Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Galena, Alaska
BREED (B)
x - Breeding within or near refuge boundaries
NON-BREEDING (N)
m - Migrant: Not breeding within or near refuge boundaries
r - Rare: Rare occurence, not often seen
1Never sighted but thought to occur in or near the refuge.
LOONS GAVIIFORMES B N ___ Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica x - ___ Red-throated Loon G. stellata x - ___ Common Loon G. immer x -
GREBES PODICIFEDIFORMES B N ___ Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus x - ___ Red-necked Grebe P. grisegena x -
STORM PETRELS PROCELLARIIFORMES B N ___ Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma furcata - r
WATEPFOWL ANSERIFORMES B N ___ Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope r ___ Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus x - ___ Trumpeter Swan C. buccinator x - ___ Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons x - ___ Snow Goose Chen caerulescens - m ___ Brant Branta bernicla - m ___ Canada Goose B. canadensis x - ___ Green-winged Teal Anas crecca x - ___ Mallard A. platyrhynchos x - ___ Northern Pintail A. acuta x - ___ Blue-winged Teal A. discors no records ___ Northern Shoveler A. clypeata x - ___ Gadwall A. strepera no records ___ American Wigeon A. americana x - ___ Canvasback Aythya valisineria x - ___ Redhead A. americana x - ___ Ring-necked Duck A. collaris x - ___ Greater Scaup A. marila x - ___ Lesser Scaup A. affinis x - ___ Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri - r ___ Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus x - ___ Oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis x - ___ Black Scoter Melanitta nigra x - ___ Surf Scoter M. perspicillata x - ___ White-winged Scoter M. fusca x - ___ Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula x - ___ Barrow's Goldeneye B. islandica x - ___ Bufflehead B. albeola x - ___ Common Merganser Mergus merganser no breeding record ___ Red-breasted Merganser M. serrator x -
EAGLES, HAWKS AND FALCONS FALCONIFORMES B N ___ Osprey Pandion haliaetus x - ___ Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus x - ___ Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus x - ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipter striatus x - ___ Northern Goshawk A. gentilis x - ___ Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis x - ___ Rough-legged Hawk B. lagopus - m ___ Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos x - ___ American Kestrel Falco sparverius x - ___ Merlin F. columbarius x - ___ Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus x - ___ Gyrfalcon F. rusticolus - m
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS GALLIFORMES B N ___ Spruce Grouse Dendragapus canadensis x - ___ Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus x - ___ Rock Ptarmigan L. mutus x - ___ Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus x - ___ Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus - r
CRANES GRUIFORMES B N ___ Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis x -
SHOREBIRDS, GULLS CHARADRIIFORMES B N ___ Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola - m ___ American Golden Plover P. dominica x - ___ Semipalmated Plover Charadaus semipalmatus x - ___ Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca x - ___ Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes x - ___ Solitary Sandpiper T. solitaria x - ___ Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus - m ___ Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia x - ___ Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda - m ___ Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus x - ___ Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica x - ___ Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres - m ___ Black Turnstone A. melanocephala - r ___ Surfbird Aphriza virgata no records1 ___ Sanderling Calidris alba no records1 ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper C. pusilla - m ___ Western Sandpiper C. mauri - r ___ Least Sandpiper C. minutilla x - ___ Baird's Sandpiper C. bairdii - m ___ Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos - m ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis - m ___ Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus - m ___ Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago x - ___ Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus x - ___ Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus - r ___ Parasitic Jaeger S. parasiticus - m ___ Long-tailed Jaeger S. longicaudus x - ___ Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia x - ___ Mew Gull L. canus x - ___ Herring Gull L. argentatus x - ___ Glaucous Gull L. hyperboreus x - ___ Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla - r ___ Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea - r ___ Sabine's Gull Xema sabini - m ___ Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea x -
OWLS STRIGIFORMES B N ___ Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus x - ___ Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca - m ___ Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula x - ___ Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa x - ___ Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus x - ___ Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus x -
KINGFISHERS CORACIIFORMES B N ___ Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon x -
WOODPECKERS PICIFORMES B N ___ Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens x - ___ Hairy Woodpecker P. villosus x - ___ Three-toed Woodpecker P. tridactylus x - ___ Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus x -
PASSERINE BIRDS PASSERIFORMES B N ___ Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus borealis x - ___ Western Wood-Pewee C. sordidulus no records ___ Alder Flycatcher Empidonox alnorum x - ___ Hammond's Flycatcher E. hammondii x - ___ Say's Phoebe Savornis saya - m ___ Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris x - ___ Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor x - ___ Violet-green Swallow T. thalassina x - ___ Bank Swallow Riparia riparia x - ___ Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota x - ___ Barn Swallow H. rustica - r ___ Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis x - ___ Common Raven Corvus corax x - ___ Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus x - ___ Siberian Tit P. cinctus no breeding record ___ Boreal Chickadee P. hudsonicus x - ___ American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus no records1 ___ Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis no records1 ___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula x - ___ Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe - m ___ Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides - r ___ Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi no breeding record ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus x - ___ Swainson's Thrush C. ustulatus x - ___ American Robin Turdus migratorius x - ___ Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius x - ___ Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava no records ___ American Pipit Anthus rubescens x - ___ Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus no breeding record ___ Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor x - ___ Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata x - ___ Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia x - ___ Yellow-rumped Warbler D. coronata x - ___ Blackpoll Warbler D. striata x - ___ Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis x - ___ Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla x - ___ American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea x - ___ Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis x - ___ Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca x - ___ Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii x - ___ Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla x - ___ White-crowned Sparrow Z. leucophrys x - ___ Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis x - ___ Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus - m ___ Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis no breeding record ___ Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator x - ___ White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera x - ___ Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea x - ___ Hoary Redpoll C. hornemanni x -
Complex Manager
Koyukuk/Nowitna NWR Complex
P.O. Box 287
Galena, Alaska 99741
Telephone: 907/656-1231
U.S. Department of the Interior. 1997. Bird Checklist of Koyukuk National
Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Department of the Interior. Unpaginated.
This resource should be cited as:
U.S. Department of the Interior. 1997. Bird Checklist of Koyukuk National
Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Department of the Interior. Unpaginated.
Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.govkoynow.htm
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