Checklist Of Alaska Birds

CHECKLIST OF ALASKA BIRDS

16th edition—2010

As of 1 January 2010 the list of avian taxa known in Alaska included 489
naturally-occurring species in 59 families and 19 orders. The following checklist is based
primarily on archived specimens, but includes some species known only from (archived)
photos, videotapes, or audio recordings. Phylogenetic sequence, limits of orders and
families, and English and scientific names follow The A.O.U. Check-list of North
American Birds (7th ed., American Ornithologists’ Union 1998) and supplements
(through 2009). An appended “unsubstantiated” list comprises an additional 25 species
attributed to Alaska without specimen or photo substantiation.

KEY TO SYMBOLS:

RARE (Annual or possibly annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the
perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur
in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)

Order ANSERIFORMES—Family Anatidae: Ducks, Geese, & Swans
_____Taiga Bean-Goose Anser fabalis 
_____Tundra Bean-Goose Anser serrirostris 
_____Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
_____Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus 
_____Emperor Goose Chen canagica
_____Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
_____Ross’s Goose Chen rossii 
_____Brant Branta bernicla
_____Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
_____Canada Goose Branta canadensis
_____Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
_____Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
_____Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 
_____Wood Duck Aix sponsa 
_____Gadwall Anas strepera
_____Falcated Duck Anas falcata 
_____Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
_____American Wigeon Anas americana
_____American Black Duck Anas rubripes 
_____Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
_____Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha 
_____Blue-winged Teal Anas discors

_____Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera 
_____Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
_____Northern Pintail Anas acuta
_____Garganey Anas querquedula 
_____Baikal Teal Anas formosa 
_____Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
_____Canvasback Aythya valisineria
_____Redhead Aythya americana
_____Common Pochard Aythya ferina 
_____Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
_____Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 
_____Greater Scaup Aythya marila
_____Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
_____Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri
_____Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
_____King Eider Somateria spectabilis
_____Common Eider Somateria mollissima
_____Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
_____Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
_____White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
_____Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
_____Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
_____Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
_____Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
_____Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
_____Smew Mergellus albellus 
_____Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
_____Common Merganser Mergus merganser
_____Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
_____Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 
Order GALLIFORMES—Family Phasianidae: Grouse
_____Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
_____Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis
_____Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
_____Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
_____White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura
_____Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
_____Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
Order GAVIIFORMES—Family Gaviidae: Loons
_____Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
_____Arctic Loon Gavia arctica 
_____Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
_____Common Loon Gavia immer
_____Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
Order PODICIPEDIFORMES—Family Podicipedidae: Grebes
_____Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 

_____Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
_____Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
_____Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 
_____Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
Order PROCELLARIIFORMES
—Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses
_____Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta 
_____Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
_____Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
_____Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus 
—Family Procellariidae: Shearwaters and Petrels
_____Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
_____Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
_____Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii 
_____Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus 
_____Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis 
_____Buller’s Shearwater Puffinus bulleri 
_____Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
_____Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
_____Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 
—Family Hydrobatidae: Storm-Petrels
_____Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma furcata
_____Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Order PELECANIFORMES
—Family Pelecanidae: Pelicans
_____American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 
_____Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 
—Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants
_____Brandt’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus 
_____Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
_____Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile
_____Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus
—Family Fregatidae: Frigatebirds
_____Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 
Order CICONIIFORMES
—Family Ardeidae: Herons and Bitterns
_____American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 
_____Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis 
_____Gray Heron Ardea cinerea 
_____Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
_____Great Egret Ardea alba 
_____Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia 
_____Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes 
_____Little Egret Egretta garzetta 
_____Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 
_____Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus 

_____Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 
_____Green Heron Butorides virescens 
_____Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 
Order FALCONIFORMES
—Family Cathartidae: New World Vultures
_____Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 
—Family Accipitridae: Hawks, Eagles, & Allies
_____Osprey Pandion haliaetus
_____Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
_____White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 
_____Steller’s Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus 
_____Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
_____Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
_____Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
_____Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni 
_____Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
_____Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
_____Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
—Family Falconidae: Falcons
_____Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 
_____American Kestrel Falco sparverius
_____Merlin Falco columbarius
_____Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 
_____Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
_____Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Order GRUIFORMES
—Family Rallidae: Rails and Coots
_____Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 
_____Sora Porzana carolina 
_____Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 
_____American Coot Fulica americana 
—Family Gruidae: Cranes
_____Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
_____Common Crane Grus grus 
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
—Family Charadriidae: Lapwings and Plovers
_____Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 
_____Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
_____European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria 
_____American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
_____Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
_____Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus 
_____Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 
_____Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 
_____Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
_____Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 

