Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Anchorage, Alaska
A - abundant - species occur repeatedly in proper habitats, with available habitat heavily utilized, and/or the region regularly hosts great numbers of the species.
C - common - species occurs in all or nearly all proper habitats, but some areas of presumed suitable habitat are occupied sparsely or not at all and/or the region regularly hosts large numbers of the species.
U - uncommon - species occur regularly, but utilizes only some or very little of the suitable habitat, and/or the region regularly hosts relatively small numbers of the species; not obser- ved regularly even in proper habitats.
R - rare - species occurs, or probably occurs, regularly within the region, but in very small numbers.
CA - casual - species has been recorded no more than a few times, but irregular observations are likely over a period of years.
AC - accidental - a species so far from its normal range that further observations are unlikely usually occurs singly.
* - breeder
+ - variable numbers
SP - spring ...... 1 March to 15 June
S - summer ...... 16 June to 15 August
F - fall ...... 16 August to 30 November
W - winter ...... 1 December to 28 February
SPECIES
SP S F W
___ Red-throated loon * R R R
___ Arctic loon * C C C
___ Common loon * U U U
SP S F W
___ Pied-billed Grebe AC
___ Horned Grebe * C C C AC
___ Red-necked Grebe * C C C
SP S F W
___ Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel CA
___ Leach's Storm-Petrel AC
SP S F W
___ Great Blue Heron R R CA
SP S F W
___ Tundra Swan C C
___ Trumpeter Swan * U R U
___ Greater White-fronted Goose U U
___ Snow Goose C
___ Brant CA
___ Canada Goose * A C A R
___ Green-winged Teal * C C C AC
___ Mallard * A A A C
___ Northern Pintail * A C A CA
___ Blue-winged Tail * R R R
___ Cinnamon Teal AC
___ Northern Shoveler * C C C
___ Gadwall R R R AC
___ Eurasian Wigeon R
___ American Wigeon * C C C CA
___ Canvasback * U U U
___ Redhead U CA CA
___ Ring-necked Duck * R R R AC
___ Greater Scaup * C C C CA
___ Lesser Scaup U U U AC
___ Common Eider CA
___ Steller's Eider AC AC
___ Harlequin Duck * R R R R
___ Oldsquaw * U R R
___ Black Scoter R R R
___ Surf Scoter R R R
___ White-winged Scoter R R U
___ Common Goldeneye * C U C U
___ Barrow's Goldeneye * U R U R
___ Bufflehead U U
___ Hooded Merganser AC CA
___ Common Merganser U R U U
___ Red-breasted Merganser U R R
SP S F W
___ Osprey * R CA R
___ Bald Eagle * U U U R
___ Northern Harrier * C U C
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk * U U U R
___ Northern Goshawk * U U U U
___ Red-tailed Hawk * U R U
___ Rough-legged Hawk U R
___ Golden Eagle * U U U
SP S F W
___ American Kestrel R CA
___ Merlin * U CA U R
___ Peregrine Falcon R CA
___ Gyrafalcon * R R R R
SP S F W
___ Spruce Goose * + C C C C
___ Willow Ptarmigan * + U U U U
___ Rock Ptarmigan * + R R R R
___ White-tailed Ptarmigan * + U U U R
SP S F W
___ American Coot CA CA CA
SP S F W
___ Sandhill Crane * C R C
SP S F W
___ Black-bellied Plover R R R
___ Lesser Golden-Plover U U
___ Semipalmated Plover * C C C
___ Killdeer * R R R
SP S F W
___ Greater Yellowlegs * C C C
___ Lesser Yellowlegs * C C C
___ Solitary Sandpiper * U U U
___ Wandering Tattler * U U U
___ Spotted Sandpiper * C C C
___ Terek Sandpiper AC CA
___ Upland Sandpiper AC CA
___ Whimbrel U R U
___ Hudsonian Godwit * U U U
___ Bar-tailed Godwit CA
___ Marbled Godwit AC
___ Ruddy Turnstone U R R
___ Black Turnstone U R R
___ Surfbird * U U U
___ Red Knot CA CA
___ Sanderling CA CA
___ Semipalmated Sandpiper R U R
___ Western Sandpiper U A U
___ Rufous-necked Stint AC CA
___ Least Sandpiper * A A C
___ Baird's Sandpiper R R R
___ Pectoral Sandpiper C AC U
___ Dunlin R
___ Short-billed Dowitcher * A A A
___ Long-billed Dowitcher U CA R
___ Common Snipe C C C AC
___ Wilson's Phalarope AC
___ Red-necked Phalarope * C C C
SP S F W
___ Parasitic Jaeger R R
___ Long-tailed Jaeger R
___ Franklin's Gull AC
___ Common Black-headed Gull AC
___ Bonaparte's Gull * C C C
___ Mew Gull * A A A CA
___ California Gull R
___ Herring Gull * A C C R
___ Thayer's Gull R U
___ Slaty-backed Gull R
___ Glaucous-winged Gull * A A A U
___ Glaucous Gull R R U R
___ Black-winged Kittiwake AC
___ Ivory Gull AC
___ Glaucous-winged x Herring (Hybrid) A A A R
___ Artic Tern * C C C
SP S F W
___ Common Murre * AC AC
SP S F W
___ Rock Dove * C C C C
___ Mourning Dove CA
SP S F W
___ Great Horned Owl * U U U U
___ Snowy Owl R R
___ Northern Hawk-Owl * + R R R R
___ Great Gray Owl R R R R
___ Short-eared Owl * U U R AC
___ Boreal Owl * U U U U
___ Northern Saw-whet Owl * U U U U
SP S F W
___ Anna's Hummingbird AC
___ Rufous Hummingbird R CA
SP S F W
___ Belted Kingfisher * U U U R
SP S F W
___ Downy Woodpecker * U U U U
___ Hairy Woodpecker * U U U U
___ Three-toed Woodpecker * U U U U
___ Black-backed Woodpecker * R R R R
___ Northern Flicker * U U U
SP S F W
