Alaska Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours


1995 thru 2005

(during late May & early June)

List compiled by Armas Hill

231 species of birds have cumulatively been found during FONT Alaskan tours. 2 subspecies brings the number of birds in this list to 233.
The numbers that follow the bird names indicate the number of tours 
during which the bird has been found (out of 7). 
 

Codes:

(i): introduced species
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
    (t1): critical    (t2): endangered    (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(NAr): rare in North America
(NAu): uncommon in North America 

(B): a Beringian species (restricted, or nearly so, to the area of & surrounding the Bering Sea, as either a resident or a breeder)
(OW): a species primarily of the Old World 
  

 b: during FONT tours at Barrow
 g: during FONT tours at Gambell on St. Lawrence Island
 p: during FONT tours at the Pribilof Islands

nac: during FONT tours seen north of the Arctic Circle (at either Kotzebue or Barrow)  


(in PGna):   in North America Bird Photo Gallery Part 1 (fulmars - owls) 

 
(in PGjp):   in Japan Birds Photo Gallery Part 1 (shearwaters thru shorebirds)

Places in Alaska visited during FONT tours have included:

Anchorage area (all tours), Barrow, north of the Arctic Circle (twice), Denali area (three tours), Fairbanks (once), Gambell (on St. Lawrence Island) (twice), Kotzebue, north of the Arctic Circle (once), Nome (all tours but one), Seward (all tours), the Pribilof Islands (St. Paul) (all tours).

For birds seen at the Pribilofs, the number following the "p" indicates the number of tours during which the species has been seen there. 
The same applies to Gambell (following the g) and Barrow (following the b).

List of Mammals follows the Bird-list. 

Bird-List:

1. Red-throated Loon ______ 6  (in Eurasia called Red-throated Diver)
   Gavia stellata  (monotypic)
   
   
2. Pacific Loon ______ 7  (in Eurasia called Pacific Diver)
   Gavia pacifica  (monotypic)
   
   
3. Arctic Loon  ______ 5  (in Eurasia called Black-throated Diver)  
   Gavia arctica viridigularis
   
   
4. Yellow-billed Loon ______ 5 g1 p1  (in Eurasia called White-billed Diver)
   Gavia adamsii  (monotypic)
   
   
5. Common Loon ______ 7  (in Eurasia called Great Northern Diver) 
   Gavia immer  (monotypic)
   
   
6. Red-necked Grebe ______ 7 p1
   Podiceps grisegena holboellii
   
   
7. Horned Grebe ______ 4  (in Eurasia called Slavonian Grebe)
   Podiceps auritus cornutus
   
   
8. Pied-billed Grebe ______ 1
   Podilymbus p. podiceps
   
   
9. Northern Fulmar ______ 7 p7  (in PGna)
   Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii
   
   
10. Sooty Shearwater ______ 2
    Puffinus griseus
    
    
11. Double-crested Cormorant ______ 5
    Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus
    
    
12. Pelagic Cormorant ______ 7 p6
    Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens
    
    
13. Red-faced Cormorant (B) ______ 7 p7  (also called Red-faced Shag)
    Phalacrocorax urile  (monotypic)
    
    
14. Tundra Swan ______ 6
    Cygnus columbianus
    
    
15. Trumpeter Swan (nt) ______ 6 p1
    Cygnus buccinator
    
    
16. Greater White-fronted Goose ______ 5 p1
    Anser albifrons
    
    
17. Snow Goose ______ 2 p1
    Anser (formerly Chen) caerulescens
    
    
18. Ross' Goose ______ 1 p1
    Anser (formerly Chen) rossii
    
    
19. Canada Goose ______ 7 p2
    Branta canadensis
    
    
20. Emperor Goose (B) ______ 4
    Anser (formerly Chen) canagica
    
    
21. Bean Goose (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Anser fabalis
    
    
22. (Black) Brant ______ 6
    Branta bernicla nigricans
    
    
23. Mallard ______ 7 p2
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
24. Northern Pintail ______ 7 p7
    Anas acuta
    
    
25. Gadwall ______ 2
    Anas strepera
    
    
26. Falcated Duck (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Anas falcata
    
    
27. (American) Green-winged Teal ______ 7 p7 (now considered a species distinct from the Eurasian Green-winged Teal) 
    Anas carolinensis
    
