The Birds

Traveling quietly by bike allows us to see and hear the local bird life, so we decided to keep a list of all the birds we have seen and/or heard since our arrival in Alaska.  We only included the wild, live birds we positively identified; were we more knowledgeable, this list would surely be much longer.


Snow Bunting
Greater Flamingo
Common Raven
Cackling Goose
Northern Shoveler
American Tree Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Short-eared Owl
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Loon
Red Knot
Greater Scaup
Greater White-fronted Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Jaeger
Northern Pintail
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Willow Ptarmigan
Peregrine Falcon
Swallow-tailed Gull
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
White-crowned Sparrow
American Robin
Yellow Warbler
Northern Harrier
Arctic Tern
Common Redpoll
Savannah Sparrow
Say's Phoebe
Smith's Longspur
Bank Swallow
Gray Jay
Swainson's Thrush
Varied Thrush
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Black-billed Magpie
Smith's Longspur
Dark-eyed Junco
Mew Gull
Rock Ptarmigan
Trumpeter Swan
Horned Lark
Alder Flycatcher
Bohemian Waxwing
Cliff Swallow
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Lesser Yellowlegs
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Flicker
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Violet-green Swallow
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Pine Siskin
Bonaparte's Gull
Townsend's Warbler
Golden Eagle
Harlequin Duck
Northern Wheatear
Belted Kingfisher
Hermit Thrush
Wandering Tattler
White-winged Crossbill
Trumpeter Swan
Black-capped Chickadee
Bald Eagle
European Starling
Rock Pigeon
Red-necked Grebe
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Common Loon
American Kestrel
Western Wood-Pewee
Black-necked Stilts
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Herring Gull
Semipalmated Plover
Common Nighthawk
House Sparrow
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
American Crow
Downy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Great Blue Heron
Common Merganser
Steller's Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Eastern Kingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Osprey
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Turkey Vulture
Clark's Nutcracker
Boat-billed Heron
Western Meadowlark
Mountain Chickadee
American Pipit
Spotted Sandpiper
Swainson's Hawk
Wild Turkey
California Quail
Ross's Goose
American Coot
Brewer's Blackbird
Bewick's Wren
Ring-necked Pheasant
Townsend's Solitaire
Western Scrub-Jay
Red-naped Sapsucker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Pygmy Nuthatch
Hairy Woodpecker
Prairie Falcon
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Great Egret
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Mountain Bluebird
White-headed Woodpecker
Sora
Marsh Wren
Spotted Towhee
Sooty Grouse
Black Phoebe
Brown Pelican
Snowy Egret
Heermann's Gull
Cattle Egret
Great-tailed Grackle
Rufous Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Long-billed Curlew
Willet
Snail Kite
California Towhee
 Anna's Hummingbird
Phainopepla
White-throated Swift
Bufflehead
American Wigeon
Western Bluebird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Band-tailed Pigeon
Cinnamon Teal
Brant
Black-necked Stilt
Mourning Dove
Cassin's Kingbird
California Gnatcatcher
Crested Caracara
Little Blue Heron
Western Sandpiper
Reddish Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Tri-colored Heron
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Gull
Common Yellowthroat
Gila Woodpecker
Hooded Oriole
Vermilion Flycatcher
Lesser Scaup
Zone-tailed Hawk
Black-crowned Night Heron
Verdin
Common Ground-Dove
Brown Booby
Royal Tern
American Oystercatcher
Yellow-footed Gull
White-winged Dove
Cactus Wren
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Egret
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Lesser Nighthawk
Greater Roadrunner
Lesser Goldfinch
Common Poorwill
White Ibis
Great Kiskadee
Black Vulture
Northern Jacana
Black-throated Magpie-Jay
Groove-billed Ani
White-tailed Kite
Grey Hawk
Roseate Spoonbill
Boat-billed Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Green Heron
Green Kingfisher
Northern Potoo
Tropical Kingbird
Anhinga
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Snail Kite
Least Grebe
