 Birds seen on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
with Nature Alaska Tours,
30 families and 63 species
Kenai forest and fjords encompass the Kenai Fjords National Park, Maritime Wildlife Refuge and Chugach Forest with open ocean, spruce-hemlock forests, glacial fjords, rocky beaches and seacliffs. The bonanza of seabirds and coastal forest species differ greatly from those found at Nome and along the Dalton Highway. The wildlife of the Kenai Fjords Park include whales, sea otters, dolphins, mountain goats and black bear.
Target species include 10 Alcid species, Red-faced Cormorant, Tufted and Horned Puffin, Shearwaters, Petrels, Black Oystercatcher, Townsend's Warbler, Harlequin, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Bald Eagle and Steller's Jay.
Printable lists are available in the Downloads section of this website.
Loons Pacific Loon - Common Loon
Grebes Horned Grebe - Red- necked Grebe
Shearwaters Buller's Shearwater - Short-tailed Shearwater
Storm-Petrels Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant - Pelagic Cormorant - Red-faced Cormorant
Swans, Geese, Ducks Canada Goose - Trumpeter Swan - American Wigeon - Mallard - Northern Shoveler - Northern Pintail - Green-winged Teal - Ring-necked Duck - Greater Scaup - Harlequin Duck - Surf Scoter - White-winged Scoter - Bufflehead - Common Goldeneye - Common Merganser - Red- breasted Merganser
Hawks, Eagles Bald Eagle - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Northern Goshawk - Golden Eagle
Falcons Peregrine Falcon
Grouse, Ptarmigan Spruce Grouse |
Plovers Semipalmated Plover
Oystercatchers Black Oystercatcher
Sandpipers Greater Yellowlegs - Lesser Yellowlegs - Spotted Sandpiper - Hudsonian Godwit - Surfbird - Least Sandpiper - Short-billed Dowitcher - Long- billed Dowitcher - Common Snipe - Red-necked Phalrope
Jaegers, Gulls Mew Gull - Glaucous-winged Gull - Giaucous Gull - Black-legged Kittwake - Arctic Tern
Puffins Common Murre - Thick- billed Murre - Pigeon Guillemot - Marbled Murrelet - Kittlitz's Murrelet - Ancient Murrelet - Parakeet Auklet - Rhinocerous Auklet - Horned Puffin - Tufted Puffin
Hummingbirds Rufous Hummingbird
Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers Three-toed Woodpecker - Black-backed Flycatchers Olive-sided Flycatcher - Alder Flycatcher |
Jays, Crows, Magpies Steller's Jay - Black-billed Magpie - Northwestern Crow
Swallows Tree Swallow - Violet- green Swallow
Chickadees Chestnut-backed - Boreal Chickadee
Creepers Brown Creeper
Dippers American Dipper
Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes American Robin - Varied Thrush
Waxwings Bohemian Waxwing
Warblers Orange-crowned Warbler - Yellow Warbler - Yellow-rumped Warbler - Townsend's Warbler - Northern Waterthrush - Wilson's Warbler
American Sparrows Fox Sparrow - Song Sparrow - Lincoln's Sparrow - White- crowned Sparrow - Golden-crowned Sparrow
Marsh Blackbirds Red-winged Blackbird
Finches Pine Grosbeak - Pine Siskin |
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