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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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178 Species 1904 Checklists eBirders

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Native and Naturalized (5)

  1. Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Denise Turley
    Location: Alaska Maritime NWR--St. Lazaria Island Sitka City and Borough
  2. Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ronan McWilliams
    Location: Petersburg--N Nordic Dr. to Hungry Pt. Petersburg Borough
  3. Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Hannah Gage
    Location: Hyder--tidal flats Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  4. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Nat Drumheller
    Location: Gustavus--Forelands (W of dock to Critical Habitat boundary) Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
  5. California Gull Larus californicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steve Heinl
    Location: Ketchikan Airport Perimeter Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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Checklist Leaders

  • 1.
    Cal Gesmundo
    98
  • 2.
    Richard Prentki
    55
  • 3.
    Denise Turley
    41
  • 4.
    Detlef Buettner
    35
  • 4.
    Sam Darmstadt
    35
  • 6.
    Robin Corcoran
    32
  • 7.
    Andrew Newcomb
    31
  • 8.
    Laura Burke
    30
  • 8.
    L. Lamm
    30
  • 8.
    Gerald Frost
    30

Species Leaders

  • 1.
    Steve Heinl
    91
  • 2.
    Denise Turley
    80
  • 3.
    Nat Drumheller
    74
  • 4.
    Matt Goff
    66
  • 5.
    Brad Hunter
    61
  • 5.
    Gus van Vliet
    61
  • 7.
    Detlef Buettner
    60
  • 7.
    Richard MacIntosh
    60
  • 7.
    Stephanie Jurries
    60
  • 10.
    Aaron Lang
    59
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