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This checklist includes all bird species found in Chukotka , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

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Country or region: Chukotka [map]

Other names: Chukot, Cukotskij avtonomnyj okrug, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug

Number of species: 291
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-04-14
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Emperor GooseAnser canagicusNear-threatened
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiRare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropusVulnerable
Taiga Bean-GooseAnser fabalis
Tundra Bean-GooseAnser serrirostris
BrantBranta bernicla
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Canada GooseBranta canadensisIntroduced species
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorRare/Accidental
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Baikal TealSibirionetta formosaEndemic (country/region)
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
American WigeonMareca americanaRare/Accidental
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaRare/Accidental
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisRare/Accidental
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisRare/Accidental
Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleriVulnerable
Spectacled EiderSomateria fischeriNear-threatened
King EiderSomateria spectabilis
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNear-threatened
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataRare/Accidental
Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
Black ScoterMelanitta americanaNear-threatened
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisVulnerable
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaRare/Accidental
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
SmewMergellus albellus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
Rock PtarmiganLagopus muta
Black-billed CapercaillieTetrao urogalloides
Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVulnerable
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Stock DoveColumba oenas

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Northern Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx hyperythrus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Trochilidae

Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufusRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Siberian CraneLeucogeranus leucogeranusCritically endangered
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Common CraneGrus grus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmaniRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
European Golden-PloverPluvialis apricaria
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
Lesser Sand-PloverCharadrius mongolus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusRare/Accidental
Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little CurlewNumenius minutusEndemic (country/region)
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisEndangered
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisEndangered
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnax
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataEndemic (country/region)
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaNear-threatened
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Long-toed StintCalidris subminutaEndemic (country/region)
Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaEndemic (country/region) Critically endangered
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNear-threatened
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpina
Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Little StintCalidris minutaRare/Accidental
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisNear-threatened
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNear-threatened
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNear-threatened
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusRare/Accidental
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipesNear-threatened
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaRare/Accidental
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare/Accidental
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae

DovekieAlle alle
Common MurreUria aalge
Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba
Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdixNear-threatened
Kittlitz's MurreletBrachyramphus brevirostrisNear-threatened
Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
Parakeet AukletAethia psittacula
Least AukletAethia pusilla
Whiskered AukletAethia pygmaea
Crested AukletAethia cristatella
Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata
Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaVulnerable
Red-legged KittiwakeRissa brevirostrisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Ivory GullPagophila eburneaNear-threatened
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaRare/Accidental
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Common GullLarus canus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Aleutian TernOnychoprion aleuticusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Common TernSterna hirundo
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea

 
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae

Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Arctic LoonGavia arctica
Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
Common LoonGavia immer
Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsiiNear-threatened

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Laysan AlbatrossPhoebastria immutabilisNear-threatened
Black-footed AlbatrossPhoebastria nigripesNear-threatened
Short-tailed AlbatrossPhoebastria albatrusVulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Fork-tailed Storm-PetrelHydrobates furcatus
Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousVulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaNear-threatened
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Gray HeronArdea cinerea

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Steller's Sea-EagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVulnerable
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVulnerable
Northern Hawk OwlSurnia ululaRare/Accidental
Great Gray OwlStrix nebulosa
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Boreal OwlAegolius funereus

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
GyrfalconFalco rusticolus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Eurasian NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common RavenCorvus corax

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Willow TitPoecile montanus
Gray-headed ChickadeePoecile cinctus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Middendorff's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes ochotensis
Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Purple MartinProgne subisRare/Accidental
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolorRare/Accidental
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaRare/Accidental
Common House-MartinDelichon urbicum
Asian House-MartinDelichon dasypus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pale-legged Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae

Brown DipperCinclus pallasii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusRare/Accidental
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusRare/Accidental
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusRare/Accidental
RedwingTurdus iliacusNear-threatened
American RobinTurdus migratoriusRare/Accidental
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusBreeding endemic
Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanniBreeding endemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliope
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae

Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

Siberian AccentorPrunella montanellaEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
American PipitAnthus rubescens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
Asian Rosy-FinchLeucosticte arctoa
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Hoary RedpollAcanthis hornemanni
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucopteraRare/Accidental
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae

Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
McKay's BuntingPlectrophenax hyperboreusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
Pallas's BuntingEmberiza pallasi
Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCritically endangered
Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaVulnerable
Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
Gray BuntingEmberiza variabilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae

Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaRare/Accidental
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaRare/Accidental
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaRare/Accidental
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisRare/Accidental
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysRare/Accidental
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapillaRare/Accidental
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensisRare/Accidental
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaRare/Accidental
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaRare/Accidental
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisRare/Accidental
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataRare/Accidental
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusillaRare/Accidental

 

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