Ketchikan/Birds

Records in this checklist based initially on 2008 Ketchikan checklist produced by Steve Heinl and Andrew Piston. [1]

This checklist currently has 275 accepted species with an additional 0 considered unsubstantiated.

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