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 )

This checklist currently has 384 accepted naturally occurring species with an additional 16 considered unsubstantiated.

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
Lesser Sand-Plover	-	+	-	-	-
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
Spotted Redshank	-	-	+	-	-
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
Sandwich Tern	+	-	-	-	-
Red-throated Loon	FC	U	FC	R	Y
Arctic Loon	-	-	+	-	-
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	-	-
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	-	+	-	-	-
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	R	R	R	-	-
Magnificent Frigatebird	-	-	+	-	-
Nazca Booby	-	-	+	-	-
Brown Booby	-	+	+	-	-
Red-footed 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
Eastern Wood-Pewee	-	+	-	-	-
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	-	-	+	-	-
Oriental Greenfinch	-	+	-	-	-
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	-
Chestnut-collared Longspur	-	+	-	-	-
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	+	-	-
Blackburnian Warbler	-	-	+	-	-
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	?	-	-	-	-
Connecticut Warbler	-	-	-	-	-
Bay-breasted Warbler	-	-	-	-	-
Hermit Warbler	-	-	-	-	-