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FREQUENCY and DISTRIBUTION CODES DOCUMENTING BIRD he Yukon is a land of stunning scenery, SPECIES A B C D SPECIES A B C D SPECIES A B C D diverse ecosystems, and truly remarkable Tundra Bean-Goose AC Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel AC Long-billed Dowitcher * wilderness. This extraordinary natural world is Greater White-fronted Goose * Double -crested Cormorant * S R Wilson’s Snipe * T Snow Goose * Spotted Sandpiper * home to some unique communities of birds. This American White Pelican AC Ross’s Goose CA Solitary Sandpiper * checklist summarizes the occurrence and breeding Brant * Great Blue Heron CA Wandering Tattler * status of 329 species which have been documented Great Egret AC in the Yukon. Breeding has been confirmed for 195 Cackling Goose S R Greater Yellowlegs * S species, and 43 species occur annually in winter. Canada Goose * Black Vulture AC Willet CA Turkey Vulture CA Distribution codes indicate species which are typically Trumpeter Swan * W Lesser Yellowlegs * Tundra Swan * Osprey * Wood Sandpiper AC found in a limited range in the Yukon. W Whooper Swan CA Bald Eagle * Wilson's Phalarope * S R FREQUENCY and DISTRIBUTION CODES Wood Duck CA Northern Harrier * Red-necked Phalarope * Gadwall * Sharp-shinned Hawk * Red Phalarope * NS Northern Goshawk * W R Rare: annual in low numbers or very localized. Eurasian Wigeon R Pomarine Jaeger NS Broad-winged Hawk AC CA Casual: at least 2 records but not every year. American Wigeon * Parasitic Jaeger * NS AC Accidental: recorded only once. American Black Duck AC Swainson's Hawk * R Long-tailed Jaeger * Mallard * W Red-tailed Hawk * W Winter: observed annually in winter. Blue-winged Teal * Rough-legged Hawk * Thick-billed Murre NS R * Confirmed Breeding: Observations of an Black Guillemot * NS R Cinnamon Teal S R Golden Eagle * active nest or dependent, flightless young. Long-billed Murrelet AC Northern Shoveler * Sora * Ancient Murrelet AC Northern Pintail * NS North Slope: northern foothills of the British American Coot * Crested Auklet AC Green-winged Teal * Mountains, Coastal Plain, and Beaufort Sea. Sandhill Crane * Horned Puffin CA Canvasback * o Common Crane AC S South: south of 63 N (includes Pelly Crossing Redhead * Black -legged Kittiwake NS R Whooping Crane AC but not Stewart Crossing). Ring-necked Duck * Red-legged Kittiwake AC SE Southeast: southern Yukon east of 131o W Tufted Duck CA American Avocet AC Ivory Gull CA Black-bellied Plover R Sabine’s Gull CA (Swift River); italicized (SE) for species Greater Scaup * Lesser Scaup * American Golden-Plover * Bonaparte's Gull * restricted to the La Biche and Beaver river King Eider NS Pacific Golden-Plover S R Little Gull CA valleys in the extreme southeast Yukon. AC Common Eider * NS Snowy Plover Ross’s Gull CA DOCUMENTING BIRD SIGHTINGS Harlequin Duck * Common Ringed Plover CA Franklin’s Gull CA Surf Scoter * Semipalmated Plover * Mew Gull * Contribute to our knowledge of the Yukon's birdlife by White-winged Scoter * Killdeer * Ring-billed Gull S R sending written or photo documentation of rare, Black Scoter CA Upland Sandpiper * California Gull S R casual, or accidental species or those not on the Long-tailed Duck * Whimbrel * Herring Gull * checklist, and details of breeding observations to: Bufflehead * Long-billed Curlew AC Thayer's Gull S R Common Goldeneye * W Hudsonian Godwit R Iceland Gull CA Yukon Bird Club Barrow's Goldeneye * Bar-tailed Godwit CA Lesser Black-backed Gull CA Box 31054, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, Y1A 5P7 Hooded Merganser S R Marbled Godwit CA Slaty-backed Gull CA e-mail: [email protected] Common Merganser * W Ruddy Turnstone * NS Glaucous-winged Gull S R Red-breasted Merganser * Black Turnstone CA Glaucous Gull * Ruddy Duck * Red Knot CA Caspian Tern CA Surfbird * R Black Tern * SE R Ruffed Grouse * W Ruff AC Arctic Tern * Spruce Grouse * W Sharp-tailed Sandpiper S R Willow Ptarmigan * W Rock Pigeon * S R W Stilt Sandpiper * Rock Ptarmigan * W Oriental Turtle-Dove AC Red-necked Stint AC White-tailed Ptarmigan * W Eurasian Collared-Dove S R Sanderling R Dusky Grouse * W White-winged Dove AC Dunlin R Sharp-tailed Grouse * W Mourning Dove CA Checklist of Yukon Birds. May 2017. A Yukon Bird Club Baird's Sandpiper * Great Horned Owl * W publication with the support of the Canadian Wildlife