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Birds of the Yakutat Ranger District, Tongass National Forest

This is a current list of birds recorded in the area of Yakutat, Alaska. Note that each species is categorized by their frequency to the area as well as habitats they may be found in. Category definitions are as follows:
Common- occurs in most suitable habitats during appropriate seasons, ...more ↓

Black Brant 1
Branta bernicla nigricans
Gadwall 2
Mareca strepera
Eurasian Wigeon 3
Mareca penelope
American Wigeon 4
Mareca americana
Green-winged Teal 5
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 4
Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler 6
Spatula clypeata
Mallard 7
Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail 8
Anas acuta
Canvasback 9
Aythya valisineria
Redhead 10
Aythya americana
Greater Scaup 11
Aythya marila
Ring-necked Duck 4
Aythya collaris
Surf Scoter 12
Melanitta perspicillata
Harlequin Duck 13
Histrionicus histrionicus
Lesser Scaup 14
Aythya affinis
White-winged Scoter 15
Melanitta deglandi
Black Scoter 2
Melanitta americana
Bufflehead 4
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 16
Bucephala islandica
Common Goldeneye 16
Bucephala clangula
Long-tailed Duck 17
Clangula hyemalis
Hooded Merganser 18
Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser 19
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Mergus serrator
Osprey 2
Pandion haliaetus
Northern Harrier 21
Circus hudsonius
Bald Eagle 22
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 23
Accipiter striatus
Rough-legged Hawk 24
Buteo lagopus
Northern Goshawk 25
Accipiter gentilis
Red-tailed Hawk 26
Buteo jamaicensis
Golden Eagle 27
Aquila chrysaetos
Merlin 28
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 29
Falco sparverius
Willow Ptarmigan 30
Lagopus lagopus
Peregrine Falcon 31
Falco peregrinus
Gyrfalcon 32
Falco rusticolus
Rock Ptarmigan 33
Lagopus muta
White-tailed Ptarmigan 34
Lagopus leucura
American Coot 35
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 36
Antigone canadensis
Black-bellied Plover 2
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 37
Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-Plover 38
Pluvialis fulva
Semipalmated Plover 39
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 40
Charadrius vociferus
Black Oystercatcher 41
Haematopus bachmani
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 42
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper 35
Tringa solitaria
Wandering Tattler 2
Tringa incana
Spotted Sandpiper 43
Actitis macularius
Upland Sandpiper 9
Bartramia longicauda
Whimbrel 14
Numenius phaeopus
Marbled Godwit 28
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 44
Limosa haemastica
Ruddy Turnstone 45
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 16
Arenaria melanocephala
Surfbird 46
Calidris virgata
Red Knot 2
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 47
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 48
Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper 49
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 2
Calidris minutilla
Baird's Sandpiper 50
Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper 36
Calidris melanotos
Rock Sandpiper 51
Calidris ptilocnemis
Dunlin 52
Calidris alpina
Short-billed Dowitcher 53
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 54
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe 55
Gallinago delicata
Red-necked Phalarope 41
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope 36
Phalaropus fulicarius
Pomarine Jaeger 56
Stercorarius pomarinus
South Polar Skua 57
Stercorarius maccormicki
Parasitic Jaeger 2
Stercorarius parasiticus
Bonaparte's Gull 58
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Long-tailed Jaeger 59
Stercorarius longicaudus
California Gull 60
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 61
Larus canus
Herring Gull 62
Larus argentatus
Thayer's Gull 63
Larus glaucoides thayeri
Glaucous-winged Gull 64
Larus glaucescens
Glaucous Gull 65
Larus hyperboreus
Sabine's Gull 9
Xema sabini
Black-legged Kittiwake 66
Rissa tridactyla
Caspian Tern 6
Hydroprogne caspia
Arctic Tern 67
Sterna paradisaea
Aleutian Tern 68
Onychoprion aleuticus
Common Murre 41
Uria aalge
Pigeon Guillemot 41
Cepphus columba
Tufted Puffin 69
Fratercula cirrhata
Kittlitz's Murrelet 70
Brachyramphus brevirostris
Rhinoceros Auklet 71
Cerorhinca monocerata
Marbled Murrelet 72
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Horned Puffin 73
Fratercula corniculata
Eurasian Collared-Dove 74
Streptopelia decaocto
Northern Pygmy-Owl 75
Glaucidium gnoma
Mourning Dove 68
Zenaida macroura

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