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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 81, most common first
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
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