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Fairbanks North Star
This checklist includes all bird species found in Fairbanks North Star , 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 .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2024. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Fairbanks North Star [map]
Other names: Fairbanks North Star Borough
Number of globally threatened species: 13
Number of introduced species: 2
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | Vulnerable |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Near-threatened |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
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| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | |
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus leucura | |
| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
| Spruce Grouse | Canachites canadensis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sora | Porzana carolina | Rare/Accidental |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Near-threatened |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Vulnerable |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Vulnerable |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Vulnerable |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Near-threatened |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
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| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Near-threatened |
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | |
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| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| American Goshawk | Astur atricapillus | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
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| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Vulnerable |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber | |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Near-threatened |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | Rare/Accidental |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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| Canada Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus | |
| Gray-headed Chickadee | Poecile cinctus | |
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| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
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| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
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| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | Rare/Accidental |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Smith's Longspur | Calcarius pictus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
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| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Rare/Accidental |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Vulnerable |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
| Lucy's Warbler | Leiothlypis luciae | Rare/Accidental |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Near-threatened |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
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