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
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 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