This species was once an uncommon-to-common visitor to the waters around the Pribilofs, and regularly seen from shore, though the overall decline in this species has made it now the least likely albatross to be observed from, or near, the Pribilof Islands. Most known records are from July-October, though there are records from the spring […]
Category: Birds of St. Paul Island
Northern Fulmar
A permanent resident of the Bering Sea and an abundant breeder on the Pribilofs, this species is one of the more obvious bird species throughout most of the non-winter months. Breeding birds begin to arrive around the islands during the second half of April with breeding residents peaking locally during late May. Nesting may begin […]
Mottled Petrel
A regularly encountered pelagic species in the Bering Sea during the summer and fall, this species is only very rarely encountered from shore and is most often found offshore in deep water along the continental shelf break. All records of individuals seen from land have come on St. Paul Island since 1989, with a vast […]
Short-tailed Shearwater
The most common non-breeding pelagic species in the Bering Sea during the summer, large numbers are often noted from land in the Pribilofs associated with storms, while small numbers are seen daily during summer and fall. This species is typically not recorded with regularity until the end of May or beginning of June from which […]
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
This is a species that can be regularly seen from shore during the summer and fall, especially during inclement weather, but does not breed locally and is never reliable given its pelagic nature. There are only a handful of May records for this species, which is usually not seen until after the 20th of June […]
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
This species appears to fit the same profile as Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus), with very few known records in the Pribilofs though it is likely a regular pelagic wanderer during the summer months along the continental shelf breaks to the south and west of the islands. The only known sightings of this species are two […]
Double-crested Cormorant
This is a rare spring, summer, and fall wanderer to the Pribilofs, with more than 20 records since the 1980s. This species is most likely to be found in early summer from June 20th-July 15th, with scattered records in spring from late May and June and during the late summer and fall into October. There […]
Crested Auklet
An abundant breeding species that can be found easily from May-August, though it is found only rarely in the fall. The earliest arrivals on the island are typically noted in mid-late April and are present in numbers by May, with peak numbers occurring in June and July. The estimated breeding population in the Pribilofs is […]
Rhinoceros Auklet
This is a very rare spring and summer visitor that has been found annually in recent years, though typically only on sporadic dates throughout the spring and summer period. It has been found most commonly as an arrival in late May or early June and there are occasional sightings into the summer period with most […]
Horned Puffin
This is the last regularly breeding species to arrive on the island in most years as individuals are not found around the islands until about May 20th in most years. After arrival, they become regular sights quickly with typical spring numbers present within a few days of the first sighting most years. Breeding estimates for […]