Shorebirds
SPECIES IN ALASKA
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| Species |
Seasonal
Occurrence
|
Breeding
Habitat
|
Wintering
Areas
|
| Black-bellied Plover |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
NAM/CAM/
SAM/OCE |
| American
Golden-Plover |
B |
upland tundra |
SAM |
| Pacific Golden-Plover |
B* |
upland tundra |
OCE/AUS |
| Mongolian
Plover |
b |
rocky tundra |
SEA/OCE |
| Snowy Plover |
v |
|
|
| Common Ringed Plover |
b* |
sand/gravel beaches |
AFR |
| Semipalmated Plover |
B |
sand/gravel beaches |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Little
Ringed Plover |
v |
|
|
| Killdeer |
B |
gravel beaches/pastures |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Eurasian
Dotterel |
b |
rocky tundra |
AFR |
| Black
Oystercatcher |
B |
gravel/rocky beaches |
NAM |
| Black-winged Stilt |
v |
|
|
| American Avocet |
v |
|
|
| Oriental Pratincole |
v |
|
|
| Common Greenshank |
m |
|
|
| Greater Yellowlegs |
B |
muskegs/marshes |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Lesser
Yellowlegs |
B |
muskegs/marshes |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Marsh Sandpiper |
v |
|
|
| Spotted Redshank |
m |
|
|
| Wood Sandpiper |
b |
marshes |
SEA |
| Green Sandpiper |
v |
|
|
| Solitary Sandpiper |
B |
muskegs/marshes |
CAM/SAM |
| Wandering
Tattler |
B |
gravel beaches |
OCE/NAM/
CAM |
| Gray-tailed Tattler |
m |
|
|
| Common Sandpiper |
b |
sand/gravel beaches |
SEA/AUS |
| Spotted
Sandpiper |
B |
sand/gravel beaches |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Terek Sandpiper |
m |
|
|
| Upland Sandpiper |
B |
upland tundra |
SAM |
| Little Curlew |
m |
|
|
| Eskimo Curlew |
E* |
upland tundra |
SAM |
| Whimbrel |
B |
upland tundra |
OCE/NAM/
CAM/SAM |
| Bristle-thighed
Curlew |
B* |
upland tundra |
OCE |
| Far Eastern Curlew |
m |
|
|
| Black-tailed Godwit |
m |
|
|
| Hudsonian
Godwit |
B |
low,wet tundra/muskegs |
SAM |
| Bar-tailed
Godwit |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
OCE/AUS |
| Marbled
Godwit |
B |
upland tundra |
NAM/CAM |
| Ruddy
Turnstone |
B* |
upland tundra |
OCE/NAM/
CAM/SAM |
| Black
Turnstone |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
NAM/CAM |
| Surfbird |
B |
rocky tundra |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Great Knot |
m |
|
|
| Red
Knot |
B* |
rocky tundra |
SEA/AUS/
NAM/SAM |
| Sanderling |
b* |
low, wet tundra |
SAM/CAM/
NAM |
| Semipalmated
Sandpiper |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
SAM/CAM |
| Western Sandpiper |
B* |
upland tundra |
CAM/NAM/
SAM |
| Rufous-necked
Stint |
b* |
low, wet tundra |
AUS/SEA |
| Little Stint |
m |
|
|
| Temminck's Stint |
m |
|
|
| Long-toed Stint |
m |
|
|
| Least
Sandpiper |
B |
low, wet tundra/muskegs |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| White-rumped
Sandpiper |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
SAM |
| Baird's
Sandpiper |
B* |
upland tundra |
SAM |
| Pectoral
Sandpiper |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
SAM |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
M |
|
|
| Purple Sandpiper |
v |
|
|
| Rock Sandpiper |
B* |
upland/rocky tundra |
NAM |
| Dunlin |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
NAM/CAM/
SEA |
| Curlew Sandpiper |
b* |
upland tundra |
SEA/AUS |
| Stilt Sandpiper |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
SAM/CAM |
| Spoonbill
Sandpiper |
m |
|
|
| Broad-billed Sandpiper |
m |
|
|
| Buff-breasted
Sandpiper |
B* |
upland tundra |
SAM |
| Ruff |
b |
low, wet tundra |
AFR/SEA |
| Short-billed
Dowitcher |
B |
muskegs/marshes |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Long-billed
Dowitcher |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
NAM/CAM |
| Jack Snipe |
v |
|
|
| Wilson's
Snipe |
B |
muskegs/upland tundra |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
| Pin-tailed
Snipe |
v |
|
|
| Wilson's Phalarope |
b |
marshes |
SAM |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
B |
low, wet tundra |
OCE/SAM |
| Red
Phalarope |
B* |
low, wet tundra |
SAM |
| Occurrence:
Season occurrence in Alaska; B = common, regular breeds, b = irregular of breeds
in small numbers, M = regular migrant, m = irregular or migrates in small numbers,
v = vagrant, * = nesting restricted to arctic and subarctic tundra regions.
Wintering areas: NAM = North America, CAM = Central
America, SAM = South America, AUS = Australia, OCE = Oceania, SEA = Southeast
Asia, AFR = Africa/Mideast |
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Last Updated: September 18, 2008
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