Bird Checklist

This checklist was based initially on the 2010 checklist for Southeast Alaska compiled by Steve Heinl (a PDF copy is available here: http://www.juneau-audubon-society.org/Birds/Check%20Lists/HeinlBirdsofSEAKlist1.pdf )

For more details and resources on birds in Southeast Alaska, see the Annotated Checklist

Species	Sp	Su	F	W	Br
Emperor Goose	VR	+	+	+	-
Snow Goose	U	+	U	+	-
Ross's Goose	VR	+	-	-	-
Greater White-fronted Goose	FC	VR	U	VR	-
Brant	U	R	R	VR	-
Cackling Goose	U	R	U	VR	-
Canada Goose	C	FC	C	FC	Y
Trumpeter Swan	U	R	U	U	Y
Tundra Swan	U	-	U	VR	-
Wood Duck	R	VR	R	R	-
Blue-winged Teal	U	U	U	-	Y
Cinnamon Teal	R	R	-	-	-
Northern Shoveler	FC	U	FC	R	Y
Gadwall	U	R	U	R	Y
Eurasian Wigeon	R	VR	R	R	-
American Wigeon	C	U	C	U	Y
Mallard	C	C	C	C	Y
American Black Duck	+	-	-	+	-
Northern Pintail	C	U	C	U	Y
Green-winged Teal	C	U	C	U	Y
Canvasback	R	VR	R	R	-
Redhead	R	VR	R	VR	Y
Ring-necked Duck	U	R	U	R	Y
Tufted Duck	+	-	+	+	-
Greater Scaup	C	U	C	FC	Y
Lesser Scaup	FC	R	FC	R	Y
Steller's Eider	VR	+	VR	VR	-
King Eider	VR	+	+	VR	-
Common Eider	VR	VR	VR	VR	Y
Harlequin Duck	FC	FC	FC	FC	Y
Surf Scoter	C	FC	C	C	-
White-winged Scoter	C	FC	C	C	-
Black Scoter	U	R	U	U	-
Long-tailed Duck	FC	R	FC	C	Y
Bufflehead	C	VR	C	C	-
Common Goldeneye	FC	R	FC	FC	Y
Barrow's Goldeneye	C	U	C	C	Y
Hooded Merganser	U	R	U	U	Y
Common Merganser	C	FC	C	FC	Y
Red-breasted Merganser	FC	U	FC	FC	Y
Ruddy Duck	+	+	VR	+	-
Ruffed Grouse	R	R	R	R	Y
Spruce Grouse	R	R	R	R	Y
Willow Ptarmigan	FC	FC	FC	FC	Y
Rock Ptarmigan	C	C	C	C	Y
White-tailed Ptarmigan	U	U	U	U	Y
Sooty Grouse	C	C	C	C	Y
Pied-billed Grebe	VR	+	R	VR	+
Horned Grebe	FC	VR	FC	FC	-
Red-necked Grebe	FC	R	FC	FC	Y
Eared Grebe	+	-	-	-	-
Western Grebe	U	VR	U	U	-
Band-tailed Pigeon	R	R	R	-	Y
Eurasian Collared-Dove	U	U	U	R	Y
White-winged Dove	-	-	+	+	-
Mourning Dove	VR	VR	R	+	-
Common Cuckoo	-	+	-	-	-
Common Nighthawk	-	R	R	-	Y
Black Swift	+	R	R	-	Y
Vaux's Swift	U	U	U	-	Y
Anna's Hummingbird	VR	VR	R	R	-
Costa's Hummingbird	-	-	+	-	-
Rufous Hummingbird	C	C	U	+	C
Virginia Rail	VR	VR	+	+	-
Sora	R	R	R	+	Y
American Coot	R	+	R	R	-
Sandhill Crane	U	R	U	VR	Y
American Avocet	-	+	-	-	-
Black Oystercatcher	U	U	U	R	Y
Black-bellied Plover	FC	R	FC	+	-
European Golden-Plover	-	-	-	+	-
American Golden-Plover	U	R	U	-	-
Pacific Golden-Plover	R	-	R	+	-
Killdeer	U	U	U	R	Y
Semipalmated Plover	FC	FC	FC	+	Y