    
28. (Eurasian) Green-winged Teal (OW) ______ 4 p3
    Anas crecca
    
    
29. Garganey (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Anas querquedula
    
    
30. Northern Shoveler ______ 7 p1
    Anas clypeata
    
    
31. American Wigeon ______ 7 p4
    Anas americana
    
    
32. Eurasian Wigeon (OW) ______ 3 p2
    Anas penelope
    
    
33. Northern (or Common) Pochard (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Aythya ferina
    
    
34. Canvasback ______ 7
    Aythya valisineria
    
    
35. Redhead ______ 2
    Aythya americana
    
    
36. Ring-necked Duck ______ 5
    Aythya collaris
    
    
37. Greater Scaup ______ 7 p5
    Aythya marila
    
    
38. Lesser Scaup ______ 7
    Aythya affinis
    
    
39. Tufted Duck (OW) (NAu) ______ 2 p1
    Aythya fuligula
    
     
40. Common Goldeneye ______ 7 p6
    Bucephala clangula
    
    
41. Barrow's Goldeneye ______ 5
    Bucephala islandica
    
    
42. Bufflehead ______ 5 p2
    Bucephala albeola
    
    
43. Long-tailed Duck ______ 7 p7  (in PGna)  (in North America has been called Oldsquaw)
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    
44. Harlequin Duck ______ 7 p7  (in PGna)
    Histrionicus hostrioncus
    
    
45. Common Eider ______ 6 p1
    Somateria mollissima
    
    
46. King Eider ______ 7 p6  (in PGna)
    Somateria spectabilis
    
    
47. Steller's Eider (t3) ______ 5 p2
    Polysticta stelleri
    
    
48. Spectacled Eider (t3) (B) ______ 4 b1
    Somateria fischeri
    
    
49. Surf Scoter ______ 6 p2
    Melanitta perspicillata
    
    
50. White-winged Scoter ______ 6 p2
    Melanitta fusca
    
    
51. Black Scoter ______ 6
    Melanitta nigra
    
    
52. Smew (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Mergellus albellus
    
    
53. Common Merganser ______ 5 p1  (in Eurasia called Goosander)
    Mergus merganser
    
    
54. Red-breasted Merganser ______ 6 p1
    Mergus serrator
    
    
55. Hooded Merganser ______ 1
    Lophodytes cucullatus
    
    
56. Bald Eagle ______ 7 p3  (in PGna)
    Haliaetus leucocephalus
    
    
57. Northern Harrier ______ 6
    Circus cyaneus
    
    
58. Osprey ______ 1
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
59. Northern Goshawk ______ 2
    Accipiter gentilis
    
    
60. Sharp-shinned Hawk ______ 1
    Accipiter striatus
    
    
61. Red-tailed Hawk ______ 4  (including subspecies known as "Harlan's Hawk")
    Buteo jamaicensis
    
    
62. Rough-legged Hawk ______ 6
    Buteo lagopus
    
    
63. Golden Eagle ______ 6
    Aquila chrysaetos
    
    
64. American Kestrel ______ 4
    Falco sparverius
    
    
65. Merlin ______ 4
    Falco columbarius
    
    
66. Peregrine Falcon ______ 5 p1 (in PGna)
    Falco peregrinus
    
    
67. Gyrfalcon ______ 5
    Falco rusticolus
    
    
68. Willow Ptarmigan ______ 6
    Lagopus lagopus
    
    
69. Rock Ptarmigan ______ 6
    Lagopus mutus
    
    
70. Sandhill Crane ______ 7 p2
    Grus canadensis
    
    
71. Black-bellied Plover ______ 3  (in Eurasia called Grey Plover)
    Pluvialis s. squatarola
    
    
72. American Golden Plover ______ 6
    Pluvialis dominicus  (monotypic)
    
    
73. Pacific Golden Plover ______ 7 p2  (at one time considered conspecific with the American Golden Plover)
    Pluvialis fulva  (monotypic)
    
    
74. (Common) Ringed Plover (OW) (NAr) ______ 2 g1
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
    
    
75. Semipalmated Plover ______ 7 p7
    Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
    
    
76. (American) Black Oystercatcher ______ 5
    Haematopus bachmani
    
    
77. Common Greenshank (OW) (NAr) ______ 3 p3
    Tringa nebularia  (monotypic)
    
    
78. Greater Yellowlegs ______ 6 p2
    Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
    
    
79. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ 6 p1
    Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
    
