Uncommon Birds in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 63 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 37 summer visitors, 17 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 63, most common first
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Vega GullLarus vegaeSummer visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly May–Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusSummer visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
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