Upland Sandpiper	VR	VR	VR	-	-
Bristle-thighed Curlew	+	-	-	-	-
Whimbrel	U	R	U	-	-
Long-billed Curlew	+	-	-	-	-
Bar-tailed Godwit	VR	+	VR	-	-
Hudsonian Godwit	R	R	VR	-	-
Marbled Godwit	R	+	VR	-	-
Ruddy Turnstone	FC	U	FC	-	-
Black Turnstone	FC	R	FC	FC	-
Red Knot	R	+	VR	-	-
Surfbird	U	R	U	R	-
Ruff	VR	+	VR	-	-
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	VR	-	R	-	-
Stilt Sandpiper	VR	VR	R	-	-
Curlew Sandpiper	+	-	+	-	-
Long-toed Stint	+	-	-	-	-
Red-necked Stint	-	+	+	-	-
Sanderling	U	R	U	R	-
Dunlin	C	+	U	U	-
Rock Sandpiper	FC	+	FC	FC	-
Baird's Sandpiper	U	R	U	-	-
Least Sandpiper	C	U	C	-	Y
White-rumped Sandpiper	+	+	+	-	-
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	+	-	VR	-	-
Pectoral Sandpiper	FC	R	FC	-	-
Semipalmated Sandpiper	U	R	U	-	-
Western Sandpiper	C	U	C	-	-
Short-billed Dowitcher	FC	R	FC	-	Y
Long-billed Dowitcher	U	R	U	+	-
Wilson's Snipe	FC	FC	FC	R	Y
Spotted Sandpiper	FC	FC	FC	+	Y
Solitary Sandpiper	R	R	R	-	Y
Wandering Tattler	R	R	R	-	-
Lesser Yellowlegs	U	U	FC	-	Y
Greater Yellowlegs	C	FC	C	VR	Y
Wilson's Phalarope	VR	VR	+	-	-
Red-necked Phalarope	C	U	C	+	Y
Red Phalarope	R	VR	R	+	-
South Polar Skua	-	+	+	-	-
Pomarine Jaeger	VR	R	U	-	-
Parasitic Jaeger	U	U	U	-	Y
Long-tailed Jaeger	R	R	R	-	-
Common Murre	C	FC	C	C	Y
Thick-billed Murre	R	R	R	R	Y
Black Guillemot	-	-	-	+	-
Pigeon Guillemot	C	C	U	U	Y
Long-billed Murrelet	-	-	-	-	-
Marbled Murrelet	C	C	C	C	C
Kittlitz's Murrelet	U	U	R	VR	Y
Ancient Murrelet	FC	FC	FC	U	Y
Cassin's Auklet	U	U	U	U	Y
Parakeet Auklet	R	+	+	+	Y
Crested Auklet	-	-	+	-	-
Rhinoceros Auklet	FC	FC	FC	VR	Y
Horned Puffin	R	R	R	VR	Y
Tufted Puffin	U	U	U	VR	Y
Black-legged Kittiwake	FC	U	FC	R	Y
Ivory Gull	-	+	+	+	-
Sabine's Gull	R	VR	R	-	-
Bonaparte's Gull	C	FC	C	VR	Y
Black-headed Gull	-	+	+	-	-
Little Gull	VR	-	+	-	-
Ross's Gull	-	+	+	-	-
Franklin's Gull	+	VR	VR	-	-
Black-tailed Gull	-	+	+	-	-
Heermann's Gull	-	-	VR	-	-
Mew Gull	C	C	C	C	Y
Ring-billed Gull	R	R	R	VR	-
Western Gull	VR	+	R	VR	-
California Gull	R	R	U	+	-
Herring Gull	C	FC	C	FC	Y
Iceland Gull	FC	R	FC	U	-
Lesser Black-backed Gull	+	+	+	+	-
Slaty-backed Gull	VR	-	VR	VR	-
Glaucous-winged Gull	C	C	C	C	Y
Glaucous Gull	R	VR	R	R	-
Aleutian Tern	R	R	+	-	Y
Caspian Tern	R	R	R	-	Y
Black Tern	+	+	+	-	-
Arctic Tern	FC	FC	FC	-	Y
Red-throated Loon	FC	U	FC	R	Y
Pacific Loon	C	U	FC	FC	-