    
80. Wood Sandpiper (OW) (NAr) ______ 4 p4
    Tringa glareola  (monotypic)
    
     
81. Wandering Tattler ______ 7 p5
    Heteroscelus incanus  (monotypic)
    
    
82. Gray-tailed Tattler (OW) (NAr) ______ 3 p2
    Heteroscelus breviceps  (monotypic)
    
    
83. Common Sandpiper (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Actitis hypoleucos  (monotypic)
    
    
84. Spotted Sandpiper ______ 6
    Actitis macularia  (monotypic)
    
    
85. Green Sandpiper (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Tringa ochropus (monotypic)
    
    
86. Terek Sandpiper (OW) (NAr) ______ 1
    Xenus cinereus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
87. "American" Whimbrel ______ 7 p2
    Numenius phaeopus rufiventris
    
    
88. Bristle-thighed Curlew (t3) (NAr) ______ 4 p1
    Numenius tahitiensis  (monotypic)
    
    
89. Far Eastern (or Australian) Curlew (nt) (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Numenius madagascariensis  (monotypic)
    
    
90. Bar-tailed Godwit (OW) ______ 7 p6  (an Old World species, but the subspecies L. l. baueri commonly breeds in west Alaska) 
    Limosa lapponica baueri
    
    
91. Black-tailed Godwit (NAr) ______ 1 p1
    Limosa limosa melanuroides
    
    
92. Hudsonian Godwit (nt) ______ 5
    Limosa haemastica
    
    
93. Ruddy Turnstone ______ 7 p1
    Arenaria interpres
    
    
94. Black Turnstone ______ 4
    Arenaria melanocephala
    
    
95. Surfbird ______ 5
    Aphriza virgata
    
    
96. Red Knot ______ 5
    Calidris canutus
    
    
97. Sanderling ______ 2
    Calidris alba 
    
    
98. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ 6
    Calidris pusilla
    
    
99. Western Sandpiper ______ 6 p1
    Calidris mauri
    
    
100. Red-necked Stint (OW) (NAr) ______ 3 p2 b1
     Calidris ruficollis
     
     
101. Temminck's Stint (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 b1
     Calidris temminckii
     
     
102. Long-toed Stint (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
     Calidris subminuta
     
     
103. Least Sandpiper ______ 6 p5
     Calidris minutilla
     
     
104. Baird's Sandpiper ______ 4
     Calidris bairdii
     
     
105. Pectoral Sandpiper ______ 5 p3
     Calidris melanotos
     
     
106. Rock Sandpiper ______ 7 p7
     Calidris ptilocnemis
     
     
107. Dunlin ______ 6 p1
     Calidris alpina
     
     
108. Ruff/Reeve ______ 1 p1
     Philomachus pugnax
     
     
109. Stilt Sandpiper ______ 1
     Calidris himantopus
     
     
110. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ 4 p1
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
111. Long-billed Dowitcher ______ 3
     Limnodromus scolopaceus
     
     
112. Wilson's Snipe ______ 6 p1  (in PGna) (has been considered conspecific with the Common Snipe of the Old World)
     Gallinago delicata
     
     
113. Red-necked Phalarope ______ 7 p7
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
114. Red Phalarope ______ 5 p2  (in Eurasia called Grey Phalarope)
     Phalaropus fulicaria
     
     
115. Pomarine Jaeger ______ 5  (in Eurasia called Pomarine Skua)
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
116. Parasitic Jaeger ______ 6 p3  (in Eurasia called Arctic Skua)
     Stercorarius parasiticus  (monotypic)
     
     
117. Long-tailed Jaeger ______ 6 p2  (in Eurasia called Long-tailed Skua)
     Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens
     
     
118. Black-headed Gull (OW) (NAu) ______ 4 p1
     Larus ridibundus  (monotypic)
     
     
119. Bonaparte's Gull ______ 6
     Larus philadelphia  (monotypic)
     
     
120. Mew Gull ______ 7 p1  (in Eurasia called Common Gull; in eastern Asia the "Kamchatka Gull" is L. c. kamtschatschensis)
     Larus canus brachyrhynchus
     
     
121. "American" Herring Gull ______ 6 p1
     Larus (argentatus)  smithsonianus
     
     
122. "Vega" Herring Gull (OW) ______ 
     Larus (argentatus) vegae
     
     
123. Slaty-backed Gull (OW) (NAr) ______ 6 p1
     Larus schistisagus  (monotypic)
     
     
124. Glaucous-winged Gull ______ 7 p7
     Larus glaucescens  (monotypic)
     
     
125. Glaucous Gull ______ 7 p5
     Larus hyperboreus barrovianus  (Another subspecies, L. h. pallidissimus, on the Asian side of the Bering Sea) 
     
     
126. Black-legged Kittiwake ______ 7 p7
     Rissa tridactyla  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
127. Red-legged Kittiwake (t3) (B) ______ 7 p7
     Rissa brevirostris  (monotypic)
     (In the mid-1970s, the total population of this species was estimated at about 260,000 individuals. It declined to about 168,000 by the mid-1990s. Most of this decline was on the Pribilofs.)  
     
