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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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191 Species 2832 Checklists eBirders

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Native and Naturalized (5)

  1. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 62
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Limle
    Location: Ketchikan Airport Perimeter Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  2. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peek Ehlinger
    Location: Palmer Hay Flats SGR--Rabbit Slough Access Rd. Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  3. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
    # Count: 90
    Date:
    Observer: Pete Mickelson
    Location: Cordova--Goose Cove (Pt. Whitshed) Chugach Census Area
  4. Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brad Hunter
    Location: Mitkof Highway - 19 Mile Area "The Meadows" Petersburg Borough
  5. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: C.E. Furbish
    Location: Skagway--Taiya Inlet Skagway Municipality
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Checklist Leaders

  • 1.
    Cal Gesmundo
    122
  • 2.
    Richard Prentki
    67
  • 3.
    Justin Saunders
    53
  • 4.
    Denise Turley
    49
  • 5.
    Detlef Buettner
    46
  • 6.
    Sam Darmstadt
    40
  • 7.
    L. Lamm
    37
  • 7.
    Robin Corcoran
    37
  • 7.
    Laura Burke
    37
  • 10.
    Andrew Newcomb
    35

Species Leaders

  • 1.
    Steve Heinl
    104
  • 2.
    Nat Drumheller
    95
  • 3.
    Denise Turley
    87
  • 4.
    Ben Limle
    83
  • 5.
    Detlef Buettner
    80
  • 6.
    Jack Bushong
    78
  • 7.
    Andrew Piston
    76
  • 8.
    Mary Hausler
    73
  • 9.
    Daniel Smith
    71
  • 9.
    Matt Goff
    71
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