Index
Search by the following parameters:
| Waterfowl | Seabirds | Shorebirds | Songbirds | Upland Birds and Raptors |
- Yellow-billed Loon
- Pacific Loon
- Red-throated Loon
- Northern Fulmar
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Pomarine Jaegers
- Parasitic Jaegers
- Long-tailed Jaegers
- Ross’ Gull
- Glaucous Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Sabine’s Gull
- Ivory Gull
- Arctic Tern
- Common Murre
- Thick-billed Murre
- Black Guillemot
- Crested Auklets
- Horned Puffin
- Tufted Puffin
Yellow-Billed Loon
Iñupiaq Name: Tuullik
Scientific Name: Gavia adamsii
Taken by Kate Stafford
Pacific Loon
Iñupiaq Name: Qaqsrauq, Malġi
Scientific Name: Gavia pacifica
Taken by Penelope Chilton
Taken by Jerica Aamodt near Point Barrow
Red-Throated Loon
Iñupiaq Name: Qaqsraupiaġruk, Qaqsrauq
Scientific Name: Gavia stellata
Northern Fulmar
Iñupiaq Name: Aivġit nauyaŋat
Scientific Name: Fulmarus glacialis
Short-Tailed Shearwater
Iñupiaq Name: Siliaġaq (called “Whalebirds” as they are often found with whales)
Scientific Name: Puffinus tenuirostris
Photo by Craig George
Pomarine Jaegers
Iñupiaq Name: Isuŋŋaġluk, Isuŋŋaaluk
Scientific Name: Stercorarius pomarinus
Taken by Kate Stafford
Parasitic Jaegers
Iñupiaq Name: Miġiaqsaayuk
Scientific Name: Stercorarius parasiticus
Taken by Penelope Chilton
Long-Tailed Jaegers
Iñupiaq Name: Isuŋŋaq, Isuŋŋatchiaq
Scientific Name: Stercorarius longicaudus
Photo by Jo Heathcote
Ross’ Gull
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Rhodostethia rosea
Taken by Craig George
Glaucous Gull
Iñupiaq Name: Nauyyaq, Nauyaq
Scientific Name: Larus hyperboreus
Taken by Vicki Beaver
Black-Legged Kittiwake
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Rissa tridactyla
Taken by Justice Kippi
Sabine’s Gull
Iñupiaq Name: Igirraq, Iqirgagiaq, Qargagiaq
Scientific Name: Xema sabini
Sabine’s gulls feeding. Taken by Penelope Chilton
Taken by Penelope Chilton
Ivory Gull
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Pagophila eburnea
Taken by Kalyn MacIntyre
Arctic Tern
Iñupiaq Name: Mitqutaiłaq, Utchutchaakiq
Scientific Name: Sterna paradisaea
Taken by Robert Suydam
Adult Arctic Tern in flight, nest, and chick holding perfectly still. Taken by Leslie Pierce on a barrier island near Point Lay, July 2016
Common Murre
Iñupiaq Name: Akpa, Atpa, Akpaaluuraq
Scientific Name: Uria aalge
Thick-Billed Murre
Iñupiaq Name: Akpa
Scientific Name: Uria lomvia
Black Guillemot
Iñupiaq Name: Iŋaġiq
Scientific Name: Cepphus grylle
Taken by George Divoky
Crested Auklets
Iñupiaq Name: Iqsralik
Scientific Name: Aethia cristatella
Horned Puffin
Iñupiaq Name: Qiłaŋŋaq
Scientific Name: Fratercula corniculata
Tufted Puffin
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Fratercula cirrhat
Banner photo: Arctic Terns by Leslie Pierce
