Adak Bird List for Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Ducks, Geese, and Swans
*Bold = breeding

Species

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Emperor GooseC-ICaI-CC
Snow GooseCaAc
Greater White-fronted Goose ICaCaAc
Taiga Bean Goose

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Ac
Tundra Bean Goose
BrantCaCaCaCa
Cackling Goose CRUAc
Tundra Swan (Whistling)ICaI
Tundra Swan (Bewick's)AcCa
Whooper SwanU-CaIU
Baikal TealCa
Garganey CaCaCa
Blue-winged Teal Ac
Northern Shoveler*RRRR
GadwallICaII
Falcated Duck CaCaAcAc
Eurasian WigeonUIUC
American WigeonIIII
Eastern Spot-billed DuckCaCaAcCa
Mallard*CCCC
Northern Pintail*CUCC
Green-winged Teal (American)ICaCaAc
Green- winged Teal* (Eurasian)CCCC
Canvasback IAcII
Redhead CaAc
Common Pochard CaCaAcCa
Ring-necked Duck CaAcCaCa
Tufted Duck UIRU
Greater Scaup* CCCC
Lesser Scaup ICaCaCa
Steller's Eider ICaCaI
King Eider CaCaCaCa
Common Eider* CCCC
Harlequin Duck CCCC
Surf Scoter IAcCaI
White-winged Scoter CRCC
Black Scoter CICC
Long-tailed Duck UIUC
Bufflehead CIUC
Common Goldeneye CRUC
Barrow's Goldeneye ICaAcI
Smew ICaCaI
Hooded Merganser CaAcCa
Common Merganser (N. American)

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Common Merganser (Eurasian)
Red-breasted Merganser* CCCC
Grouse
Rock Ptarmigan* CCCC
Grebes
Horned Grebe UICU
Red-necked Grebe UICU
Western GrebeAcAc
Cuckoos
Common Cuckoo CaICa
Oriental CuckooAc
Swifts
Fork-tailed Swift Ca
Rails and Coots
American CootAcCaCa
Cranes
Sandhill CraneIII
Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher* CCCC
Lapwings and Plovers
Black-bellied Plover CaCaCa
Pacific Golden-Plover CRU
Common Ringed Plover AcAcAc
Semipalmated Plover* CCU
Lesser Sand-Plover CaCaCa
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies
Bristle-thighed Curlew IAc
WhimbrelICaCa
Far Eastern CurlewICa
Bar-tailed Godwit UICa
Black-tailed Godwit IAc
Ruddy Turnstone Ca-RUU-Ca
Black TurnstoneAcAc
Great Knot Ac
Red Knot CaCaCaCa
Ruff ICaI
Broad-billed Sandpiper Ac
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper CaUAc
Temminck's Stint CaAcCa
Long-toed Stint CaAcAc
Red-necked Stint ICaI
Sanderling C-RRU-CC
Dunlin ICaII
Rock Sandpiper* CCCC
Baird's Sandpiper AcCaI
Little StintCaCaI
Least SandpiperICaAc
Buff-breasted SandpiperCaCa
Pectoral Sandpiper ICaR
Semipalmated SandpiperCa
Western Sandpiper CaCaIAc
Long-billed Dowitcher CaU
Common Snipe RII
Wilson's SnipeURIAc
Terek SandpiperCa
Common Sandpiper ICa
Gray-tailed Tattler CaCaI
Wandering Tattler URR
Lesser Yellowlegs AcCa
Spotted Redshank CaCa
Common Greenshank ICaI
Greater Yellowlegs CaCa
Wood Sandpiper RIIAc
Marsh SandpiperCaCa
Red-necked Phalarope* CCI
Red Phalarope CaCaCa
Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger CaCaCa
Parasitic Jaeger* R-CCC-R
Long-tailed Jaeger CaCa
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Common Murre* UUUU
Thick-billed Murre IIIR
Black GuillemotAc
Pigeon Guillemot* CCCC
Long-billed MurreletAc
Marbled Murrelet* CCCC
Kittlitz's Murrelet* CURR
Ancient Murrelet CCUR
Cassin's Auklet CaCaCa
Parakeet Auklet CaCaCaCa
Least Auklet CaCaCaCa
Whiskered Auklet* CaCaCaCa
Crested Auklet CaCaCaCa
Rhinoceros AukletAcAc
Horned Puffin* I-CCC-II
Tufted Puffin* I-CCC-II
Gulls and Terns
Black-legged Kittiwake RRCCa
Red-legged Kittiwake CaCa
Sabine's Gull AcAcAc
Black-headed Gull RRCa
Black-tailed GullAc
Common Gull

