USFWS
Migratory Bird Management
Alaska Region

Landbirds/ Raptors

SPECIES IN ALASKA

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Vultures (Cathartidae)
Turkey Vulture
Hawks, Eagles (Accipitridae)
Osprey*
Bald Eagle*
White-tailed Eagle
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Northern Harrier*
Sharp-shinned Hawk*
Cooper's Hawk*
Northern Goshawk*
Swainson's Hawk*
Red-tailed Hawk*
Common Buzzard
Rough-legged Hawk*
Golden Eagle*
Falcons (Falconidae)
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel*
Merlin*
Eurasian Hobby
Gyrfalcon*
Peregrine Falcon*
Grouse (Phasianidae)
Ruffed Grouse*
Spruce Grouse*
Willow Ptarmigan*
Rock Ptarmigan*
White-tailed Ptarmigan*
Blue Grouse*
Sharp-tailed Grouse*
Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Rock Pigeon*
Band-tailed Pigeon*
Oriental Turtle-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Common Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Owls (Strigidae)
Oriental Scops-Owl
Western Screech-Owl*
Great Horned Owl*
Snowy Owl*
Northern Hawk Owl*
Northern Pygmy-Owl*
Barred Owl*
Great Gray Owl*
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl*
Boreal Owl*
Northern Saw-whet Owl*
Goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae)
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk*
Whip-poor-will
Jungle Nightjar
Swifts (Apodidae)
Black Swift*
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift*
White-throated Needletail
Common Swift
Fork-tailed Swift
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird*
Hoopoes (Upupidae)
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Eurasian Wryneck
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*
Red-breasted Sapsucker*
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker*
American Three-toed Woodpecker*
Black-backed Woodpecker*
Northern Flicker*
Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Olive-sided Flycatcher*
Western Wood-Pewee*
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher*
Alder Flycatcher*
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher*
Hammond's Flycatcher*
Dusky Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher*
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe*
Great Crested Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Shrikes (Laniidae)
Brown Shrike
Northern Shrike*

Vireos (Vireonidae)
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo*
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo*
Jays, Crows, and Their Allies (Corvidae)
Gray Jay*
Steller's Jay*
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie*
American Crow*
Northwestern Crow*
Common Raven*
Larks (Alaudidae)
Sky Lark*
Horned Lark*
Swallows (Hirundinidae)
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow*
Violet-green Swallow*
Northern Rough-winged Swallow*
Bank Swallow*
Cliff Swallow*
Barn Swallow*
Common House-Martin
Chickadees (Paridae)
Black-capped Chickadee*
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee*
Boreal Chickadee*
Gray-headed Chickadee*
Great Tit
Nuthatches (Sittidae)
Red-breasted Nuthatch*
Creepers (Certhiidae)
Brown Creeper*
Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Winter Wren*
Dippers (Cinclidae)
American Dipper*
Kinglets (Regulidae)
Golden-crowned Kinglet*
Ruby-crowned Kinglet*
Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Wood Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Willow Warbler
Arctic Warbler*
Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Narcissus Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Siberian Flycatcher
Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Thrushes (Turdidae)
Siberian Rubythroat
Bluethroat*
Siberian Blue Robin
Red-flanked Bluetail
Northern Wheatear*
Stonechat
Mountain Bluebird*
Townsend's Solitaire*
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush*
Swainson's Thrush*
Hermit Thrush*
Eyebrowed Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Fieldfare
American Robin*
Varied Thrush*
Mockingbirds, Thrashers (Mimidae)
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Starlings (Sturnidae)
European Starling*
Accentors (Prunellidae)
Siberian Accentor
Wagtails, Pipits (Motacillidae)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail*
Gray Wagtail
White Wagtail*
Black-backed Wagtail*
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit*
American Pipit*
Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
Bohemian Waxwing*
Cedar Waxwing*
Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
Tennessee Warbler*
Orange-crowned Warbler*
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler*
Tennessee Warbler*
Orange-crowned Warbler*
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler*
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler*

Wood-Warblers (Parulidae)
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler*
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler*
Hermit Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler*
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart*
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush*
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler*
Common Yellowthroat*
Wilson's Warbler*
Canada Warbler
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager*
New World Sparrows and Their Allies (Emberizidae)
Spotted Towhee
American Tree Sparrow*
Chipping Sparrow*
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow*
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow*
Fox Sparrow*
Song Sparrow*
Lincoln's Sparrow*
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow*
Golden-crowned Sparrow*
Dark-eyed Junco*
Lapland Longspur*
Smith's Longspur*
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Pine Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Gray Bunting
Pallas' Bunting
Reed-Bunting
Snow Bunting
McKay's Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Cardinals (Cardinalidae)
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Blackbirds (Icteridae)
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird*
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird*
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird*
Bullock's Oriole
Finches (Fringillidae)
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch*
Pine Grosbeak*
Common Rosefinch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill*
White-winged Crossbill*
Common Redpoll*
Hoary Redpoll*
Eurasian Siskin
Pine Siskin*
American Goldfinch
Oriental Greenfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Hawfinch
Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
House Sparrow
 
* Breeds in Alaska