Species List

The list below contains those Arctic water and sea bird species which have a large proportion of or their main breeding distribution within the CAFF region.

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DIVERS Gaviidae Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica Arctic Diver Gavia pacifica Great Northern Diver Gavia immer White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii FULMARS Procellaridae Fulmar Fulmar glacialis SWANS, GEESE and DUCKS Anatidae Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Bean Goose Anser fabalis Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Greylag Goose Anser anser Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross's Goose Anser rossii Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Brent Goose Branta bernicla Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Wigeon Anas penelope American Wigeon Anas americana Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Baikal Teal Anas formosa Teal Anas crecca Pintail Anas acuta Shoveler Anas clypeata Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greater Scaup Aythya marila Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Eider Somateria mollissima King Eider Somateria spectabilis Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Goosander Mergus merganser SHOREBIRDS / WADERS Charadriiformes Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Semi-palmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Dotterel Eudromias morinellus Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Lesser Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Red Knot Calidris canutus Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Sanderling Calidris alba Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Little Stint Calidris minuta Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis Dunlin Calidris alpina Semi-palmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Ruff Philomachus pugnax Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Snipe Gallinago gallinago Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria Great Snipe Gallinago media Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Little Curlew Numenius minutus Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Spotted Sandpiper Tringa macularia Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephalus Surfbird Aphriza virgata Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius GULLS and TERNS Laridae Great Skua Stercorarius skua Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Herring Gull Larus argentatus Ross's Gull Rhodosthetia rosea Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Common Tern Sterna hirundo Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica AUKS Alcidae Guillemot Uria aalge Brunnichs Guillemot Uria lomvia Razorbill Alca torda Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Puffin Fratercula artica Little Auk Plautus alle Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris CRANES Gruidae Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus Whooping Crane Grus americanus