_____Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
_____Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 
—Family Haematopodidae: Oystercatchers
_____Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
—Family Recurvirostridae: Stilts and Avocets
_____Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 
_____American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 
—Family Scolopacidae: Sandpipers, Phalaropes, & Allies
_____Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 
_____Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 
_____Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
_____Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 
_____Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
_____Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
_____Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
_____Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 
_____Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
_____Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 
_____Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
_____Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 
_____Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
_____Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
_____Little Curlew Numenius minutus 
_____Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis  not since 1886
_____Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
_____Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
_____Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis 
_____Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 
_____Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
_____Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
_____Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
_____Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
_____Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
_____Surfbird Aphriza virgata
_____Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 
_____Red Knot Calidris canutus
_____Sanderling Calidris alba
_____Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
_____Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
_____Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
_____Little Stint Calidris minuta 
_____Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii 
_____Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 
_____Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
_____White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 
_____Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii

_____Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
_____Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
_____Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 
_____Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
_____Dunlin Calidris alpina
_____Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 
_____Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
_____Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus 
_____Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 
_____Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
_____Ruff Philomachus pugnax 
_____Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
_____Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
_____Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 
_____Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata
_____Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
_____Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura 
_____Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 
_____Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
_____Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
—Family Glareolidae: Pratincoles
_____Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 
—Family Laridae: Gulls and Terns
_____Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
_____Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
_____Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
_____Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini
_____Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
_____Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 
_____Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 
_____Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea
_____Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 
_____Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris 
_____Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni 
_____Mew Gull Larus canus
_____Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 
_____Western Gull Larus occidentalis 
_____California Gull Larus californicus
_____Herring Gull Larus argentatus
_____Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides (including thayeri)
_____Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 
_____Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
_____Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
_____Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
_____Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 
_____Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 

_____Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
_____Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 
_____Black Tern Chlidonias niger 
_____White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 
_____Common Tern Sterna hirundo 
_____Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
—Family Stercorariidae: Jaegers
_____South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki 
_____Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
_____Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
_____Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
—Family Alcidae: Auks, Murres, & Puffins
_____Dovekie Alle alle 
_____Common Murre Uria aalge
_____Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
_____Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
_____Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
_____Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix 
_____Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
_____Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
_____Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
_____Cassin’s Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
_____Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula
_____Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
_____Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
_____Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
_____Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
_____Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
_____Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
Order COLUMBIFORMES—Family Columbidae: Pigeons and Doves
_____Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 
_____Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis 
_____Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 
_____White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 
_____Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 
Order CUCULIFORMES—Family Cuculidae: Cuckoos
_____Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 
_____Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus 
_____Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 
Order STRIGIFORMES—Family Strigidae: Typical Owls
_____Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia 
_____Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii 
_____Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
_____Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
_____Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
_____Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma 

_____Barred Owl Strix varia
_____Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
_____Long-eared Owl Asio otus 
_____Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
_____Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
_____Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
_____Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata 
Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES—Family Caprimulgidae: Goatsuckers
_____Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 
_____Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 
_____Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 
_____Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus 
Order APODIFORMES
—Family Apodidae: Swifts
_____Black Swift Cypseloides niger
_____Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 
_____Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi
_____White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 
_____Common Swift Apus apus 
_____Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus 
—Family Trochilidae: Hummingbirds
_____Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 
_____Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna 
_____Costa’s Hummingbird Calypte costae 
_____Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
Order UPUPIFORMES—Family Upupidae: Hoopoes
_____Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 
Order CORACIIFORMES—Family Alcedinidae: Kingfishers
_____Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Order PICIFORMES—Family Picidae: Woodpeckers
_____Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 
_____Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 
_____Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
_____Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 
_____Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
_____Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
_____American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
_____Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
_____Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Order PASSERIFORMES
—Family Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers
_____Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
_____Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
_____Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 
_____Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
_____Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 

_____Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 
_____Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
_____Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri 
_____Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
_____Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 
_____Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 
_____Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya
_____Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 
_____Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 
_____Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 
_____Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 
_____Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 
—Family Laniidae: Shrikes
_____Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 
_____Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
—Family Vireonidae: Vireos
_____Cassin’s Vireo Vireo cassinii 
_____Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
_____Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 
_____Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 
—Family Corvidae: Crows and Jays
_____Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
_____Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
_____Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana 
_____Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
_____American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 
_____Northwestern Crow Corvus caurinus
_____Common Raven Corvus corax
—Family Alaudidae: Larks
_____Sky Lark Alauda arvensis 
_____Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
—Family Hirundinidae: Swallows
_____Purple Martin Progne subis 
_____Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
_____Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
_____Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 
_____Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
_____Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
_____Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
_____Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum 
—Family Paridae: Chickadees
_____Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
_____Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 
_____Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
_____Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
_____Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus 

