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Alpine Slopes

13 Bird Species
American Pipit

American Pipit

This species is recognized by its slender build, white outer tail feathers, and constant tail-bobbing. Several subspecies occur, creating a lot of variation. Alternate Adult: Birds that breed in the Rocky Mountains are pale gray above, with light edges on the wing feathers. The underparts, cheek, and more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 25 cm

Asian Rosy-Finch

Asian Rosy-Finch

more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: cm

Black Rosy-Finch

Black Rosy-Finch

This species is much darker than the other two Rosy-Finches. The bill is black in summer, yellowish in winter, with white feathers covering the nostrils. In flight, the underside of the wings appear silvery on the flight feathers, similar to the other Rosy-Finches. Adult Male: Blackish-brown overall more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Of the three species of Rosy-Finch, Brown-capped has the least amount of gray on the head and the most southerly breeding range. The bill is black in summer, yellowish in winter, with white feathers covering the nostrils. Adult Male: Cinnamon brown overall, with reddish pink on the belly and pink edg more...

Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Clark's Nutcracker

Clark's Nutcracker

Suggests a small gray crow with black wings. Bill is proportionally long, narrow, and very pointed. Face may have whitish wash. Head, back, and belly gray. Wings black. Tail black with broad white edges above and all white below. In flight, wide white tail edges conspicuous; wings black with prominen more...

Length: 30 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle

This large soaring raptor is dark brown overall with varying amounts of golden-brown on the crown and nape. Adults have some gray mottling on the tail, sometimes forming indistinct bands. Juvenile birds have white at the base of the tail and on the base of the primaries and secondaries, forming large more...

Length: 76 cm Wingspan: 203 cm

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Alternate Adult is chocolate brown above, with frosty pinkish-gray edges to most of the back feathers, and black wings edged in pink. Underparts characterized by warm brown breast and belly feathers edged in dull pink, transitioning into rosy-pink flanks and uppertail coverts. Head may be almost enti more...

Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

This Asian species has been established only in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. This large grouse is short-legged and short-tailed and very plump. Plumage is gray-brown overall with rusty streaks on the upperparts. The face and throat are whitish, highlighted by two chestnut stipes that frame the auric more...

Length: 55 cm Wingspan: 86 cm

Northern Wheatear

Northern Wheatear

Alternate Adult male is distinctive, with clean gray crown and back, black face mask, plain black wings, whitish throat, slender bill, light buffy underparts, and white undertail coverts. Alternate Adult female has plain head, with faint hint of black face mask and pale supercilium. Basic Adult is bu more...

Length: 15 cm Wingspan: 30 cm

Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

A mid-sized, chicken-like bird of northern latitudes. Alternate Adult male is heavily mottled blackish-brown above with red comb over eye, tiny black bill, white underparts with brown spots on flanks, white wings, and short feathered legs. Alternate Adult female is brown overall, heavily barred with more...

Length: 36 cm Wingspan: 58 cm

Solitary Snipe

Solitary Snipe

Slightly larger than Wilson's Snipe, this Asian stray typically shows a paler face, a distinctive warm ginger-brown wash across the upper breast, and the dark barring on the underparts is finer and more extensive, thus limiting the clean white area on the belly. Strays to western Alaska are believed more...

Length: 29 cm Wingspan: cm

White-tailed Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan

A mid-sized, chicken-like bird of northern latitudes. Alternate Adult male is mottled brown and black above with red comb over eye, small black bill, white underparts with black spots on breast, white wings, and short feathered legs. Alternate Adult female is brown overall, lacking rufous tones, heav more...

Length: 32 cm Wingspan: 56 cm

Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

A mid-sized, chicken-like bird of northern latitudes. Alternate Adult male is rufous-brown above with red comb over eye, short black bill, white underparts with rufous spots on flanks, white wings, and short feathered legs. Alternate Adult female is brown overall, heavily barred with black on underpa more...

Length: 38 cm Wingspan: 61 cm

  • American Pipit

    American Pipit

    17 Photographs
  • Asian Rosy-Finch

    Asian Rosy-Finch

    0 Photographs
  • Black Rosy-Finch

    Black Rosy-Finch

    4 Photographs
  • Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

    Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

    4 Photographs
  • Clark's Nutcracker

    Clark's Nutcracker

    4 Photographs
  • Golden Eagle

    Golden Eagle

    4 Photographs
  • Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

    Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

    15 Photographs
  • Himalayan Snowcock

    Himalayan Snowcock

    0 Photographs
  • Northern Wheatear

    Northern Wheatear

    10 Photographs
  • Rock Ptarmigan

    Rock Ptarmigan

    3 Photographs
  • Solitary Snipe

    Solitary Snipe

    0 Photographs
  • White-tailed Ptarmigan

    White-tailed Ptarmigan

    3 Photographs
  • Willow Ptarmigan

    Willow Ptarmigan

    3 Photographs

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Non-vegetated Areas

13 species

American Pipit

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Alpine Slopes, Sandy Areas or Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Asian Rosy-Finch

Asian Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte arctoa

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Black Rosy-Finch

Black Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte atrata

Alpine Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte australis

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Clark's Nutcracker

Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

Alpine Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte tephrocotis

Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Northern Wheatear

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Alpine Slopes, Bare Rocky Slopes, Open Country and Grasslands
Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Solitary Snipe

Solitary Snipe

Gallinago solitaria

Alpine Slopes, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks
White-tailed Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Lagopus leucura

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Salt-water-sm

Salt Water

1 species

American Pipit

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Alpine Slopes, Sandy Areas or Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
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Human-altered Areas

2 species

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte australis

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte tephrocotis

Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Fresh-water-sm

Fresh Water

1 species

Solitary Snipe

Solitary Snipe

Gallinago solitaria

Alpine Slopes, Ponds and Rivers, Streams and Brooks
Grassland-and-scrubland-sm

Grassland and Scrubland

11 species

American Pipit

American Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Alpine Slopes, Sandy Areas or Dunes, Tidal Mudflats and Shallows, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Asian Rosy-Finch

Asian Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte arctoa

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Black Rosy-Finch

Black Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte atrata

Alpine Slopes, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte australis

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Bare Rocky Slopes, Urban Landscapes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Leucosticte tephrocotis

Alpine Slopes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

Tetraogallus himalayensis

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Northern Wheatear

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Alpine Slopes, Bare Rocky Slopes, Open Country and Grasslands
Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
White-tailed Ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Lagopus leucura

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Forest-and-woodlands-sm

Forest and Woodlands

4 species

Clark's Nutcracker

Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana

Alpine Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands
Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Alpine Slopes, Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Rock Ptarmigan

Rock Ptarmigan

Lagopus muta

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
Willow Ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigan

Lagopus lagopus

Alpine Slopes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Boreal Forest
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