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Short-billed Gull
American Herring/Vega GullIIII
Iceland Gull (Thayer's)CaCaCa
Slaty-backed Gull CaCaCaCa
Glaucous-winged Gull* CCCC
Glaucous Gull IICaI
Aleutian Tern* Ac-CCCa
White-winged TernAc
Common Tern CaAc
Arctic Tern* Ac-CCU-Ac
Loons
Red-throated Loon IIICa
Arctic Loon UICaCa
Pacific Loon UIRI
Common Loon* CCUU
Yellow-billed Loon CaCaICa
Tubenoses
Laysan Albatross RRRAc
Black-footed Albatross CaCaI
Short-tailed AlbatrossCaAcAc
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel* UUU
Leach's Storm-Petrel RRR
Northern Fulmar RRR
Mottled PetrelAcAc
Cook's Petrel Ac
Short-tailed Shearwater RRR
Sooty Shearwater III
Cormorants
Red-faced Cormorant* UUUU
Pelagic Cormorant* CCCC
Double-crested Cormorant AcCaAc
Herons, Bittersn, and Allies
Black-crowned Night-heronAc
Great EgretCaCaCa
Ospreys
OspreyCaCaAc
Hawks, Eagles, and Allies
Northern HarrierCaII
Hen HarrierAc
Sharp-shinned HawnAcAcCa
Eurasian SparrowhawkAcCaCa
Bald Eagle* CCCC
Rough-legged HawkAcCaCaCa
Owls
Snowy Owl CaCaCaCa
Short-eared Owl* UUUU
Boreal OwlAc
Kingfishers
Belted KingfisherCaAc
Falcons
Eurasian KestrelAcAc
MerlinAcCaI
Gyrfalcon* RRUR
Peregrine Falcon* (pealei)UUCU
Shrikes
Red-backed ShrikeAc
Northern Shrike CaCaCa
Crows and Jays
Common Raven* CCCC
Larks
Eurasian Skylark CaCa
Swallows
Bank Swallow CaCaCa
Tree Swallow CaCaAc
Barn SwallowCaCa
Cliff SwallowCaAc
Leaf Warblers
Wood WarblerAc
Dusky Warbler Ac
Kamchatka Leaf WarblerAcAc
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned KingletAc
Waxwings
Bohemian WaxwingCaCa
Wrens
Pacific Wren* CCCU
Thrushes
Hermit ThrushAc
Eyebrowed Thrush CaCaCa
Dusky Thrush

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Ac
Naumann's ThrushCa
Song ThrushAc
American Robin AcAc
Old World Flycatchers and Chats
Gray-streaked FlycatcherAcCa
Dark-sided FlycatcherAc
Siberian RubythroatAc
Taiga FlycatcherAcCa
Northern Wheatear CaCaCa
Wagtails and Pipits
Eastern Yellow Wagtail CaAcCa
Gray Wagtail AcAc
White Wagtail (lugens)ICaCaCa
Olive-backed PipitCaCa
Red-throated PipitAc
American Pipit CaCaICa
Finches
Brambling IIII
Hawfinch II
Common Rosefinch Ca
Pine GrosbeakCa
Eurasian BullfinchAc
Asian Rosy-Finch Ac
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch* CCCC
Oriental GreenfinchCa
Redpoll (Common) ICaII
Redpoll (Hoary)CaCaCaCa
Red CrossbillAc
Pine Siskin IIII
Longspurs and Snow buntings
Lapland Longspur* Ca-CCC-CaCa
Snow Bunting* CCCC
McKay's Bunting CaAc
Old World Buntings
Rustic Bunting CaCaAc
New World Sparrows and Allies
American Tree SparrowAc
Dark-eyed Junco AcCa
White-crowned SparrowAc
Golden-crowned Sparrow AcAc
Savannah Sparrow CaCaCa
Song Sparrow* CCCC
Blackbirds
Rusty BlackbirdAc
Wood-Warblers
Yellow WarblerCa
Blackpoll WarblerAc
Yellow-rumped Warbler Ac
Cardinals and Allies
Western TanagerAc
Hypothetical species needing more documentation
Spectacled Eider(Ac)
American Golden-plover(Ac)
Bonaparte's Gull(Ac)
White-winged Crossbill(Ac)
Bluethroat (Ac)