Common Loon	FC	U	FC	U	Y
Yellow-billed Loon	U	R	U	U	-
Laysan Albatross	R	VR	+	-	-
Black-footed Albatross	FC	FC	FC	-	-
Short-tailed Albatross	+	-	-	-	-
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel	C	C	C	R	Y
Leach's Storm-Petrel	U	FC	FC	+	Y
Northern Fulmar	U	U	U	U	-
Mottled Petrel	R	R	R	-	-
Buller's Shearwater	R	R	R	-	-
Short-tailed Shearwater	R	R	R	-	-
Sooty Shearwater	C	C	C	-	-
Pink-footed Shearwater	R	R	R	-	-
Manx Shearwater	+	+	-	-	-
Magnificent Frigatebird	-	-	+	-	-
Brown Booby	-	+	+	-	-
Brandt's Cormorant	R	R	R	R	Y
Red-faced Cormorant	-	-	-	+	-
Pelagic Cormorant	C	U	C	FC	Y
Double-crested Cormorant	U	R	U	U	Y
American White Pelican	-	+	-	-	-
Brown Pelican	+	-	+	+	-
American Bittern	R	R	R	-	Y
Great Blue Heron	FC	FC	FC	U	Y
Great Egret	+	+	+	+	-
Tricolored Heron	+	-	-	-	-
Cattle Egret	-	-	VR	+	-
Green Heron	-	+	-	-	-
Black-crowned Night-Heron	+	+	-	-	-
White-faced Ibis	+	-	-	-	-
Turkey Vulture	+	-	+	-	-
Osprey	R	R	R	-	Y
Golden Eagle	R	R	R	R	Y
Northern Harrier	U	VR	U	VR	Y
Sharp-shinned Hawk	FC	U	FC	R	Y
Northern Goshawk	U	U	U	U	Y
Bald Eagle	C	C	C	C	C
Steller's Sea-Eagle	+	+	+	+	-
Swainson's Hawk	VR	-	VR	-	-
Red-tailed Hawk	U	U	U	VR	Y
Rough-legged Hawk	R	+	R	VR	-
Western Screech-Owl	R	R	R	R	Y
Great Horned Owl	U	U	U	U	Y
Snowy Owl	+	-	VR	VR	-
Northern Hawk Owl	R	VR	R	R	Y
Northern Pygmy-Owl	R	R	R	R	Y
Barred Owl	U	U	U	U	Y
Great Gray Owl	VR	VR	VR	VR	VR
Long-eared Owl	+	-	+	+	-
Short-eared Owl	U	VR	FC	R	Y
Boreal Owl	VR	VR	VR	R	-
Northern Saw-whet Owl	R	R	R	R	Y
Belted Kingfisher	FC	FC	FC	FC	Y
Lewis's Woodpecker	-	-	+	-	-
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	+	-	-	+	-
Red-breasted Sapsucker	FC	FC	FC	R	Y
American Three-toed Woodpecker	R	R	R	R	Y
Black-backed Woodpecker	VR	VR	VR	-	-
Downy Woodpecker	R	R	R	R	Y
Hairy Woodpecker	U	U	U	U	Y
Northern Flicker	U	U	U	R	Y
American Kestrel	U	VR	U	VR	Y
Merlin	U	R	U	R	Y
Gyrfalcon	VR	-	VR	VR	-
Peregrine Falcon	R	R	R	VR	Y
Ash-throated Flycatcher	-	-	+	-	-
Great Crested Flycatcher	-	-	+	-	-
Tropical Kingbird	-	-	VR	-	-
Western Kingbird	+	VR	+	-	-
Eastern Kingbird	-	VR	VR	-	-
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	-	+	-	-	-
Olive-sided Flycatcher	U	U	U	-	Y
Western Wood-Pewee	U	U	U	-	Y
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	-	VR	-	-	-
Alder Flycatcher	R	U	U	-	Y
Willow Flycatcher	-	VR	-	-	?
