Birds of Alaska: The Official State Checklist

All 551 birds on the list

• Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
• Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
• American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
• American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
• American Black Duck Anas rubripes
• American Coot Fulica americana
• American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
• American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
• American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
• American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
• American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
• American Kestrel Falco sparverius
• American Pipit Anthus rubescens
• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
• American Robin Turdus migratorius
• American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
• American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
• American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
• American Wigeon Mareca americana
• Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
• Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna
• Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
• Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Asian Rosy-Finch Leucosticte arctoa
• Asian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
• Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
• Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Barred Owl Strix varia
• Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
• Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
• Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
• Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
• Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana
• Black Swift Cypseloides niger
• Black Tern Chlidonias niger
• Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
• Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
• Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
• Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
• Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
• Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
• Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
• Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
• Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
• Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
• Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
• Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
• Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
• Bonaparte’s Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
• Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
• Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
• Brandt’s Cormorant Urile penicillatus
• Brant Branta bernicla
• Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
• Brewer’s Sparrow Spizella breweri
• Brewster’s Booby Sula brewsteri
• Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
• Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
• Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
• Brown Creeper Certhia americana
• Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
• Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
• Buller’s Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
• Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii
• Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
• California Gull Larus californicus
• Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
• Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Cassin’s Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
• Cassin’s Finch Haemorhous cassinii
• Cassin’s Vireo Vireo cassinii
• Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
• Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
• Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
• Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
• Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
• Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
• Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
• Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
• Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
• Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
• Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Common Eider Somateria mollissima
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Common Gull Larus canus
• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
• Common Loon Gavia immer
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Common Murre Uria aalge
• Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Common Swift Apus apus
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
• Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii
• Costa’s Hummingbird Calypte costae
• Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Dickcissel Spiza americana
• Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
• Dovekie Alle alle
• Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
• Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
• Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
• Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
• Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
• Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
• Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
• Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
• Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
• Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
• Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
• Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
• Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
• European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
• Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
• Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
• Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
• Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
• Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
• Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
• Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
• Gray Bunting Emberiza variabilis
• Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
• Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
• Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
• Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
• Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
• Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus
• Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
• Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
• Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
• Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
• Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
• Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
• Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
• Green Heron Butorides virescens
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
• Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
• Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
• Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
• Harris’s Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
• Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis
• Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
• Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni
• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
• Herring Gull Larus argentatus
• Hooded Crane Grus monacha
• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
• Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
• Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
• House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
• Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus
• Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
• Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
• Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
• Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
• Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
• King Eider Somateria spectabilis
• Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
• Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
• Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
• Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
• Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
• Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
• Leach’s Storm-Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
• Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
• Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
• Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
• Least Tern Sternula antillarum
• LeConte’s Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
• Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
• Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
• Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
• Lewis’s Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
• Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
• Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
• Little Curlew Numenius minutus
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
• Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
• Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
• Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
• Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
• Lucy’s Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
• MacGillivray’s Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
• Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
• Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
• Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
• Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
• Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• Middendorff’s Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
• Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
• Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
• Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
• Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
• Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
• Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
• Murphy’s Petrel Pterodroma ultima
• Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
• Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
• Nazca Booby Sula granti
• Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
• Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
• Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
• Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
• Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
• Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
• Northern Parula Setophaga americana
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
• Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
• Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
• Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
• Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
• Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
• Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
• Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
• Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia
• Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
• Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
• Pacific Wren Nannus pacificus
• Pallas’s Bunting Emberiza pallasi
• Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
• Pallas’s Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
• Pallas’s Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
• Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
• Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula
• Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
• Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
• Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
• Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
• Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
• Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
• Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
• Purple Martin Progne subis
• Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
• Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
• Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
• Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• Red-footed Booby Sula sula
• Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
• Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
• Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
• Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
• Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
• Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
• Redhead Aythya americana
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Redwing Turdus iliacus
• Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
• Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
• Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
• River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
• Rock Pigeon Columba liviaNonnative
• Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
• Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
• Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
• Ross’s Goose Anser rossii
• Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea
• Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
• Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
• Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
• Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis
• Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
• Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
• Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini
• Salvin’s Albatross Thalassarche salvini
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
• Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
• Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya
• Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
• Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
• Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
• Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
• Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
• Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
• Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
• Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
• Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
• Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
• Siberian House-Martin Delichon lagopodum
• Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
• Siberian Sand-Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
• Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Smith’s Longspur Calcarius pictus
• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
• Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
• Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
• Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
• Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
• Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
• Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Sora Porzana carolina
• South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
• Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
• Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmea
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
• Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
• Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis
• Stejneger’s Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
• Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri
• Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
• Steller’s Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
• Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
• Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
• Surfbird Calidris virgata
• Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
• Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
• Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
• Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
• Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
• Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
• Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
• Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
• Townsend’s Warbler Setophaga townsendi
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
• Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
• Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
• Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
• Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
• Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
• Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
• Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi
• Veery Catharus fuscescens
• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
• Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
• Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
• Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
• Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
• Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
• Western Gull Larus occidentalis
• Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
• Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
• Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
• Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
• Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
• Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
• White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
• White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
• White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura
• White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
• White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
• White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
• Willet Tringa semipalmata
• Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
• Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
• Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
• Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata
• Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla
• Wood Duck Aix sponsa
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
• Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
• Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
• Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
• Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
• Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
• Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
• Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
• Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica

Birds people confuse

Turkey vulture or Eagle?

Turkey vulture Not stated

Eagle Not stated

An eagle holds its wings flat and they are uniformly black; a turkey vulture's are held in a slight V and are two-toned.

Bald eagle or Golden eagle?

Bald eagle Not stated

No confirmed photo of Golden eagle

Golden eagle Not stated

Young bald eagles lack the white head and tail and are often mistaken for golden eagles. Bald eagles have unfeathered lower legs and hold their wings flat when soaring; TWRA says golden eagles have feathered legs, limited white under the wing, and lift the outer wing in a slight V.

Photos show typical adults; individuals vary. Never get close to compare.

When birds are active in Alaska

Records of birds in Alaska peak in May to July. They show when people record birds, not how many there are (about month bars).

If you see one

Official advice from Alaska Department of Fish and Game:

• If you are too close to a bison, do not run; back away slowly. Alaska Department of Fish and Game

How to report

Report invasive species to the ADF&G Invasive Species Hotline 1-877-INVASIV (1-877-468-2748) or [email protected]. Report dangerous wildlife encounters with the ADF&G wildlife encounter form (https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=reportwildlifeencounter.main). Alaska Department of Fish and Game

About this list

The species list comes from Checklist of Alaska Birds, 32nd edition—2026 (University of Alaska Museum) (University of Alaska Museum (with the Alaska Bird Records Committee), 1 Jan 2026).

Venom does not apply to birds.

"Nonnative" and "Invasive" follow the wording of the source list. See invasive species in Alaska.