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca
Neotropic Cormorant
Common Black-Hawk
Black-headed Grosbeak
Yellow-winged Cacique
Rufous-backed Robin
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-faced Ibis
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Nashville Warbler
Inca Dove
White-collared Seedeater
Canyon Towhee
Curve-billed Thrasher
American Avocet
Lark Sparrow
Loggerhead Shrike
Wilson's Warbler
Brown-headed Cowbird
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Chipping Sparrow
Ruddy Duck
Russet-crowned Motmot
Black-vented Oriole
Plain-capped Starthroat
Squirrel Cuckoo
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Scarlet Macaw
Yellow-throated Warbler
White-fronted Parrot
Louisiana Waterthrush
American Redstart
Brown Jay
Tropical Parula
West Mexican Chachalaca
Rufous-naped Wren
Common Gallinule
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Wood Stork
Eastern Meadowlark
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Spot-breasted Oriole
Black-headed Trogon
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Masked Tityra
Common Pauraque
Yellow-naped Parrot
Crested Guan
Bat Falcon
White-tipped Dove
Blue-crowned Motmot
Keel-billed Toucan
Barred Woodcreeper
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Barred Antshrike
Banded Wren
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Montezuma Oropendula
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Blue-gray Tanager
Blue-black Grassquit
Orange-bellied Trogon
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Slate-throated Whitestart
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Yellowish Flycatcher
Tufted Flycatcher
Black-faced Solitaire
Common Chlorospingus
Green Hermit
Black-faced Grosbeak
Swallow-tailed Kite
Collared Aracari
Black-mandibled Toucan
Clay-colored Thrush
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Scarlet Macaw
Passerini's Tanager
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Yellow-headed Caracara
Great Curassow
Orange-bellied Trogon
Purple Gallinule
Smooth-billed Ani
Lineated Woodpecker
House Wren
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Riverside Wren
Blue Dacnis
Great Black Hawk
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Golden-hooded Tanager
Bananaquit
Roadside Hawk
Cherrie's Tanager
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Golden-naped Woodpecker
Black-crowned Tityra
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Palm Tanager
Black-throated Trogon
Variable Seedeater
Olivaceous Piculet
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Blue-and-white Swallow
White-naped Brush-Finch
Blue-throated Toucanet
Black Guan
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Mountain Thrush
Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Green-and-Gold Tanager
Dark Pewee
Three-wattled Bellbird
Resplendent Quetzal
Scintillant Hummingbird
Silver-throated Tanager
Ruddy Treerunner
Flame-throated Warbler
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Barred Becard
Yellow-thighed Finch
Black-cheeked Warbler
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Collared Redstart
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Black-capped Flycatcher
White-winged Tanager
Streaked Flycatcher
Rufous-breasted Wren
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Summer Tanager
Golden Tanager
Plain Xenops
Dot-winged Antwren
White-lined Tanager
Blue-black Grosbeak
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Southern Lapwing
Crimson-collared Tanager
Double-toothed Kite
Rufous Motmot
Southern Bentbill
Crested Oropendula
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Great Tinamou
Melodious Blackbird
Black-crowned Antshrike
Lattice-tailed Trogon
Long-billed Hermit
Gray-headed Tanager
Ecuadorian Thrush
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Spotted Antbird
Streak-crowned Antvireo
Green Ibis
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Helmeted Guineafowl
Muscovy Duck
Grayish Saltator
Saffron Finch
Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Pied Water-Tyrant
Cinnamon Flycatcher
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Great Thrush
Eared Dove
Bearded Helmetcrest
Black-backed Grosbeak
Torrent Tyrannulet
Mountain Caracara
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Yellow Oriole
Blue-footed Booby
Nazca Booby
Great Frigatebird
Galapagos Dove
Greater Flamingo
