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Below is the Bird list for Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The wide variety of habitats found in the park allow for an abundance of bird species. The list indicates during what seasons the species may be seen and how common they are.


Eider nest and eggs.

A=abundant, C=common, U=uncommon, R=rare, CA=casual, AC=accidental.  *=breeding, +=variable numbers

 


Species

SP

S

F

W

other

Red-throated Loon

U

U

R

*

Arctic Loon

C

C

C

*

Common Loon

U

U

U

*

Yellow-billed Loon

R

R

R

Horned Grebe

C

C

C

AC

*

Red-nacked Grebe

C

C

C

*

Double-crested Cormorant

R

R

R

AC

Pelagic Cormorant

U

U

U

AC

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel

CA

Leach's Storm-Petrel

AC

Great Blue Heron

R

R

CA

Tundra Swan

C

C

Trumpeter Swan

U

U

U

*

Greater White-fronted Swan

U

U

Snow Goose

U

Brant

R

R

Canada Goose

C

C

C

R

*

Green-winged Teal

C

C

C

AC

*

Mallard

C

C

C

C

*

Northern Pintail

C

C

C

CA

*

Blue-winged Teal

R

R

R

Northern Shoveler

C

C

C

*

Gadwall

R

R

R

AC

Eurasian Wigeon

R

American Wigeon

C

C

C

CA

*

Canvasback

U

U

U

*

Redhead

U

CA

CA

Ring-necked Duck

R

R

R

AC

*

Greater Scaup

C

C

C

CA

*

Lesser Scaup

U

U

U

AC

Common Eider

U

U

U

AC

Steller's Eider

AC

AC

King Eider

AC

AC

Harlequin Duck

U

U

U

U

*

Oldsquaw

C

U

U

R

*

Black Scoter

C

C

C

U

Surf Scoter

C

AC

C

U

White-winged Scoter

U

U

U

R

Common Goldeneye

U

U

U

U

*

Barrow's Goldeneye

C

C

U

R

*

Bufflehead

U

U

Hooded Merganser

AC

CA

Common Merganser

U

U

U

U

Red-breasted Merganser

U

U

R

Osprey

R

R

R

*

Bald Eagle

C

C

C

R

*

Northern Harrier

C

U

C

*

Sharp-shinned Hawk

U

U

U

R

*

Northern Goshawk

U

U

U

U

*

Red-tailed Hawk

U

U

U

*

Rough-legged Hawk

U

R

Golden Eagle

U

U

U

*

Merlin

U

U

U

CA

*

Peregrine Falcon

R

R

R

CA

*

Gyrfalcon

R

R

R

CA

*

Spruce Grouse

C

C

C

C

*+

Willow Ptarmigan

C

C

C

C

*+

Rock Ptarmigan

R

R

R

R

*+

White-tailed Ptarmigan

U

U

U

R

*+

American Coot

CA

CA

CA

Sandhill Crane

R

CA

R

Black Oystercatcher

R

R

R

Black-bellied Plover

R

R

R

Lesser Golden-Plover

U

U

U

*

Semipalmated Plover

U

U

U

*

Killdeer

CA

CA

CA

*

Greater Yellowlegs

C

C

C

*

Lesser Yellowlegs

C

C

C

*

Solitary Sandpiper

U

U

U

*

Wandering Tattler

U

U

U

*

Spotted Sandpiper

C

C

C

*

Whimbrel

U

R

U

Hudsonian Godwit

U

U

U

*

Marbled Godwit

AC

Ruddy Turnstone

U

R

R

Black Turnstone

U

R

R

Surfbird

U

U

U

*

Red Knot

CA

CA

Sanderling

CA

CA

Semipalmated Sandpiper

R

U

R

Western Sandpiper

A

C

C

Least Snadpiper

A

C

C

*

Baird's Sandpiper

R

R

R

Pectoral Sandpiper

R

R

R

Dunlin

A

U

C

Short-billed Dowitcher

A

A

A

*

Long-billed Dowitcher

U

CA

R

Common Snipe

C

C

C

CA

*

Wilson's Phalarope

AC

Red Phalarope

R

AC

Red-necked Phalarope

C

C

C

*

Parasitic Jaeger

R

R

Long-tailed Jaeger

R

R

Franklin's Gull

AC

Bonaparte's Gull

C

C

C

*

Mew Gull

A

A

A

CA

*

California Gull

R

Herring Gull

A

C

C

R

*

Thayer's Gull

R

U

Glaucous-winged Gull

A

A

A

U

*

Glaucous Gull

R

R

U

R

Black-legged Kittiwake

A

A

A

R

*

Ivory Gull

AC

Glaucous-winged x Herring (hybrid)

C

C

C

R

Arctic Tern

C

C

C

*

Aleutian Tern

CA

CA

Common Murre

U

U

AC

AC

Pigeon Gullimot

U

U

U

AC

*

Horned Puffin

U

U

U

AC

*

Tufted Puffin

R

R

R

AC

Marbled Murrelet

U

U

U

R

Crested Auklet

R

R

R

Cassin's Auklet

R

R

R

Parakeet Auklet

CA

CA

Rock Dove

U

U

U

U

Great Horned Owl

U

U

U

U

*

Snowy Owl

R

R

Northern Hawk-Owl

R

R

R

R

*+

Great Gray Owl

R

R

R

R

Short-eared Owl

U

U

R

AC

*

Boreal Owl

U

U

U

U

*

Northern Saw-whet Owl

U

U

U

U

*

Anna's Hummingbird

AC

Rufous Hummingbird

R

CA

Belted Kingfisher

U

U

U

R

*

Downy Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

*

Hairy Woodpecker

R

R

R

R

*

Three-toed Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

*

Northern Flicker

CA

CA

CA

*

Olive-sided Flycatcher

R

U

*

Western Wood-Pewee

U

U

U

Alder Flycatcher

C

C

U

*

Say's Phoebe

R

U

R

*

Horned Lark

U

U

U

*

Tree Sallow

A

A

A

*

Violet-green Swallow

C

C

C

*

Bank Swallow

C

C

C

*

Cliff Swallow

U

U

U

*

Barn Swallow

R

R

Gray Jay

C

C

C

C

*

Steller's Jay

R

R

U

R

*

Black-billed Magpie

C

C

C

A

*

Northwestern Crow

AC

CA

Common Raven

C

C

C

A

*

Black-capped Chickadee

C

C

C

C

*

Boreal Chickadee

C

C

C

C

*

Red-breasted Nuthatch

R

R

R

R

*+

Brown Creeper

R

R

R

R

*

American Dipper

U

U

U

U

*

Golden -crown Kinglet

U

U

U

U

*+

Northern Wheatear

A

A

A

CA

*

Townsend's Solitaire

R

R

R

CA

*

Gray-cheecked Thrush

C

C

C

*

Swainson's Thrush

U

U

U

*

Hermit Thrush

C

C

U

*

American Robin

C

C

C

R

*

Varied Thrush

C

C

C

*

Yellow Wagtail

R

R

R

American Pipit

C

C

C

*

Bohemian Waxwing

U

U

A

U

*+

Northern Shrike

U

U

U

U

*

Orange-crowned Warbler