Birds to See in Alaska in July
142 bird species on our list for Alaska are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Bald Eagle, Common Raven, American Robin, Common Redpoll and Kittiwake. New this month: Wood Duck, Ruffed Grouse, Western Screech-owl and Ring-billed Gull.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
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 142 birds in July
142 birds
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jul
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.71% in Jul
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.58% in Jul
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.53% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.52% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.45% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.05% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.82% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Jul
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.73% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.73% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.71% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Jul
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.65% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.56% in Jul
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.48% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.47% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.46% in Jul
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Jul
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorCommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.35% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.21% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.20% in Jul
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.20% in Jul
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.18% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Jul
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Jul
Sabine's GullXema sabiniSummer visitorUncommon27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusSummer visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.09% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorUncommon41–50 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorUncommon19–25 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
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