     
128. Ross' Gull ______ 2 p1
     Rhodostethia rosea  (monotypic, and the single ember of its genus) 
     
     
129. Sabine's Gull ______ 6 p1
     Xema sabini  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
130. Ivory Gull ______ 1  (in PGna)  (a bird of the high arctic) 
     Pagophila eburnea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
131. Common Tern ______ 2 p1
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
132. Arctic Tern ______ 7 p1
     Sterna paradisaea  (monotypic)
     
     
133. Aleutian Tern (B) ______ 6
     Sterna aleutica  (monotypic)
     
     
134. Dovekie ______ 2  (in Eurasia called Little Auk)
     Alle alle polaris
     
     
135. Common Murre ______ 7 p7  (in PGna)  (in Eurasia called Guillemot)
     Uria aalge inornata(in Eurasia called Guillemot)
     Uria aalge inornata
     
     
136. Thick-billed Murre ______ 7 p7  (in Eurasia called Brunnich's Guillemot)
     Uria lomvia arra
     
     
137. Black Guillemot ______ 2
     Cepphus grylle mandtii  (this is a different subspecies than that in the NE USA)
     
     
138. Pigeon Guillemot ______ 6 p3
     Cepphus c. columba  (the 2 other subspecies are in eastern Asia) 
     
     
139. Marbled Murrelet (nt) ______ 5 p1  (formerly considered conspeciic with what's now the Long-billed Murrelet of eastern Asia) 
     Brachyramphus marmoratus  (monotypic)
     
     
140. Kittlitz's Murrelet ______ 5
     Brachyramphus brevirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
141. Ancient Murrelet ______ 3 p1
     Synthliboramphus a. antiquus  (the other subspecies breeds on Commander Island, Siberia) 
     
     
142. Parakeet Auklet (B) ______ 7 p7
     Aethia (formerly Cyclorrhynchus) psittacula  (monotypic)
     
     
143. Least Auklet (B) ______ 7 p7  (in PGna)  (Alaska's most numerous colonial seabird)
     Aethia pusilla  (monotypic)
     
     
144. Crested Auklet (B) ______ 7 p7
     Aethia cristatella  (monotypic)
     
     
145. Rhinoceros Auklet ______ 3
     Cerorhinca monocerata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
146. Tufted Puffin ______ 7 p7  (in PGna)
     Fratercula (formerly Lunda) cirrhata  (monotypic)
     
     
147. Horned Puffin ______  7 p7  (in PGna)
     Fratercula corniculata  (monotypic)
     
     
148. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon ______ 6
     Columba livia
     
     
149. Common (or Eurasian) Cuckoo (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
     Cuculus canorus
     
      
150. Snowy Owl ______ 3 p3 b1  (in PG)
     Bubo scandiacus (has been Nyctea scandiaca)  (monotypic)
     
     
151. Short-eared Owl ______ 6 p3
     Asio flammeus
     
     
152. Northern Hawk-Owl ______ 2
     Surnia ulula
     
     
153. Boreal Owl ______ 4  (in Eurasia called Tengmalm's Owl)
     Aegolius funereus
     
     
154. (Northern) Saw-whet Owl ______ 2
     Aegolius acadicus
     
     
155. Rufous Hummingbird ______ 5
     Selasphorus rufus
     
     
156. Belted Kingfisher ______ 5
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
157. Downy Woodpecker ______ 4
     Picoides pubescens medianus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska)
     
     
158. Hairy Woodpecker ______ 5
     Picoides villosus septentrionalis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska)
     
     
159. American Three-toed Woodpecker ______ 3  (formerly conspecific with the Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker)
     Picoides tridactylus fasciatus
     
     
160. Black-backed Woodpecker ______ 2  (was at one time called the Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker, as this species also has 3 toes) 
     Picoides arcticus  (monotypic)
     
     
161. "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker ______ 4
     Colaptes auratus cafer
     