Least Flycatcher	+	VR	-	-	-
Hammond's Flycatcher	R	R	R	-	Y
Dusky Flycatcher	+	-	+	-	-
Pacific-slope Flycatcher	C	C	U	-	Y
Eastern Phoebe	+	+	-	-	-
Say's Phoebe	R	R	R	+	Y
Brown Shrike	-	-	+	-	-
Northern Shrike	U	-	U	R	-
Cassin's Vireo	VR	VR	+	-	Y
Warbling Vireo	FC	FC	FC	-	Y
Red-eyed Vireo	R	R	R	-	Y
Canada Jay	VR	VR	R	R	-
Steller's Jay	C	C	C	C	Y
Clark's Nutcracker	VR	+	VR	VR	-
Black-billed Magpie	U	R	FC	FC	Y
American Crow	C	C	C	C	C
Common Raven	C	C	C	C	C
Horned Lark	R	VR	R	+	Y
Bank Swallow	U	U	U	-	Y
Tree Swallow	FC	FC	FC	-	Y
Violet-green Swallow	FC	U	U	-	Y
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	R	R	VR	-	Y
Purple Martin	+	-	+	-	-
Barn Swallow	FC	FC	FC	-	Y
Cliff Swallow	R	R	R	-	Y
Black-capped Chickadee	R	R	R	R	Y
Mountain Chickadee	VR	VR	VR	VR	-
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	C	C	C	C	Y
Boreal Chickadee	+	-	VR	VR	-
Red-breasted Nuthatch	U	U	U	R	Y
Brown Creeper	U	U	U	U	Y
Pacific Wren	C	C	C	U	Y
American Dipper	FC	FC	FC	FC	Y
Golden-crowned Kinglet	C	C	C	C	Y
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	C	C	C	VR	C
Northern Wheatear	+	-	VR	-	-
Mountain Bluebird	R	+	VR	+	-
Townsend's Solitaire	R	R	R	+	Y
Veery	+	+	-	-	-
Gray-cheeked Thrush	R	R	R	-	Y
Swainson's Thrush	C	C	C	-	Y
Hermit Thrush	C	C	C	VR	Y
Dusky Thrush	+	-	+	+	-
American Robin	C	C	C	R	Y
Varied Thrush	C	C	C	U	Y
Gray Catbird	+	VR	-	-	-
Brown Thrasher	-	+	-	-	-
Northern Mockingbird	+	+	+	+	-
European Starling	U	U	U	U	Y
Bohemian Waxwing	U	R	U	U	Y
Cedar Waxwing	VR	U	R	VR	Y
Siberian Accentor	-	-	+	-	-
House Sparrow	+	+	VR	VR	Y
Eastern Yellow Wagtail	-	+	+	-	-
White Wagtail	+	+	+	+	-
Red-throated Pipit	-	-	VR	-	-
American Pipit	C	FC	C	VR	Y
Brambling	VR	-	VR	VR	-
Evening Grosbeak	VR	+	VR	VR	-
Pine Grosbeak	U	U	FC	FC	Y
Eurasian Bullfinch	+	-	-	-	-
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	U	U	U	R	Y
House Finch	VR	VR	+	-	-
Purple Finch	VR	+	VR	VR	-
Cassin's Finch	-	-	+	-	-
Common Redpoll	FC	U	FC	FC	Y
Hoary Redpoll	VR	-	-	R	-
Red Crossbill	FC	FC	FC	FC	Y
White-winged Crossbill	U	U	U	U	U
Pine Siskin	C	C	C	C	C
American Goldfinch	+	+	+	-	-
Lapland Longspur	U	-	U	VR	-
Smith's Longspur	+	-	VR	-	-
Snow Bunting	U	R	U	U	Y
McKay's Bunting	-	-	-	+	-
Rustic Bunting	-	-	+	-	-
Lark Sparrow	-	-	+	-	-
Chipping Sparrow	R	R	R	VR	Y
Clay-colored Sparrow	+	-	+	-	-
Brewer's Sparrow	+	+	+	-	-
Fox Sparrow	C	C	C	R	Y
American Tree Sparrow	U	+	U	R	-