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher * R U
___ Western Wood-Pewee U U U
___ Alder * C C U
___ Least Flycatcher AC
___ Say's Phoebe * R U R
___ Eastern Kingbird AC
SP S F W
___ Horned Lark * U U U
SP S F W
___ Purple Martin AC
___ Tree Swallow * A A A
___ Violet-green Swallow * C C C
___ Bank Swallow * C C C
___ Cliff Swallow * U U U
___ Barn Swallow R R
SP S F W
___ Gray Jay * U U U U
___ Steller's Jay * R R U R
___ Black-billed Magpie * C C C A
___ Northwestern Crow AC CA
___ Common Raven * C C C A
SP S F W
___ Black-capped Chickadee * C C C C
___ Boreal Chickadee * C C C C
SP S F W
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch * + R R R R
SP S F W
___ Brown Creeper * U U U U
SP S F W
___ American Dipper * U U U C
SP S F W
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet * + U U U U
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet * A A A CA
___ Northern Wheatear AC R
___ Townsend's Solitaire * R U R CA
___ Gray-cheeked Thrush U U U
___ Swainson's Thrush * C C C
___ Hermit Thrush * U U U
___ American Robin * C C C R
___ Varied Thrush * C C C
SP S F W
___ White Wagtail AC
___ Water Pipit * A C A
SP S F W
___ Bohemian Waxwing * + U U A U
SP S F W
___ Northern Shrike * U U U U
___ Brown Shrike AC
SP S F W
___ European Starling R AC R R
SP S F W
___ Warbling Vireo CA AC
___ Red-eyed Vireo AC
SP S F W
___ Orange-crowned Warbler * A A A
___ Yellow Warbler * U U U
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler * A A A CA
___ Townsend's Warbler * U U U
___ Blackpoll Warbler * U U U
___ Northern Waterthrush * U U U
___ MacGillivray's Warbler AC
___ Wilson's Warbler * C C C
___ American Tree Sparrow * U R U R
___ Chipping Sparrow AC CA
___ Savannah Sparrow * A A A
___ Fox Sparrow * C C C CA
___ Song Sparrow * U U U
___ Lincoln's Sparrow * C C U
___ Swamp Sparrow AC
___ Golden-crowned Sparrow * C C C CA
___ White-crowned Sparrow * A A A R
___ Dark-eyed Junco * A A A U
___ Lapland Longspur * A U
___ Snow Bunting * U U U R
___ Red-winged Blackbird * R R R
___ Yellow-headed Blackbird AC
___ Rusty Blackbird * C C C R
___ Brown-headed Cowbird R R
SP S F W
___ Brambling AC AC
___ Rosy Finch * U CA
___ Pine Grosbeak * + U U U U
___ White-winged Crossbill * + U U U U
___ Common Redpoll * + C C C A
___ Hoary Redpoll + R R
___ Pine Siskin * + U U U U
___ Eurasian Bullfinch AC
Based on a single observer record without photographic and/or specimen documentation.
Double-crested Cormorant Garganey Long-billed Curlew Bristle-thighed Curlew Chestnut-backed Chickadee Winter Wren Indigo Bunting
Phylogenetic sequence and English names of species all follow the American Ornithologists' Union (Thirty-fourth Supplement to the AOU Checklist of North American Birds [Auk 99, (3): 1cc-16cc, 1982]).
REPORT NEW OR UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS
The status of each species listed on this checklist should give the observer a reference to the abundance or rarity of each bird in the Anchorage area.
If a bird is listed as "accidental" or "casual", or "unsubstantiated", or if the bird is found breeding when it is not indicated as a breeding species, it should be verified and checked by other competent observers to become an accepted sighting. If a bird that is not mentioned in the checklist is observed it also needs verification.
To document a sighting, take a very careful look at the bird, remembering as much detail as possible. Point out the bird to others without saying what you think it is. Before checking the book, write a brief description and draw a quick picture of the bird showing the pattern of markings as well as labeling the colors. Now check with a field guide or, better yet, with two or three other books.
If the bird is a rarity make every possible effort to obtain a clear photograph of it or tape recording of its vocalizations. Then immediately telephone the Anchorage Audubon Society.
After your sighting has been validated by at least one other competent observer, written details should be submitted as soon as possible to Bird Records, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701.
Anchorge Audubon Society, Inc.
(907) 274-9152
(907) 278-3007
This resource is based on the following source:
DeLap, David, Pritcher, John, Scher, R.L. (Buzz), Scott, H. Stacy, Tans,
Gordon, Tobish, Thede, Wulkowicz, Stan. Winter 1983. "Birds of
Anchorage, Alaska." Alaska. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
DeLap, David, Pritcher, John, Scher, R.L. (Buzz), Scott, H. Stacy, Tans,
Gordon, Tobish, Thede, Wulkowicz, Stan. Winter 1983. "Birds of
Anchorage, Alaska." Alaska. Unpaginated. Jamestown, ND:
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
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(Version 02MAR00).
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