     
162. Olive-sided Flycatcher ______ 5  (an alternate name is Boreal Pewee)
     Contopus borealis
     
     
163. Western Wood-Pewee ______ 3
     Contopus sordidulus
     
     
164. Alder Flycatcher ______ 5
     Empidonax alnorum
     
     
165. Hammond's Flycatcher ______ 1
     Empidonax hammondii
     
     
166. Say's Phoebe ______ 3
     Sayornis saya
     
     
167. Horned Lark ______ 3  (in Eurasia called Shore Lark)
     Eremophila alpestris
     
     
168. Eurasian Skylark (OW) (NAr) ______ 2 p1 (in Alaska not introduced)
     Alauda arvensis
     
     
169. Tree Swallow ______ 7 p3
     Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
     
     
170. Violet-green Swallow ______ 7
     Tachycineta t. thalassina
     
     
171. Bank Swallow ______ 7 p1  (in Eurasia called (Common) Sand Martin)
     Riparia r riparia
     
     
172. Cliff Swallow ______ 6
     Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) p. pyrrhonota
     
     
173. Barn Swallow ______ 3
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
174. Gray Jay ______ 6
     Pesisoreus canadensis
     
     
175. Steller's Jay ______ 5
     Cyanocitta stelleri
     
     
176. Black-billed (or American) Magpie ______ 7  (formerly conspecific with the (Common) Magpie of the Old World, Pica pica)
     Pica hudsonia
     
     
177. Northwestern Crow ______ 6
     Corvus caurinus
     
     
178. Common Raven ______ 7
     Corvus corax
     
     
179. Black-capped Chickadee ______ 7
     Parus atricapillus
     
     
180. Boreal Chickadee ______ 5
     Parus hudsonicus
     
     
181. Chestnut-backed Chickadee ______ 1
     Parus rufescens
     
     
182. Red-breasted Nuthatch ______ 3
     Sitta canadensis
     
     
183. Brown Creeper ______ 2 (an alternate name would be American Treecreeper)
     Certhia americana
     
     
184. Winter (or Northern) Wren ______ 6 p6
     Troglodytes troglodytes alascensis  (this subspecies of the Pribilof Is. is 1 of 6 subspecies in Alaska; most of the others are on islands including the Aleutians & Kodiak.)   
     
     
185. Arctic Warbler (OW) (NAr) ______ 3
     Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti  (1 of 3 subspecies; P. b. kennicotti breeds only in Alaska, and winters in the Philippines & Indonesia)   
     
     
186. Golden-crowned Kinglet ______ 1
     Regulus satrapa olivaceus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska)
     
     
187. Ruby-crowned Kinglet ______ 5
     Regulus calendula grinnelli
     
     
188. Bluethroat OW (NAr) ______ 5
     Luscinia s. svecica  (Bluethroats that breed in Alaska winter in southeast Asia.) 
     
     
189. Northern Wheatear (OW) ______ 5 p1
     Oenanthe o. oenanthe  (Wheatears that breed in Alaska winter on the savannas of northern & eastern Africa.) 
     
     
190. Gray-cheeked Thrush ______ 6
     Catharus minimus
     
     
191. Swainson's Thrush ______ 4
     Catharus ustulatus
     
     
192. Hermit Thrush ______ 6
     Catharus guttatus
     
     
193. Eye-browed Thrush (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
     Turdus obscurus
     
     
194. American Robin ______ 7
     Turdus migratorius
     
     
195. Varied Thrush ______ 6
     Ixoreus naevius meruloides  (1 of 2 subspecies in Alaska) (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
196. Yellow Wagtail (OW) ______ 6 p2
     Motacilla flava tschutschensis  (This subspecies breeds in Alaska & the northern Kamchatka Peninsula of Siberia. It winters in east Asia to the Greater Sundas.)
     
     
197. White Wagtail (OW) ______ 3 g1
     Motacilla alba
     
     
198. Black-backed Wagtail (OW) (NAr) ______ 2 g1  (has been considered conspecific with the White Wagtail, Motacilla alba)   
     Motacilla lugens
     
     
199. Olive-backed Pipit (OW) (NAr) ______ 2 p2
     Anthus hodgsoni
     
     
200. Red-throated Pipit (OW) (NAu) ______ 2 p1 g1
     Anthus cervinus
     
     
201. American Pipit ______ 5 p1  (an alternate name is Buff-bellied Pipit)
     Anthus rubescens
     
     
202. Bohemian Waxwing ______ 1  (in Eurasia called Waxwing) 
     Bombycilla garrulus
     
     
203. Northern Shrike ______ 4  (in Eurasia called Great Grey Shrike)  
     Lanius excubitor
     
     
204. Orange-crowned Warbler ______ 7
     Vermivora celata
     
     
205. Yellow Warbler ______ 6
     Dendroica petechia
     
     
206. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ 7 p1
     Dendroica coronata
     
