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.
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
