Birds to See in Alaska in February
72 bird species on our list for Alaska are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Common Redpoll, Mallard and American Crow. New this month: Kittiwake, Brent Goose and Golden Eagle.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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.
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All 72 birds in February
72 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 7.29% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 5.09% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.84% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.14% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.14% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorUncommon41–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Feb
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