Some of the specific habitats types where birds of Anaktuvuk Pass can be found are:
Wet tundra areas surrounding ponds southwest of airstrip: Shorebirds such as the ground nesting phalaropes and snipes.
Dry Tundra areas on "Blueberry Hill" west of village: Birds such as the ground nesting plovers, gulls, ravens and longspurs.
Riparian willow thickets east of airstrip: Songbirds such as the shrub nesting sparrows, warblers, thrushes and redpolls.
River gravel bars on John River south of airstrip: Birds such as the ground nesting semipalmated plovers, sandpipers and mergansers.
High cliffs on nearby mountains: Raptors such as eagles, falcons, hawks and owls.
Boulder fields south of village: Rock nesting songbirds such as the northern wheatears, pipits and horned larks.
River banks north of village: Swallows.
Lakes and ponds: Loons and ducks.
Order Family Aquatic fish eaters LOONS Gaviiformes Gaviidae ___ Red-throated Loon Gavia stelleta ___ Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
Order Family Aquatic web footed, DUCKS AND GEESE Anseriformes Anatidae gregarious birds ___ White-footed Goose Anser albifrons ___ Canada Goose Branta canadensis ___ Green-winged Teal Anas crecca ___ Northern Pintail Anas acuta ___ American Wigeon Anas americana ___ Greater Scaup Aythya marila ___ Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus ___ Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis ___ White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca ___ Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Order Family Diurnal birds RAPTORS Falconiformes Accipitridae of prey ___ Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis ___ Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus ___ Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus ___ Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Family Powerful, swift Falconidae hunters ___ American Kestrel Falco sparverius ___ Merlin Falco columbarius ___ Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus ___ Gryfalcon Falco rusticolus
Order Family Hardy residents GAME BIRDS Galliformes Phasianidae with feathered feet ___ Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus ___ Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus
Order Family Long distance SHOREBIRDS Charadriiformes Charadriidae migrants ___ Lesser Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica ___ Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Family Loud shorebirds that Scolopacidae fly in unison ___ Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ___ Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes ___ Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria ___ Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus ___ Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla ___ Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia ___ Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago ___ Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Family Predatory seabirds Laridae with pointed wings ___ Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus ___ Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus ___ Mew Gull Larus canus ___ Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus ___ Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens ___ Herring Gull Larus argentatus ___ Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Order Family OWLS Strigiformes Strigidae ___ Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Order Family Ground dwellers of SONGBIRDS Passeriformes Alaudidae open tundra ___ Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Family Adept insect eating Hirundinidae aerialists ___ Bank Swallow Riparia riparia ___ Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota
Family Largest songbirds Corvidae ___ Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis ___ Common Raven Corvus corax
Family Eloquent songsters Muscicapidae of the north (Subfamily Sylviinae) ___ Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
(Subfamily Turdinae) ___ Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe ___ Bluethroat Luscinia svecica ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus ___ Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus ___ American Robin Turdus migratorius
Family Ground dwellers that Motacillidae pump their tails ___ American Pipit Anthus rubescens ___ Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Family Birds that impale Laniidae their prey ___ Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
Family Diverse family of Emberizidae sparrows and warblers (Subfamily Parulinae) ___ Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata ___ Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata ___ Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
(Subfamily Emberizinae) ___ American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea ___ Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis ___ Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca ___ Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla ___ White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys ___ Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus ___ Smith's Longspur Calcarius pietus ___ Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis ___ Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
Family Seedeaters with Fringillidae undulating flight ___ Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa ___ Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
Hall, S. 07/95. Birds of Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska. Gates of the Arctic
National Park and Preserve. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as follows:
Hall, S. 07/95. Birds of Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska. Gates of the Arctic
National Park and Preserve. Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND:
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govanapass.htm
(Version 22MAY98).
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/chekbird/r7/anapass.htm
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