Wildlife

Bird Bio - Links

Here’s a handy way to learn more about the birds of the Alaska Maritime Refuge.

Seabird Bios for more than 35 species from the Alaska Seabird Information Series

*Additional species information listed alphabetically*

Albatrosses

Short-tailed Albatross (Diomedea albatrus)

Black-footed Albatross (D. nigripes)

Laysan Albatross (D. immutabilis)

Cormorants

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Pelagic Cormorant (P. pelagicus)

Brandt’s Cormorant (P. penicillatus)

Red-faced Cormorant (P. urile)

Eagle, Bald (Haliacetus leucocephalus)

Eiders

All 4 Eiders

Steller’s (Polysticta stelleri) - Threatened Species

Fulmar, Northern (Fulmarus glacialis)

Gulls

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

Glaucous-winged Gull (L. glaucescens)

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

Ptarmigan, Rock [Attu Island - Evermann’s] (Lagopus mutus evermanni )

Shearwaters

Short-tailed (Puffinus tenuirostris)

Sooty (P. griseus)

Storm-Petrels

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata)

Leach’s Storm-Petrel (O. leucorhoa)

As we develop them, more birds bios will be available here.

Last updated:September 8, 2008