Galapagos Penguin
Hood Mockingbird
Galapagos Hawk
Waved Albatross
Galapagos Flycatcher
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Galapagos Shearwater
Red-billed Tropicbird
Swallow-tailed Gull
Lava Gull
Greater Flamingos
Brown Noddy
Lava Heron
White-cheeked Pintail
Ruddy Turnstone
San Cristobal Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird
Medium Ground Finch
Small Ground Finch
Large Cactus Finch
Small Tree Finch
Warbler Finch
Bay-headed Tanager
Lemon-rumped Tanager
Choco Toucan
Guayaquil Woodpecker
Blue-necked Tanager
Fawn-breasted Tanager
White-necked Jacobin
Golden Tanager
Tawny-bellied Hermit
Scaly-throated Foliagegleaner
Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Uniform Treehunter
Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager
Pale-legged Hornero
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Red-headed Barbet
Thick-billed Euphonia
Tri-colored Brush-Finch
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Orange-bellied Euphonia
White-lined Tanager
Guira Tanager
Ecuadorian Thrush
Andean Emerald
Brown Violetear
Lesser Rheas
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Purple-throated Woodstar
Sparkling Violetear
White-whiskered Hermit
Andean Lapwing
Carunculated Caracara
Variable Hawk
Chestnut-winged Cinclodes
Plain-colored Seedeater
Brown-bellied Swallow
Black Caracara
Silver-beaked Tanager
White-collared Swift
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Magpie Tanager
Blue-winged Parrot
Red-billed Parrot
Green Jay
Russet-backed Oropendola
Galapagos Penguin
Paradise Tanager
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazonian Umbrellabird
Green-and-gold Tanager
Golden-eared Tanager
Speckled Chachalaca
Buff-throated Saltator
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Variegated Bristle-Tyrant
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Violet-fronted Brilliant
Gray-chinned Hermit
Golden-tailed Sapphire
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Wire-crested Thorntail
Yellow-tailed Oriole
White-capped Dipper
Long-tailed Tyrant
Black-faced Dacnis
Blue-footed Booby
Streaked Saltator
Andean Gull
Peruvian Meadowlark
Shining Sunbeam
Mountain Caracara
Line-cheeked Spinetail
Band-tailed Seedeater
Andean Flicker
Andean Goose
Puna Ibis 
Yellow-billed Teal
Puna Teal
Andean Coot
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
Hepatic Tanager 
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant
Bar-winged Cinclodes 
Slender-billed Miner
Magnificent Frigatebird
Aplomado Falcon
Andean Condor
Andean Flamingo
Andean Motmot
Torrent Duck
Andean Guan
Chiguanco Thrush
Chilean Flamingo
James's Flamingo
Lesser Rhea
Andean Avocet
Red-backed Sierra-Finch
Black-hooded Sierra-Finch
Andean Hillstar
Puna Miner
Black Siskin
Diademed Plover
Mountain Parakeet
Rufous-breasted Seedsnipe
Chucao Tapaculo
Burrowing Parrot
Spectacled Tyrant
Southern Caracara
Chimango Caracara
Upland Goose
Black-faced Ibis
Magellanic Tapaculo
Magellanic Woodpecker
Chilean Mockingbird
Austral Thrush
Southern House Wren
Long-tailed Meadowlark
Ashy-headed Goose
Slender-billed Parakeet
Chucao Tapaculo
Chilean Swallow
Black-necked Swan
Peruvian Brown Pelican
Austral Negrito
White-crested Elaenia
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
Thorn-tailed Rayadito
Striped Woodpecker
Chilean Flicker
Band-winged Nightjar
Black-throated Huet-huet
Austral Parakeet
Coscoroba Swan
Grass Wren
Austral Blackbird
Fire-eyed Diucon
Patagonian Sierra-Finch
Flying Steamer-Duck
Dolphin Gull
Kelp Gull
Imperial Cormorant
Kelp Goose
Rock Cormorant
King Penguin
Rockhopper Penguin
Great Grebe
551 Flightless Steamer-Duck
 

2 comments:

  1. We were excited to meet you in Mitchell this last week and are very impressed with the journey you are undertaking. It will be fun to continue following your progress. I am surprised that you guys are keeping track of the birds you see. We are both birdwatchers and have been keeping lifelists for a long time.....Rainer since 1968/9 and me since 1970. Happy travels!

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    1. Great meeting you guys too! We don't keep life lists at this point, but it's been fun seeing how they add up on this trip; I believe we are over 100 species now for the trip. If you don't mind me asking, how many bird species have you seen since 1970?

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