Service Red-throated Loon * Little Stint AC and Yukon Environment. Compiled by Cameron D. Eckert, Pacific Loon * Least Sandpiper * Snowy Owl * NS R W Helmut Grünberg, and Pamela Sinclair. Cover – a Surfbird Common Loon * White-rumped Sandpiper R Northern Hawk Owl * W on its breeding territory; Mount Boyle, Tombstone Territorial Yellow-billed Loon Buff-breasted Sandpiper * NS R Northern Pygmy-Owl CA Park, 27 June 2009 (photo C. Eckert). ISBN: 978-1-55362-778-4 Pied-billed Grebe * S R Pectoral Sandpiper * Barred Owl CA Horned Grebe * Semipalmated Sandpiper * Great Gray Owl * W Dedicated to Helmut Grünberg — a true Yukon Red-necked Grebe * Western Sandpiper R Long-eared Owl * CA birding pioneer. Eared Grebe * S R Short-billed Dowitcher * S R Short-eared Owl * Western Grebe CA Boreal Owl * W SPECIES A B C D SPECIES A B C D SPECIES A B C D Y U K O N B I R D C L UB Northern Saw-whet Owl S R Black-capped Chickadee * W Palm Warbler CA Lesser Nighthawk AC Mountain Chickadee * S R W Yellow-rumped Warbler * Common Nighthawk * Chestnut-backed Chickadee CA Townsend's Warbler * Boreal Chickadee * W Canada Warbler * SE R Pacific Swift AC Gray-headed Chickadee R Wilson's Warbler * Checklist of Ruby -throated Hummingbird AC Red -breasted Nuthatch * W Spotted Towhee AC Anna’s Hummingbird CA American Tree Sparrow * Rufous Hummingbird S R Brown Creeper CA Chipping Sparrow * Pa cific Wren CA Belted Kingfisher * Clay-colored Sparrow CA Winter Wren SE CA Brewer’s Sparrow * S R Yellow-bellied Sapsucker * Marsh Wren CA UKON Vesper Sparrow CA Y Red-breasted Sapsucker CA Downy Woodpecker * W American Dipper * W Lark Sparrow CA Hairy Woodpecker * W Golden -crowned Kinglet * S Lark Bunting AC Am. Three-toed Woodpecker * W Ruby-crowned Kinglet * Savannah Sparrow * Le Conte’s Sparrow SE R Black-backed Woodpecker * W Arctic Warbler AC Fox Sparrow * Northern Flicker * Bluethroat * NS R Pileated Woodpecker * SE R Song Sparrow * S R IRDS Siberian Blue Robin AC B Lincoln's Sparrow * American Kestrel * Northern Wheatear * Swamp Sparrow * SE Merlin * Mountain Bluebird * White-throated Sparrow * SE Gyrfalcon * W Townsend's Solitaire * Harris’s Sparrow CA Peregrine Falcon * Gray-cheeked Thrush * White-crowned Sparrow * Swainson's Thrush * Olive-sided Flycatcher * Golden-crowned Sparrow * Hermit Thrush * Western Wood-Pewee * Dark-eyed Junco * W Yellow-bellied Flycatcher R Dusky Thrush CA Scarlet Tanager AC Alder Flycatcher * American Robin * W Western Tanager * SE Least Flycatcher * Varied Thrush * Rose-breasted Grosbeak SE Hammond's Flycatcher * Gray Catbird AC Black-headed Grosbeak CA Dusky Flycatcher S Brown Thrasher AC Lazuli Bunting AC Pacific-slope Flycatcher CA Northern Mockingbird CA Indigo Bunting AC Eastern Phoebe * SE R European Starling * R Red -winged Blackbird * Say's Phoebe * Eastern Yellow Wagtail * NS R Western Kingbird CA Western Meadowlark CA Red-throated Pipit CA Eastern Kingbird CA Yellow-headed Blackbird CA American Pipit * Scissor-tailed Flycatcher CA Rusty Blackbird * Bohemian Waxwing * W Brewer's Blackbird CA Northern Shrike * W Common Grackle CA Cedar Waxwing * S R Blue-headed Vireo SE R Brown-headed Cowbird * Lapland Longspur * Warbling Vireo * Hooded Oriole AC Smith’s Longspur * Philadelphia Vireo SE R Baltimore Oriole AC Snow Bunting * W Red-eyed Vireo SE McKay’s Bunting AC Brambling CA Gray Jay * W Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch * Ovenbird * SE Steller's Jay CA Pine Grosbeak * W Northern Waterthrush * Clark's Nutcracker CA House Finch CA Black-and-white Warbler * SE Black-billed Magpie * S W Purple Finch * Tennessee Warbler * American Crow S R Cassin’s Finch AC Orange-crowned Warbler * Northwestern Crow AC Red Crossbill * W Nashville Warbler CA OBSERVERS: Common Raven * W White-winged Crossbill * W MacGillivray's Warbler * S R Horned Lark * Common Redpoll * W DATE: Mourning Warbler * SE Hoary Redpoll * W Purple Martin AC Common Yellowthroat * Pine Siskin * LOCATIONS: Tree Swallow * American Redstart * S A Lesser Goldfinch CA Violet-green Swallow * Cape May Warbler SE R American Goldfinch AC B N. Rough-winged Swallow * S R Magnolia Warbler * SE Evening Grosbeak SE R C Bank Swallow * Bay-breasted Warbler * SE Cliff Swallow * Blackburnian Warbler AC House Sparrow * S R W D Barn Swallow * Yellow Warbler * Blackpoll Warbler * Awareness – Appreciation – Conservation .
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