Birds of Anchorage Checklist

Birds of Anchorage, Alaska CHECKLIST The Anchorage area offers a surprising diversity of habitat from tidal mudflats along the coast to alpine habitat in the Chugach

John Schoen Mountains bordering the city. BOHEMIAN WAXWING

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Checklist Compiler Aaron Bowman, Audubon Alaska

Contributors

Reviewers Pat Pourchot, David Sonneborn, Thede Tobish

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FRONT COVER: HUDSONIAN GODWIT PUBLISHED: 2014 CHECKLIST KEY Q Very Common: Easily found in the right habitat and season Q Common: Found in the right habitat and season Q Uncommon: Found, with persistence, every year in the right habitat and season Q Rare: Seen in most years, but in small numbers Q Casual: Occasionally seen, but not every year N Documented nesting W Listed on the Audubon Alaska WatchList of declining or threatened species www.MiloBurcham.com WILLOW PTARMIGAN

WATERFOWL JFMAMJJASOND LOONS AND GREBES JFMAMJJASOND Greater White-fronted Goose W* Red-throated Loon N W Snow Goose Pacific Loon N Brant W Common Loon N Cackling Goose Horned Grebe N Canada Goose N Red-necked Grebe N Trumpeter Swan N CORMORANTS Tundra Swan Double-crested Cormorant Gadwall N HERONS Eurasian Wigeon Great Blue Heron American Wigeon N HAWKS AND EAGLES Mallard N Osprey N Blue-winged Teal Golden Eagle N Northern Shoveler N Northern Harrier N Northern Pintail N Sharp-shinned Hawk N Green-winged Teal N Northern Goshawk N Canvasback N Bald Eagle N Redhead Red-tailed Hawk* N Ring-necked Duck N Rough-legged Hawk Greater Scaup N CRANES JFMAMJJASOND Lesser Scaup N Harlequin Duck N Sandhill Crane N Surf Scoter PLOVERS White-winged Scoter Black-bellied Plover Black Scoter American Golden-Plover W Long-tailed Duck N Pacific Golden-Plover Bufflehead Semipalmated Plover N Common Goldeneye N SANDPIPERS Barrow’s Goldeneye N Spotted Sandpiper N Hooded Merganser Solitary Sandpiper N W Common Merganser N Wandering Tattler N W Red-breasted Merganser Greater Yellowlegs N GROUSE JFMAMJJASOND Lesser Yellowlegs N W Willow Ptarmigan N Whimbrel W Rock Ptarmigan N Hudsonian Godwit N W White-tailed Ptarmigan N Ruddy Turnstone Spruce Grouse N Black Turnstone W

*Tule subspecies is on the WatchList, other subspecies are not. *Most Red-tailed Hawks are Harlan’s subspecies in this range. SANDPIPERS CONTINUED JFMAMJJASOND FALCONS CONTINUED JFMAMJJASOND Surfbird N W Gyrfalcon N Sanderling Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Sandpiper FLYCATCHERS Western Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher N W Least Sandpiper N Western Wood-Pewee N Baird’s Sandpiper Alder Flycatcher N Pectoral Sandpiper Say’s Phoebe N Rock Sandpiper W SHRIKES Dunlin W Northern Shrike N Short-billed Dowitcher N W JAYS, CROWS, RAVENS Long-billed Dowitcher Gray Jay N Wilson’s Snipe N Steller’s Jay N Red-necked Phalarope N Black-billed Magpie N GULLS, TERNS, JAEGERS Northwestern Crow Black-legged Kittiwake Common Raven N Bonaparte’s Gull N SWALLOWS JFMAMJJASOND Mew Gull N California Gull Tree Swallow N Violet-green Swallow N Herring Gull* N Thayer’s Gull Bank Swallow N Barn Swallow N Glaucous-winged Gull* N Glaucous Gull Cliff Swallow N Arctic Tern N CHICKADEES Long-tailed Jaeger Black-capped Chickadee N PIGEONS JFMAMJJASOND Chestnut-backed Chickadee N Boreal Chickadee N Rock Pigeon (Introduced) N NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS, DIPPERS OWLS Red-breasted Nuthatch N Great Horned Owl N Brown Creeper N Northern Hawk Owl N American Dipper N Great Gray Owl Short-eared Owl N KINGLETS Boreal Owl N Golden-crowned Kinglet N Northern Saw-whet Owl N Ruby-crowned Kinglet N HUMMINGBIRDS Rufous Hummingbird N KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher N WOODPECKERS Downy Woodpecker N Hairy Woodpecker N American Three-toed Woodpecker N Black-backed Woodpecker N Northern Flicker N FALCONS American Kestrel N Merlin N John Schoen

