Bird Songs of Alaska

Bird Songs of Alaska

Leonard Peyton

The most complete compilation of Alaskan bird sound recordings ever assembled, over 260 species. Indexed and announced. Featuring breeding vocalisations of shorebirds, Alaska-specific dialects, and songs and calls of spectacular Asian rarities. Indexed and announced. Many vocalisations on this compilation are not available on any other audio field guide, making it an invaluable tool for field research or as a way to enhance the personal pleasure and challenge of birding in a new place. Bird Songs of Alaska includes recordings from Denali National Park, Tongass National Forest, the Aleutian Islands, and other Alaskan localities. 127 min.

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Common NameScientific Name
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
Yellow-billed DiverGavia adamsii
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Leach's Storm-PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoa
Fork-tailed Storm-PetrelOceanodroma furcata
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Snow GooseChen caerulescens
Emperor GooseChen canagica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
American WigeonAnas americana
GadwallAnas strepera
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
GarganeyAnas querquedula
Blue-winged TealAnas discors
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Common NameScientific Name
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
GoosanderMergus merganser
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
MerlinFalco columbarius
Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Spruce GrouseFalcipennis canadensis
Blue GrouseDendragapus obscurus
Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutus
White-tailed PtarmiganLagopus leucurus
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus
Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Virginia RailRallus limicola
SoraPorzana carolina
American CootFulica americana
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Common NameScientific Name
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus hudsonicus
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularia
Grey-tailed TattlerHeteroscelus brevipes
Wandering TattlerHeteroscelus incanus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Wilson's PhalaropeSteganopus tricolor
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
SurfbirdAphriza virgata
Red KnotCalidris canutus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis
Common NameScientific Name
DunlinCalidris alpina
Stilt SandpiperMicropalama himantopus
Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollis
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
Mew GullLarus canus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Black-headed GullLarus ridibundus
Bonaparte's GullLarus philadelphia
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Aleutian TernSterna aleutica
Brunnich's GuillemotUria lomvia
Common GuillemotUria aalge
Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus
Kittlitz's MurreletBrachyramphus brevirostris
Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
Cassin's AukletPtychoramphus aleuticus
Parakeet AukletCyclorrhynchus psittacula
Least AukletAethia pusilla
Whiskered AukletAethia pygmaea
Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata
Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Band-tailed PigeonColumba fasciata
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Oriental CuckooCuculus saturatus
Western Screech-OwlOtus kennicottii
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Snowy OwlNyctea scandiaca
Barred OwlStrix varia
Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa
Common NameScientific Name
Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium californicum
Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
Black SwiftNephoecetes niger
Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii
American Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
Pacific-slope FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Sky LarkAlauda arvensis
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common NameScientific Name
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
White / Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
American DipperCinclus mexicanus
Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapilla
Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli
Gray-headed ChickadeePoecile cincta
Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonica
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Brown CreeperCerthia americana
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Grey JayPerisoreus canadensis
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northwestern CrowCorvus caurinus
Common NameScientific Name
Common RavenCorvus corax
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Tennessee WarblerVermivora peregrina
Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
Yellow WarblerDendroica aestiva
Townsend's WarblerDendroica townsendi
Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striata
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
MacGillivray's WarblerOporornis tolmiei
Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
Common NameScientific Name
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
Mealy RedpollAcanthis flammea
Grey-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
Common CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Common BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater

Disclaimer The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.

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