Birds

Species information is provided in one of two formats: a PDF, or a user-friendly species profile with tabbed webpages designed to include photos, sounds, sign, range maps, comments on management and research, and much more. Over time, the department plans to convert content from all PDF sources into species profiles.

Have fun learning about Alaska’s wildlife and their habitats.

Sort by scientific name

Common Name Scientific Name Link
Albatross    
Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes View Black-footed Albatross Profile
Short-tailed Phoebastria albatrus View Short-tailed Albatross Profile
Chickadee    
Black-capped Parus atricapillus View Black-capped Chickadee Profile
Boreal Parus hudsonicus View Boreal Chickadee Profile
Chestnut-backed Parus rufescens View Chestnut-backed Chickadee Profile
Gray-headed Poecile cinctus View Gray-headed Chickadee Profile
Crane    
Sandhill Grus canadensis View Sandhill Crane Profile
Curlew    
Eskimo Numenius borealis View Eskimo Curlew Profile
Dipper    
American Cinclus mexicanus View American Dipper Profile
Duck    
Harlequin Histrionicus histrionicus View Harlequin Duck Profile
Dunlin Calidris alpina View PDF of Dunlin
Eagle    
Bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus View Bald Eagle Profile
Golden Aquila chrysaetos View Golden Eagle Profile
Eider    
King Somateria spectabilis View PDF of King Eider
Spectacled Somateria fischeri View Spectacled Eider Profile
Steller's Polysticta stelleri View Steller's Eider Profile
Goose    
Canada Branta canadensis View Canada Goose Profile
Emperor Anser canagicus View Emperor Goose Profile
Greater White-fronted Anser albifrons View PDF of Greater White-fronted Goose
Goshawk    
Northern Accipiter gentilis View Northern Goshawk Profile
Grouse    
Ruffed Bonasa umbellus View Ruffed Grouse Profile
Sharp-tailed Tympanuchus phasianellus View Sharp-tailed Grouse Profile
Sooty Dendragapus fuliginosus View Sooty Grouse Profile
Spruce Falcipennis canadensis View PDF of Spruce Grouse
Gull    
Glaucous-winged Larus glaucescens View PDF of Glaucous-winged Gull
Hawk    
Sharp-shinned Accipiter striatus View PDF of Sharp-shinned Hawk
Knot    
Red Calidris canutus View Red Knot Profile
Loon    
Pacific Gavia pacifica View PDF of Pacific Loon
Yellow-billed Gavia adamsii View Yellow-billed Loon Profile
Murrelet    
Kittlitz's Brachyramphus brevirostris View Kittlitz's Murrelet Profile
Marbled Brachyramphus marmoratus View Marbled Murrelet Profile
Osprey Pandion haliaetus View Osprey Profile
Owl    
Barred Strix varia View Barred Owl Profile
Boreal Aegolius funereus View Boreal Owl Profile
Great Gray Strix nebulosa View PDF of Great Gray Owl
Northern Hawk Surnia ulula View PDF of Northern Hawk Owl
Phalarope    
Red-necked Phalaropus lobatus View PDF of Red-necked Phalarope
Plover    
Black-bellied Pluvialus squatarola View PDF of Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Golden Pluvialus dominica View PDF of Lesser Golden Plover
Semipalmated Charadrius semipalmatus View PDF of Semipalmated Plover
Ptarmigan    
Rock Lagopus muta View Rock Ptarmigan Profile
White-tailed Lagopus leucura View PDF of White-tailed Ptarmigan
Willow Lagopus lagopus View Willow Ptarmigan Profile
Puffin    
Horned Fratercula corniculata View PDF of Horned Puffin
Tufted Fratercula cirrhata View PDF of Tufted Puffin
Raven    
Common Corvus corax View Common Raven Profile
Sandpiper    
Rock Calidris ptilocnemis View PDF of Rock Sandpiper
Sapsucker    
Red-breasted Sphyrapicus ruber View PDF of Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sparrow    
Song Melospiza melodia View PDF of Song Sparrow
White-crowned Zonotrichia leucophrys View PDF of White-crowned Sparrow
Swan    
Trumpeter Cygnus buccinator View Trumpeter Swan Profile
Tundra Cygnus columbianus View PDF of Tundra Swan
Woodpecker    
Hairy Picoides villosus View PDF of Hairy Woodpecker