Common Birds in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 81 common birds recorded regularly there: 21 residents, 48 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
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