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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-bellied Plover 1
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover 2
Pluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-Plover 3
Pluvialis fulva
Semipalmated Plover 4
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 5
Charadrius vociferus
Black Oystercatcher 6
Haematopus bachmani
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper 9
Tringa solitaria
Wandering Tattler 1
Tringa incana
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Actitis macularius
Upland Sandpiper 11
Bartramia longicauda
Whimbrel 12
Numenius phaeopus
Marbled Godwit 13
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 14
Limosa haemastica
Ruddy Turnstone 15
Arenaria interpres
Black Turnstone 16
Arenaria melanocephala
Surfbird 17
Calidris virgata
Red Knot 1
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 18
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper 19
Calidris pusilla
Western Sandpiper 20
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 1
Calidris minutilla
Baird's Sandpiper 21
Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper 22
Calidris melanotos
Rock Sandpiper 23
Calidris ptilocnemis
Dunlin 24
Calidris alpina
Short-billed Dowitcher 25
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 26
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson's Snipe 27
Gallinago delicata
Red-necked Phalarope 6
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope 22
Phalaropus fulicarius
Pomarine Jaeger 28
Stercorarius pomarinus
South Polar Skua 29
Stercorarius maccormicki
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Stercorarius parasiticus
Bonaparte's Gull 30
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Long-tailed Jaeger 31
Stercorarius longicaudus
California Gull 32
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 33
Larus canus
Herring Gull 34
Larus argentatus
Thayer's Gull 35
Larus glaucoides thayeri
Glaucous-winged Gull 36
Larus glaucescens
Glaucous Gull 37
Larus hyperboreus
Sabine's Gull 11
Xema sabini
Black-legged Kittiwake 38
Rissa tridactyla
Caspian Tern 39
Hydroprogne caspia
Arctic Tern 40
Sterna paradisaea
Aleutian Tern 41
Onychoprion aleuticus
Common Murre 6
Uria aalge
Pigeon Guillemot 6
Cepphus columba
Tufted Puffin 42
Fratercula cirrhata
Kittlitz's Murrelet 43
Brachyramphus brevirostris
Rhinoceros Auklet 44
Cerorhinca monocerata
Marbled Murrelet 45
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Horned Puffin 46
Fratercula corniculata

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