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Tongass Home » About the Tongass » Plants, Animals, Fish and Birds » Birds » Birds around Wrangell

 

Wrangell Island Bird Checklist

Refer to the Birds Around Wrangell page (right) for a description of the habitat terms used below. You'll find information about where to look for birds on Wrangell Island on the Birding Sites In Wrangell page (right). Birds with an asterisk(*) are also seen on the Stikine River.

Species 
Season 
  Habitat
Pacific loon Winter   Summer Saltwater
Red-necked grebe Winter   Summer Saltwater
Pelagic cormorant Winter   Summer Saltwater
Great blue heron Winter   Summer Saltwater
Mallard* Winter   Summer Saltwater, Freshwater
Harlequin duck Winter   Summer Saltwater, Freshwater
Surf scoter Winter   Summer Saltwater
Common merganser* Winter   Summer Saltwater
Barrow's goldeneye Winter   Summer Saltwater
Bufflehead Winter     Saltwater
Bald eagle* Winter   Summer Saltwater, Beach, Urban/edge
Blue grouse Winter   Summer Forest, Muskeg, Alpine
Greater yellowlegs* Winter   Summer Beach, Freshwater, Muskeg
Black turnstone  Winter     Beach, Saltwater
Mew gull* Winter   Summer Saltwater, Beach, Urban/edge
Glaucous-winged gull* Winter   Summer Saltwater, Beach, Urban/edge
Pigeon guillemot Winter   Summer Saltwater
Marbled murrelet Winter   Summer Saltwater, Forest
Rufous hummingbird     Summer Forest, Shrub, Urban/edge
Hairy woodpecker Winter   Summer Forest
Pacific-slope flycatcher     Summer Forest, Shrub, Urban/edge
Steller's jay Winter   Summer Forest, Urban/edge, Muskeg
Northwestern crow Winter   Summer Generalist
Common raven Winter   Summer Generalist
Barn swallow     Summer Urban/edge, Saltwater
Chestnut-backed chickadee Winter   Summer Forest, Urban/edge, Muskeg
Winter wren Winter   Summer Freshwater, Forest, Urban/edge
American dipper Winter   Summer Freshwater, Forest
Golden-crowned kinglet Winter   Summer Forest, Shrub, Urban/edge
Ruby-crowned kinglet*     Summer Forest, Shrub
American robin     Summer Generalist
Swainson's thrush*     Summer Forest, Urban/edge
Hermit thrush     Summer Forest
Varied thrush* Winter   Summer Generalist
Orange-crowned warbler     Summer Shrub, Forest, Urban/edge
Yellow-rumped warbler     Summer Forest
Townsend's warbler     Summer Forest, Urban/edge
Wilson's warbler     Summer Shrub, Urban/edge
Savannah sparrow     Summer Beach, Shrub, Urban/edge
Song sparrow Winter   Summer Generalist
Dark-eyed junco Winter   Summer Generalist
Red crossbill Winter   Summer Forest, Urban/edge
Pine siskin Winter   Summer Generalist

 

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Last Modified: February 12, 2007