—Family Sittidae: Nuthatches
_____Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
—Family Certhiidae: Creepers
_____Brown Creeper Certhia americana
—Family Troglodytidae: Wrens
_____Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
_____Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 
—Family Cinclidae: Dippers
_____American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
—Family Regulidae: Kinglets
_____Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
_____Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
—Family Sylviidae: Old World Warblers
_____Middendorff’s Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella ochotensis 
_____Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata 
_____Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 
_____Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 
_____Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 
_____Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 
_____Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 
_____Pallas’s Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 
_____Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
_____Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 
—Family Muscicapidae: Old World Flycatchers
_____Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina 
_____Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla 
_____Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica 
_____Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta 
_____Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica 
_____Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 
—Family Turdidae: Thrushes
_____Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope 
_____Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
_____Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane 
_____Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans 
_____Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 
_____Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
_____Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 
_____Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides 
_____Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
_____Veery Catharus fuscescens 
_____Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
_____Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
_____Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
_____Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus 
_____Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni 

_____Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 
_____American Robin Turdus migratorius
_____Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
—Family Mimidae: Mockingbirds and Thrashers
_____Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 
_____Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 
_____Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 
—Family Sturnidae: Starlings
_____European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
—Family Prunellidae: Accentors
_____Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella 
—Family Motacillidae: Wagtails and Pipits
_____Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
_____Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 
_____White Wagtail Motacilla alba 
_____Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 
_____Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 
_____Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi 
_____Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
_____American Pipit Anthus rubescens
—Family Bombycillidae: Waxwings
_____Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
_____Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
—Family Parulidae: Wood-Warblers
_____Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina 
_____Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
_____Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla 
_____Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
_____Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica 
_____Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia 
_____Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina 
_____Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens 
_____Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
_____Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens 
_____Townsend’s Warbler Dendroica townsendi
_____Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor 
_____Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum 
_____Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
_____Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 
_____American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
_____Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla 
_____Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
_____Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia 
_____MacGillivray’s Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
_____Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
_____Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla

_____Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis 
—Family Emberizidae: Emberizids
_____Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus 
_____American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
_____Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
_____Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida 
_____Brewer’s Sparrow Spizella breweri 
_____Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 
_____Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus 
_____Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
_____Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
_____Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
_____Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
_____Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 
_____White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 
_____Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula 
_____White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
_____Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
_____Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
_____Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
_____Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus
_____Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos 
_____Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys 
_____Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 
_____Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 
_____Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans 
_____Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 
_____Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis 
_____Pallas’s Bunting Emberiza pallasi 
_____Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 
_____Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
_____McKay’s Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
—Family Cardinalidae: Cardinal Allies
_____Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 
_____Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
_____Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 
_____Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus 
_____Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea 
_____Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena 
_____Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 
_____Dickcissel Spiza americana 
—Family Icteridae: Blackbirds
_____Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus 
_____Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
_____Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta 
_____Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus 

_____Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
_____Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus 
_____Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 
_____Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 
_____Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 
_____Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii 
—Family Fringillidae: Fringilline and Cardueline Finches
_____Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
_____Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
_____Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
_____Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 
_____Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus 
_____Cassin’s Finch Carpodacus cassinii 
_____House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 
_____Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
_____White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
_____Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
_____Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
_____Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 
_____Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
_____American Goldfinch Spinus tristis 
_____Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica 
_____Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 
_____Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus 
_____Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 
—Family Passeridae: Old World Sparrows
_____House Sparrow Passer domesticus 

UNSUBSTANTIATED IN ALASKA

_____Clark’s Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
_____Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes
_____Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
_____Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis
_____Snowy Egret Egretta thula
_____Gray Frog-Hawk Accipiter soloensis
_____Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii
_____Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
_____Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
_____Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla
_____Willet Tringa semipalmata
_____Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
_____Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
_____Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
_____Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope

_____Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
_____Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
_____Great Tit Parus major
_____Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
_____Northern Parula Parula americana
_____Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens
_____Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis
_____Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
_____Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
_____Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus

Compiled by the Alaska Checklist Committee:
D. D. Gibson, S. C. Heinl, A. J. Lang, and T. G. Tobish, Jr.
© 2010 University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks 99775-6960