Birds to See in Alaska in June
164 bird species on our list for Alaska are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Common Raven, White-crowned Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler and Common Redpoll. New this month: Alder Flycatcher, Cedar Waxwing, Tennessee Warbler and Common Rosefinch and 11 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
At their peak
White-crowned SparrowBusiest month of the year · All year
Orange-crowned WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Arctic TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
Glaucous GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
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 164 birds in June
164 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.85% in Jun
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jun- Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorCommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.76% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jun
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.66% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.43% in Jun- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusSummer visitorCommon62–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jun
- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.35% in Jun
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.31% in Jun
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.30% in Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaResidentCommon39–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.23% in Jun
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisResidentCommon37–60 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantCommon13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 1.03% in Jun
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.95% in Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataSummer visitorCommon53–69 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jun
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.93% in Jun
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.93% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.91% in Jun
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusResidentCommon20–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jun
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentCommon58–74 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jun
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.82% in Jun
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsSummer visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Jun
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Jun
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorCommon48–58 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.70% in Jun
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusSummer visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.69% in Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorCommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.66% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jun
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Jun
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.63% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentCommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jun
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Brent GooseBranta berniclaSummer visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.58% in Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.57% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.47% in Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
EiderSomateria mollissimaSummer visitorCommon50–71 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.45% in Jun
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
King EiderSomateria spectabilisSummer visitorCommon46–64 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.41% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.40% in Jun
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusResidentCommon8–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiSummer visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jun
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Jun
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Jun
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Sabine's GullXema sabiniSummer visitorUncommon27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Jun
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.18% in Jun
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in Jun
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusSummer visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jun
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorCommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.12% in Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jun
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.11% in Jun
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.11% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Jun
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaSummer visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.06% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.04% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Jun
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.02% in Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Little AukAlle allePassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorRare35–43 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantRare140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.00% in Jun
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentRare19–22 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantRare17–20 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScarceRare30–35 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusScarceRare32–34 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisPassage migrantRare68–88 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentRare62–81 cmRegularly Jun · 0.00% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
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