BIRDS OF ALASKA, MIGRATORY AND RESIDENT 



This list of birds includes all species recorded in Alaska. Subspecies 

 and geographic races are included under the species name : for example, 

 the 8 subspecies of song sparrow in Alaska are all embraced in the one 

 entry — song sparrow. 



Accentor: Mountain accentor (Prunella 



montanella) — two records 

 Albatrosses, Fulmars, Petrels, and Shear- 

 waters : 

 Albatrosses : 

 Black -footed albatross (Diomedea 



nigripes) 

 Laysan albatross (Diomedea immutab- 



ilis) 

 Short-tailed albatross (Diomedea al- 



batrus) 

 Fulmar : 



Pacific fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) 

 Petrels : 



Cook's petrel (Pterodromu cookii) 

 Fork-tailed petrel (Oceanodroma 



furcata) 

 Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leuoor- 



hwi ) 

 Scaled petrel (Pterodroma inexpec- 



tata) 

 Shearwaters : 

 Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus cre- 



atopus) 

 Slender-billed shearwater (Puffl,nus 



tenuirostris) 

 Sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) 

 Auklets, Guillemots, Murrelets, Murres, 



Auklets : 



Cassin's auklet (Ptychoramphus aleu- 



ticus) 

 Crested auklet (Aethia cristatella) 

 Dovekie (Plautus alle) — one record 

 Least auklet (Aethia pnsilla) 

 Parakeet auklet (Cijclorrhynchus 



psittacula) 

 Rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca mono- 



cerata) 

 Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygm/iea) 



Guillemots : 



Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 



Pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) 



Murrelets : 



Ancient murrelet ( Synthliboramphus 



antiquum) 

 Kittlitz's murrelet ( Brachyramphus 



breviroatris) 



Marbled murrelet (Brachyram/phus 

 m.armoratua) 



Murres : 



Common murre (Vria aalge) 

 Thick-billed murre (Uria lom/via) 



Puffins : 

 Horned puffin (Fratercula corniou- 



lata) 

 Tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata) 

 Blackbirds : 



Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyano- 



cephalus ) 

 Crow blackbird (Quiscalus quiscula) 

 Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) 

 Red-wing (Agelaius phoeniceus) 

 Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) 

 Yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthoceph- 



alus xanthocephalus) 

 Bittern. See Herons. 

 Bluebird. See Thrushes. 

 Bluethroat. See Thrushes. 

 Buntings, Crossbills, Finches, Grosbeaks, 

 Longspurs, and Sparrows : 

 Buntings : 



Snow bunting ( Plectrophenax nivalis) 

 McKay's bunting (Plectrophenax hy- 



perboreus ) 

 Rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) — 



one record 

 Crossbills : 



Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) 

 White-winged crossbill (Loxia leucop- 



tera) 

 Finches : 

 Brambling (F ring ill a montifrin- 



gilla) — one record 

 Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 

 Hoary redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni) 

 Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothrau- 



stes) — one record 

 Common redpoll (Acanthis ftamm,ea) 

 Pine siskin (Spinus pinus) 

 Gray-crowned rosy finch (Leucosticte 



tephrocotis ) 

 Grosbeaks : 

 Evening grosbeak' (Hesperiphona ves- 



pertina) 



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