Shorebirds
SPECIES IN ALASKA
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Species |
Seasonal
Occurrence
|
Breeding
Habitat
|
Wintering
Areas
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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 |
|
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Common Ringed Plover |
b* |
sand/gravel beaches |
AFR |
Semipalmated Plover |
B |
sand/gravel beaches |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
Little
Ringed Plover |
v |
|
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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 |
|
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Oriental Pratincole |
v |
|
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Common Greenshank |
m |
|
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Greater Yellowlegs |
B |
muskegs/marshes |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
Lesser
Yellowlegs |
B |
muskegs/marshes |
NAM/CAM/
SAM |
Marsh Sandpiper |
v |
|
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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 |
|
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Temminck's Stint |
m |
|
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Long-toed Stint |
m |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
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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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