Dark-eyed Junco	C	C	C	C	Y
White-crowned Sparrow	U	VR	U	R	Y
Golden-crowned Sparrow	FC	U	U	R	Y
Harris's Sparrow	VR	+	R	R	-
White-throated Sparrow	VR	+	R	R	-
Vesper Sparrow	-	+	-	-	-
LeConte's Sparrow	-	-	+	-	-
Savannah Sparrow	C	U	C	VR	Y
Song Sparrow	FC	FC	FC	U	Y
Lincoln's Sparrow	C	C	C	R	Y
Swamp Sparrow	+	+	VR	VR	-
Spotted Towhee	+	-	+	VR	-
Yellow-headed Blackbird	+	+	+	-	-
Bobolink	+	+	+	-	-
Western Meadowlark	+	-	VR	VR	-
Orchard Oriole	-	-	+	-	-
Hooded Oriole	-	-	+	-	-
Bullock's Oriole	+	-	+	-	-
Red-winged Blackbird	U	U	U	VR	Y
Brown-headed Cowbird	R	R	R	+	Y
Rusty Blackbird	U	R	U	R	Y
Brewer's Blackbird	VR	-	VR	VR	-
Common Grackle	+	-	+	+	-
Ovenbird	-	+	-	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	U	U	U	-	Y
Black-and-white Warbler	+	+	+	-	-
Tennessee Warbler	VR	R	VR	-	Y
Orange-crowned Warbler	C	C	C	+	Y
Nashville Warbler	-	-	+	-	-
MacGillivray's Warbler	U	U	U	-	Y
Mourning Warbler	-	+	-	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	U	U	U	-	Y
American Redstart	U	U	U	-	Y
Cape May Warbler	+	-	+	-	-
Northern Parula	-	+	-	-	-
Magnolia Warbler	+	VR	+	-	-
Yellow Warbler	C	C	C	+	Y
Chestnut-sided Warbler	-	+	-	-	-
Blackpoll Warbler	VR	R	VR	-	Y
Black-throated Blue Warbler	-	-	+	-	-
Palm Warbler	+	-	VR	+	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler	C	FC	C	VR	Y
Yellow-throated Warbler	-	-	+	-	-
Prairie Warbler	-	-	+	-	-
Black-throated Gray Warbler	-	+	+	-	-
Townsend's Warbler	C	C	C	-	Y
Black-throated Green Warbler	-	+	-	-	-
Wilson's Warbler	FC	FC	FC	-	Y
Western Tanager	U	U	U	-	Y
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	-	-	+	-	-
Black-headed Grosbeak	+	VR	+	-	-
Blue Grosbeak	-	-	+	-	-
Lazuli Bunting	-	+	+	-	-
Indigo Bunting	-	+	+	-	-
Dickcissel	+	-	-	-	-

Locally Introduced, Domestic, Escaped, or Other Exotic

Species	Sp	Su	F	W	Br
Rock Pigeon	FC	FC	FC	FC	Y
Demoiselle Crane	+	-	-	-	-

Unsubstantiated or Not Reported

Species	Sp	Su	F	W	Br
Clark's Grebe	-	-	-	-	-
Calliope Hummingbird	-	-	-	-	-
Little Curlew	-	-	-	-	-
Red-legged Kittiwake	-	-	-	?	-
Laughing Gull	-	-	-	-	-
Cook's Petrel	-	-	?	-	-
Flesh-footed Shearwater	-	?	?	-	-
Snowy Egret	-	-	-	-	-
Cooper's Hawk	-	-	-	-	-
Red-shouldered Hawk	-	-	-	-	-
Pileated Woodpecker	-	-	?	-	-
Eyebrowed Thrush	?	-	-	-	-
Chestnut-collared Longspur	-	-	-	-	-
Connecticut Warbler	-	-	-	-	-
Bay-breasted Warbler	-	-	-	-	-
Hermit Warbler	-	-	-	-	-