STELLER’S JAY *Most Glaucous-winged and Herring Gulls are hybrids in this range. ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, UNSUBSTANTIATED KEY THRUSHES JFMAMJJASOND Q Casual: Occasionally seen, but not every year Northern Wheatear N Q Accidental: Only one or two ever seen here Townsend’s Solitaire N X Unsubstantiated: no photographic or sample evidence to support sighting Gray-cheeked Thrush N W Listed on the Audubon Alaska WatchList of declining or threatened species Swainson’s Thrush N Hermit Thrush N Spring: March 16–May 31, Summer: June 1–July 31, American Robin N Fall: August 1–November 30, Winter: December 1–March 15 Varied Thrush N W STARLINGS SPECIES SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER SPECIES SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER European Starling N Ross's Goose Vaux's Swift PIPITS Emperor Goose W Anna's Hummingbird American Pipit N Cinnamon Teal Costa's Hummingbird WAXWINGS Tufted Duck Red-breasted Sapsucker Steller's Eider W Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bohemian Waxwing N Common Eider W Willow Flycatcher BUNTINGS Ruddy Duck Least Flycatcher Lapland Longspur Pied-billed Grebe Hammond's Flycatcher Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Eastern Kingbird Snow Bunting N Leach's Storm-Petrel Western Kingbird WARBLERS Pelagic Cormorant Brown Shrike Northern Waterthrush N Red-faced Cormorant W Cassin's Vireo Orange-crowned Warbler N Great Egret Warbling Vireo Swainson's Hawk Red-eyed Vireo Yellow Warbler N American Coot Purple Martin Blackpoll Warbler N W Sora Pacific Wren Yellow-rumped Warbler N Black Oystercatcher Arctic Warbler Townsend’s Warbler N Killdeer Siberian Stonechat Wilson’s Warbler N Terek Sandpiper Dusky Thrush Upland Sandpiper Northern Mockingbird SPARROWS JFMAMJJASOND Bristle-thighed Curlew W Siberian Accentor American Tree Sparrow N Bar-tailed Godwit W Yellow Wagtail Savannah Sparrow N Marbled Godwit W White Wagtail Fox Sparrow N Red Knot Cedar Waxwing Song Sparrow N Red-necked Stint MacGillivray’s Warbler White-rumped Sandpiper Tennessee Warbler Lincoln’s Sparrow N Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Common Yellowthroat White-crowned Sparrow N Stilt Sandpiper Magnolia Warbler Golden-crowned Sparrow N Buff-breasted Sandpiper W American Redstart Dark-eyed Junco N Ruff Palm Warbler BLACKBIRDS Wilson's Phalarope Spotted Towhee Red Phalarope Chipping Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird N Ivory Gull W Swamp Sparrow Rusty Blackbird N W Sabine's Gull White-throated Sparrow FINCHES Black-headed Gull Harris's Sparrow Little Gull Western Tanager Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch N Franklin's Gull Black-headed Grosbeak Pine Grosbeak N Ring-billed Gull Lazuli Bunting Red Crossbill Slaty-backed Gull Indigo Bunting White-winged Crossbill N Caspian Tern Yellow-headed Blackbird Common Redpoll N Pomarine Jaeger Brown-headed Cowbird Hoary Redpoll Parasitic Jaeger Brambling Common Murre Eurasian Bullfinch Pine Siskin N Marbled Murrelet W Evening Grosbeak Mourning Dove Garganey X Common Cuckoo Turkey Vulture X Snowy Owl Red-throated Pipit X