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  • 2023 Update to the Checklist of Alaska Birds

    29 Jan 2024 By Alaska eBird

    In January 2024, an update to the Checklist of Alaska Birds was released by the Alaska Checklist Committee. The Checklist provides a list of bird species that are officially recognized as having naturally occurred in Alaska and includes 545 species in 67 families and 21 orders.

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eBirding This Month Apr 2024

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 Updated ~16 hours ago
95 Species 885 Checklists eBirders

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Native and Naturalized (5)

  1. Common Loon Gavia immer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Pearce
    Location: Tony Knowles Coastal Trail--Pt. Woronzof
  2. Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maya Heubner
    Location: Chugach SP--McHugh Creek Trail
  3. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Lagasse
    Location: Anchorage Coastal WR--Clitheroe flats
  4. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Lagasse
    Location: Anchorage Coastal WR--Clitheroe flats
  5. Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jamin Taylor
    Location: North Fork Eagle River Trail
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Checklist Leaders

  • 1.
    Cal Gesmundo
    132
  • 2.
    Richard Prentki
    67
  • 3.
    Dan Bilderback
    35
  • 4.
    David Sonneborn
    27
  • 5.
    Andy Bankert
    25
  • 5.
    John Pearce
    25
  • 7.
    Robert Kemper
    23
  • 8.
    Dudley Platt
    21
  • 9.
    Scott Thomas
    16
  • 9.
    Terry Doyle
    16

Species Leaders

  • 1.
    Dan Bilderback
    57
  • 2.
    Cal Gesmundo
    56
  • 3.
    Richard Prentki
    51
  • 3.
    Andy Bankert
    51
  • 3.
    Declan Troy
    51
  • 6.
    Scott Thomas
    45
  • 7.
    Dudley Platt
    44
  • 8.
    David Sonneborn
    42
  • 9.
    Jack Bushong
    41
  • 10.
    Sulli Gibson
    40
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