Rare Birds in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 56 rare birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 5 summer visitors, 30 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors
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 56, most common first
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentRare23–34 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly May–Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantRare10–13 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantRare140–165 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaScarceRare15–17 cm
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Oct
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusScarceRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep
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