     
207. Townsend's Warbler ______ 4
     Dendroica townsendi
     
     
208. Blackpoll Warbler ______ 6  (in PGna)
     Dendroica atriata
     
     
209. Northern Waterthrush ______ 6
     Seiurus noveboracensis
     
     
210. Wilson's Warbler ______ 6 p1
     Wilsonia pusilla
     
     
211. American Tree Sparrow ______ 6
     Spizella arborea
     
     
212. Savannah Sparrow ______ 6
     Passerculus sandwichensis  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
213. "Red" Fox Sparrow  ______ 6  (near Nome)
     Passerella i. iliaca
     
     
214. "Sooty" Fox Sparrow ______  (on the Kenai Peninsula) 
     Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis 
     
     
215. Song Sparrow ______ 4 p1 (see note at the end of the list)
     Melospiza melodia
     
     
216. Lincoln's Sparrow ______ 5
     Melospiza lincolnii
     
     
217. Golden-crowned Sparrow ______ 6
     Zonotrichia atricapilla
     
     
218. White-crowned Sparrow ______ 7
     Zonotrichia leucophrys
     
     
219. "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco ______ 7
     Junco hyemalis
     
     
220. Lapland Longspur ______ 7 p7  (in Eurasia called Lapland Bunting) 
     Calcarius lapponicus
     
     
221. Smith's Longspur ______ 1
     Calcarius pictus
     
     
222. Snow Bunting ______ 7 p7  (in PGna)
     Plectrophenax nivalis
     
     
223. McKay's Bunting (nt) (B) ______ 1g  
     Plectrophenax hyperboreus
     (Breeds only on Hall & St. Matthew's Islands in the Bering Sea, and occasionally on St. Lawrence Island & probably on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs. It winters along the wet Alaska coast mainly from Kotzebue to the tip of the Alaska Peninsula.)  
     
     
224. Red-winged Blackbird ______ 4 p1
     Agelaius phoeniceus
     
     
225. Rusty Blackbird ______ 6
     Euphagus carolinus 
     
     
226. Brambling (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1  (in PGjp)
     Fringilla montifringilla
     
     
227. Gray-crowned Rosy Finch ______ 7 p7
     Leucosticte tephrocotis
     
     
228. Scarlet (or Common) Rosefinch (OW) (r/NA) ______ 1
     Carpodacus erythrinus
     
      
229. White-winged Crossbill ______ 3  (in Eurasia called Two-barred Crossbill) 
     Loxia leucoptera
     
     
230. Oriental Greenfinch (OW) (NAr) ______ 1 p1
     Carduelis sinica
     
     
231. Common Redpoll ______ 7 p4
     Carduelis flammea
     
     
232. Hoary Redpoll ______ 6  (in Eurasia called Arctic Redpoll)
     Carduelis hornemanni
     
     
233. Pine Siskin ______ 5
     Carduelis pinus
     
     

Notes:

(*) The Song Sparrow seen on St Pauls Island in the Pribilofs was believed to be ship-assisted.

In 1997, all 4 species of eider were seen at Barrow.

Photos of Some of the Alcids We've Seen in Alaska 

Common Murre

Least Auklet

Horned Puffin

Tufted Puffin 

Mammals that have been seen during FONT Tours in Alaska 

Code:

(i): introduced in area where seen

1. Snowshoe Hare
2. Arctic Ground Squirrel
3. lemming (sp.)
4. Pika
5. Red Squirrel
6. vole (probably Arctic)
7. Yellow-cheeked Vole
8. Pribilof Shrew
9. Hoary Marmot
10. Woodchuck
11. Porcupine
12. Muskrat
13. Beaver
14. Sea Otter
15. Red Fox
16. Arctic Fox
17. Black Bear
18. Grizzly Bear
19. Northern Fur Seal
20. Northern/Steller's Sea Lion
21. Walrus
22. Harbor Seal
23. Ringed Seal
24. Bearded Seal
25. Moose
26. Reindeer (i)
27. Barren Ground Caribou
28. Muskoxen (i)
29. Mountain Goat
30. Dall's Sheep
31. Dall's Porpoise
32. Humpback Whale
33. Gray Whale
34. Orca/Killer Whale