Birds to See in Alaska in January
71 bird species on our list for Alaska are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Common Raven, Bald Eagle, Mallard, Common Redpoll and American Crow. New this month: Snowy Owl and Barred Owl.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanAt their peak
Leaving soon
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.
Other months
All 71 birds in January
71 birds
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 7.38% in Jan
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 4.87% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jan
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jan
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Jan
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jan
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jan
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.13% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.11% in Jan
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Jan
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorUncommon41–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusSummer visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jan
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