Birds of Adak Island
Isaac’s personal
checklist for Adak since 2007.
This Checklist is
based off of the Checklist of Alaska Birds 16th edition 2011 by the
Alaska Checklist Committee: D.D Gibson, S.C Heinl, A.J Lang, and T.G. Tobish,
Jr
In certain instances Asian
subspecies have been separated out for the interest of birders. These
are not countable as full species by the ABA.
All Pictures are
taken by Isaac Helmericks on Adak Island.
RED: Asian species or subspecies
Updated Jan 1st 2012
- Taiga Bean-Goose Anser fabalis
- Tundra Bean-Goose Anser serrisostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Emperor Goose Chen canagica
- Brant Branta bernicla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii ssp leucopareia
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Gadwall Anas strepera
- Falcated Duck Anas falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
- American Wigeon Anas americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Anas querquedula
- Green-winged Teal Anas crecca ssp crecca and carolinensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima ssp v-nigrum
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser ssp americanus and merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
- Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma furcata
- Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile
- Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba ssp modesta
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus ssp pealei
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
- Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Gray Tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp variegatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mew Gull Larus canus ssp kamtschatschensis
- Herring Gull Larus argentatus ssp vegae and smithsonianus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides, including thayeri
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Pigeon Guillemont Cepphus columba
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Cassin’s Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula
- Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
- Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Raven Corvus corax
- Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica ssp erythrogaster and rustica
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe aenanthe
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni ssp eunomus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba ssp lugens
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens ssp pacificus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia maxima
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis ssp hyemalis “Slate-colored” and shufeldti “Oregon”
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis ssp griseonucha
- Asian Rosy-Finch Leucosticte arctoa ssp brunneonucha (Pending approval, NA first Record)
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
