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Gambell
280 species and 205,714 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June and September, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
Crested AukletAethia cristatella
Thick-billed MurreUria lomvia
King EiderSomateria spectabilis
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
Common MurreUria aalge
Spectacled EiderSomateria fischeriSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 280 species recorded here
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gambell?
May–June and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gambell?
280 species, from 205,714 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gambell in November?
The most recorded in November: Glaucous Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, Northern Raven and Common Eider.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.