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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 63, most common first
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniSummer visitorUncommon27–33 cmRegularly May–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusWinter visitorUncommon21–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaSummer visitorUncommon34–36 cmRecorded all year
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosSummer visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusSummer visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorUncommon41–50 cmRegularly Jul–May
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleSummer visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Oct
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