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
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorCommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Aug
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct
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