Checklist of the Birds of Whitehorse, Yukon
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Checklist of the Birds of Whitehorse, Yukon
T he Whitehorse area features spectacular scenery and diverse habitats ranging from lowland marshes and fens, riparian White Spruce, and upland Lodgepole Pine and Trembling Aspen forests, to higher elevation Subalpine Fir, and alpine tundra. This is the traditional territory of five Yukon First Nations. Since the first edition of this checklist in 1995, a remarkable 47 new species have been recorded in the area. While this is largely a result of the tenacious efforts of Yukon birders, bird populations are also changing. Southern invaders such as American Crow and House Sparrow, previously rare, are now nesting here. As well, an amazing array of rarities has occurred over the years. A decade ago, no one would have expected that the likes of Snowy Plover, Tundra Bean-Goose, Dusky Thrush, Hooded Oriole, or Lesser Goldfinch would ever appear on a Yukon checklist – yet here they are. This checklist describes the seasonal status of 264 species which have been documented in the area, with confirmed breeding records for 129 species. SEASONS SP SU F W Spring: March 1 – May 31 Summer: June 1 – July 31 Fall: August 1 – November 30 Winter: December 1 – February 28 FREQUENCY and BREEDING CODES C U R ca ac Common: expected in appropriate habitat. Uncommon: expected but not always seen. Rare: annual in low numbers or very localized. Casual: at least 2 records but not every year. Accidental: recorded only once. * Confirmed Breeding: Observations of an active nest or dependent, flightless young. DOCUMENTING BIRD SIGHTINGS The Yukon is a place where true discovery is still possible, and much remains to be learned. For example, confirmed breeding records are still lacking for a few common species such as Dusky Flycatcher, and suspected rare breeders such as Hooded Merganser and Northern Rough-winged Swallow. Contribute to our knowledge of the Yukon's birdlife by sending written or photo documentation of rare, casual, or accidental species or those not on the checklist, and details of breeding observations to: Yukon Bird Club Box 31054, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, Y1A 5P7 e-mail: [email protected] www.yukonweb.com/community/ybc/ SPECIES SP SU F Tundra Bean-Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Ross’s Goose Brant Cackling Goose Canada Goose * U U ac R R C ca ca ac C ca R ac C C Trumpeter Swan * Tundra Swan Whooper Swan C C ca U ca C C Wood Duck Gadwall * Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon * Mallard * Blue-winged Teal * Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler * Northern Pintail * Green-winged Teal * Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck * Tufted Duck Greater Scaup * Lesser Scaup * King Eider Harlequin Duck * Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead * Common Goldeneye * Barrow's Goldeneye * Hooded Merganser Common Merganser * Red-breasted Merganser * Ruddy Duck * ac C U C C C R C C C C U C ac C C ac U C C ca C C C C R C C R Ruffed Grouse * Spruce Grouse * Willow Ptarmigan * Rock Ptarmigan * White-tailed Ptarmigan * Dusky Grouse * U ca C C U ca C C C U R C C C C U U C R ca R ac ac ac ac U C U ca R C C C ca C C R C C ac U C U ac U C C C ca C U R C C C U R U C C C U R U C C C U R U C C C U R U Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon * Common Loon * Yellow-billed Loon U C C ca R C U ac U U C R ac ac ac Pied-billed Grebe * Horned Grebe * Red-necked Grebe * Eared Grebe Western Grebe ca C C ca ca C U ca ac C C ca ca American White Pelican C C ac U ac C C R W ac ca ac ca ca U ca ac U ac ac ac SPECIES SP SU F Double-crested Cormorant * R R R Great Blue Heron ca ca ca Turkey Vulture ac Osprey * Bald Eagle * Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk * Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk * Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle * American Kestrel * Merlin Gyrfalcon * Peregrine Falcon * U C C U U R C U C U U U U U C U U U ca C C U R U R U C C U U ca C U C U U U U Sora * American Coot * U U U U R U Sandhill Crane * R R R Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Pacific Golden-Plover Snowy Plover Semipalmated Plover * Killdeer * American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs * Solitary Sandpiper * Willet Wandering Tattler Spotted Sandpiper * Upland Sandpiper * Whimbrel Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Black Turnstone Surfbird Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Little Stint Least Sandpiper * White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff R U R ac C U ac U C C ca R ca R ca R C U U U ca ac ca ac ca ca C R ac C R U C R ca ca ac U U U U U C C ac ca C U R U C U ac ca C R U ca ca ca ac ac R U R U U ca ca U C R ca R ca ca ca W R ca ac U ac ca ac SPECIES SP SU F Short-billed Dowitcher * Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe * Wilson's Phalarope * Red-necked Phalarope * Red Phalarope U C C R U Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Franklin's Gull Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull * Mew Gull * Ring-billed Gull California Gull Herring Gull * Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous Gull Sabine's Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Ivory Gull Caspian Tern Arctic Tern * Black Tern ca ac ac C C R ca C ca R R ca ac R R C R U W R U C R U ca ac ca ac U C R ca C ca ac ca ca ca ac ac C ca C ca Rock Pigeon * Oriental Turtle-Dove Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove R R ac ca ca Great Horned Owl * Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl * Northern Pygmy-Owl Great Gray Owl * Short-eared Owl Boreal Owl * Northern Saw-whet Owl U ac U ac ca U U ca U Common Nighthawk * U C ca ca C U ca ca ca U ac ac ac ac ac ca ac R R R ac ca ac U R U ca U ca ca U ca U U R U U Rufous Hummingbird ca R R Belted Kingfisher * C C C Yellow-bellied Sapsucker * Red-breasted Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker * Hairy Woodpecker * Am. Three-toed Woodpecker * Black-backed Woodpecker * Northern Flicker * U ca U C C R C U R ac U C C R C Olive-sided Flycatcher * Western Wood-Pewee * Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher * U C U C R C U U C C R C R U U U ac ca ca U ac U C C R ac SPECIES Least Flycatcher * Hammond's Flycatcher * Dusky Flycatcher Say's Phoebe * Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird SP SU F W ac U C U U ac ca ac Northern Shrike U R U Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo * Red-eyed Vireo U ac C ca U C ca C ca C R ac C C R C C C Horned Lark * U U U ca Purple Martin Tree Swallow * Violet-green Swallow * N. Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow * Cliff Swallow * Barn Swallow * ac C C R C C U C C R C C U R R U U U Black-capped Chickadee * Mountain Chickadee * Boreal Chickadee * C U C C U C C U C C U C Red-breasted Nuthatch * U U U R Brown Creeper ac ac Winter Wren ca Gray Jay * Steller's Jay Clark's Nutcracker Black-billed Magpie * American Crow * Northwestern Crow Common Raven * U C R U R U R R C ca ca C R R C ca C U U U U Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet * U C U C U C ca Mountain Bluebird * Townsend's Solitaire * Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush * Hermit Thrush Dusky Thrush American Robin * Varied Thrush U U R U U U U ca C C ac C U C U U U R U U ac C U ac ac ac R R ca C U ac C ac U U ca U ca European Starling * Red-throated Pipit American Pipit * Bohemian Waxwing * Cedar Waxwing * R SP SU F Tennessee Warbler * Orange-crowned Warbler * Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler * Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler * Townsend's Warbler Blackpoll Warbler * Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart * Northern Waterthrush * MacGillivray's Warbler Common Yellowthroat * Wilson's Warbler * R U ca C ca C C U C ac C ac ac C R C ac R C ca C C Western Tanager ca ca American Tree Sparrow * Chipping Sparrow * Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer’s Sparrow * Savannah Sparrow * Fox Sparrow * Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow * Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow * Golden-crowned Sparrow * Dark-eyed Junco * Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting C U ac ca C C ca U ac U C ac U C C ca C ac ca C U C ca U C R U C U C C ca U Black-headed Grosbeak American Dipper * Northern Mockingbird SPECIES R U W ca C This checklist encompasses Whitehorse, Tagish, Champagne, and Carcross. For birders traveling the highways, it runs from Johnsons Crossing west to Champagne on the Alaska Highway; north to Braeburn on the Klondike Highway; and south to British Columbia on the Atlin Road. Larger lakes include Laberge, Kusawa, Marsh, Little Atlin, and the Yukon portions of Tagish, Bennett, and Atlin lakes. C C R U ca U ca C C C ac C ca C ca C ca U ac U Brambling Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Pine Grosbeak * Purple Finch * House Finch Red Crossbill * White-winged Crossbill * Common Redpoll * Hoary Redpoll Pine Siskin * Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak ca R C U ca U U C U U House Sparrow * R R C C ca U U U C YUKON BIRD CLUB Checklist of the BIRDS of WHITEHORSE C U ac R C C ca U ca ca C U C U ca U ca ca ac R YUKON ac ac ac ca ca Notes: ac Red-winged Blackbird * Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird * Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird * Hooded Oriole The Whitehorse Checklist area U ac C ca ac R ca ac R C U ca U U U R C ac ca C ca ca R R ca U U C U ca OBSERVERS: Checklist of the Birds of Whitehorse, Yukon. January 2010. Compiled by Cameron D. Eckert, Helmut Grünberg, Lee Kubica, and Pamela Sinclair with data provided by the Birds of the Yukon Database. Mew Gull photo by Cameron Eckert. DATE: LOCATIONS: ac ac R Awareness ~ Appreciation ~ Conservation