Birds to See in Alaska in April
101 bird species on our list for Alaska are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Mallard, Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Canada Goose and American Robin. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Arctic Tern and Hermit Thrush and 21 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Canada GooseBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · All year
Ruby-crowned KingletBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
Red-breasted SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Red-tailed HawkBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Eurasian WigeonBusiest month of the year · Sep–Jun
From Alaska’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 101 birds in April
101 birds
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 4.79% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 4.24% in Apr
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 4.21% in Apr- Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Apr
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Apr
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Apr- Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr- Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.79% in Apr
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.41% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in Apr
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.85% in Apr
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.49% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Apr- Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.39% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.33% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.31% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Apr
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorUncommon41–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusScarceRare14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made