Surfbird
Aphriza virgata
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
A stocky shorebird living among the wave-tossed rocks of the Pacific Coast, the Surfbird is rarely found away from the splash and spray of incoming waves. Only to breed does it leave the coast for the rocky mountain ridges of Alaska and the Yukon.