Stikine River Bird Checklist
Note: This list highlights birds that are common to the Stikine River especially during migration. See Wrangell Island Bird Checklist for other birds you may see on the river. See site descriptions for species that are less common.
Species
Spring/Fall Summer Sandhill Crane Spring/Fall Canada Goose Spring/Fall Summer Trumpeter Swan Spring/Fall Snow Goose Spring/Fall Great White-fronted Goose Summer Green-winged Teal Spring/Fall Summer Mallard Spring/Fall Summer Blue-winged Teal Spring/Fall Summer Northern Shoveler Spring/Fall Summer Ring-necked Duck Spring/Fall Summer Greater Scaup Spring/Fall Summer Northern Pintail Spring/Fall Summer Cinnamon Teal Spring/Fall Summer Gadwall Spring/Fall Summer American Wigeon Spring/Fall Summer Common Merganser Spring/Fall Summer Bald Eagle Spring/Fall Summer Ruffed Grouse Spring/Fall Summer Blue Grouse Spring/Fall Summer Black-bellied Plover Spring/Fall Lesser Golden Plover Spring/Fall Semi-palmated Plover Spring/Fall Greater Yellowlegs Spring/Fall Summer Lesser Yellowlegs Spring/Fall Spotted Sandpiper Spring/Fall Summer Whimbrel Spring/Fall Western Sandpiper Spring/Fall Least Sandpiper Spring/Fall Summer Pectoral Sandpiper Spring/Fall Dunlin Spring/Fall Common Snipe Spring/Fall Summer Long-billed Dowitcher Spring/Fall Short-billed Dowitcher Spring/Fall Glaucus-winged Gull Spring/Fall Summer Mew Gull Spring/Fall Summer Arctic Tern Spring/Fall Summer Black Swift Spring/Fall Summer Olive-sided Flycatcher Spring/Fall Summer Ruby-crowned Kinglet Spring/Fall Summer Varied Thrush Spring/Fall Summer Swainson's Thrush Spring/Fall Summer American Pipit Spring/Fall Summer Warbling Vireo Spring/Fall Summer Yellow Warbler Spring/Fall Summer MacGilivray's Warbler Spring/Fall Summer Common Yellowthroat Spring/Fall Summer Fox Sparrow Spring/Fall Summer
Where to look on the Stikine River:
Sergief Island Rare shorebirds, snow geese, black swifts, Vaux's swift, American pipit Twin Lakes Northern waterthrush (rare), red-winged blackbird (rare), MacGillivray's warbler Limb Island American redstart, northern pygmy owl, black-billed magpie Andrew's Slough/ Creek Olive-sided flycatcher, common yellowthroat, Wilson's and MacGillivray's warblers Hot Spring Slough/ Ketili River Warbling vireo, yellow warbler, golden eagle (rare), alder flycatcher Ketili Creek/ Beaver Ponds Sora (rare), western tanager (rare), American bittern (rare), western wood pewee Shakes Glacier Spotted sandpiper, blue grouse Barnes Lake Trumpeter swan, hooded merganser (rare), red-eyed vireo (rare), Vaux's swift Updated June 13, 2001
