Index
Search by the following parameters:
| Waterfowl | Seabirds | Shorebirds | Songbirds | Upland Birds and Raptors |
- Semi-palmated Plover
- Black-bellied Plover
- American Golden Plover
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Whimbrel
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red Phalarope
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Black Turnstone
- Dunlin
- Semi-palmated Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semi-Palmated Plover
Iñupiaq Name: Qurraaquraq, Kurrakuraq
Scientific Name: Charadrius semipalmatus
Taken by Vicki Beaver
Black-Bellied Plover
Iñupiaq Name: Tullisugruk, Tullivak, Tuullikpak
Scientific Name: Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden Plover
Iñupiaq Name: Tulik, Tullik, Tuulligłuk
Scientific Name: Pluvialis dominica
Taken by Vicki Beaver
Taken by Jay St. Vincent
Golden Plover near Freshwater Lake, Barrow. Photo by Leslie Pierce
Bar-Tailed Godwit
Iñupiaq Name: Turraaturaq
Scientific Name: Limosa lapponica, L. spp.
Taken by Robin Mongoyak
Whimbrel
Iñupiaq Name: Siituvuk, Siituvak
Scientific Name: Numenius phaeopus
Lesser Yellowlegs
Iñupiaq Name: Uviñŋuayuuq
Scientific Name: Tringa flavipes
Red-Necked Phalarope
Iñupiaq Name: Qayyiuġun, Qayyiiġun
Scientific Name: Phalaropus lobatus
Taken by Penelope Chilton
Chicks taken by Penelope Chilton
Red Phalarope
Iñupiaq Name: Auksruaq
Scientific Name: Phalaropus fulicaria
Taken by Robert Suydam
Juveniles taken by Penelope Chilton
Long-Billed Dowitcher
Iñupiaq Name: Siggukpalik
Scientific Name: Limnodromus scolopaceus
Stilt Sandpiper
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Calidris himantopus
Common Snipe
Iñupiaq Name: Kuukukiaq, Saavġaq
Scientific Name: Capella gallinago
Taken by Vicki Beaver
Ruddy Turnstone
Iñupiaq Name: Taliqvak, Tuullignaq, Tullignaq
Scientific Name: Arenaria interpres
Juvenile taken by Penelope Chilton
Black Turnstone
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Arenaria melanocephala
Dunlin
Iñupiaq Name: Iłłauqtulik, Siggukpaligauraq, Qayuuttavak
Scientific Name: Calidris alpina
Taken by Craig George
Semi-Palmated Sandpiper
Iñupiaq Name: Liva, Livaqpauraq, Nivilivilakpak, Livalivaq
Scientific Name: Calidris pusilla
Taken by Leslie Pierce
Taken by Vicki Beaver
Chick taken by Penelope Chilton
Western Sandpiper
Iñupiaq Name:
Scientific Name: Calidris mauri
Taken by Vicki Beaver
Baird’s Sandpiper
Iñupiaq Name: Puvviaqtuuyaaq, Nuvaksruk
Scientific Name: Calidris bairdii
Taken by Craig George
Taken by Leslie Pierce
Pectoral Sandpiper
Iñupiaq Name: Puvviaqtuuq, Aiviqiak
Scientific Name: Calidris melanotos
Taken by Vicki Beaver
Taken by Craig George
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper
Iñupiaq Name: Puvviaqtuuq, Satqagiiłaq
Scientific Name: Tryngites subruficollis
Banner photo: Semi-palmated Sandpiper Eggs by Leslie Pierce
