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This checklist includes all bird species found in Anchorage , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Anchorage [map]
Other names: Anchorage Municipality
Number of species: 299
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 19
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2026-01-06
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 19
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2026-01-06
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| Emperor Goose | Anser canagicus | |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Introduced species |
| Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | Vulnerable |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Near-threatened |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Near-threatened |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | |
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| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | |
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus leucura | |
| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
| Spruce Grouse | Canachites canadensis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Rare/Accidental |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
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| Anna's Hummingbird | Calypte anna | Rare/Accidental |
| Costa's Hummingbird | Calypte costae | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | Near-threatened |
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| American Coot | Fulica americana | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
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| Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus bachmani | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Near-threatened |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Hudsonian Whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Vulnerable |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Vulnerable |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Vulnerable |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Near-threatened |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Near-threatened |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Rock Sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |
| Horned Puffin | Fratercula corniculata | |
| Crested Auklet | Aethia cristatella | |
| Kittlitz's Murrelet | Brachyramphus brevirostris | Near-threatened |
| Marbled Murrelet | Brachyramphus marmoratus | Endangered |
| Pigeon Guillemot | Cepphus columba | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | |
| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
| Scripps's Murrelet | Synthliboramphus scrippsi | Uncertain origin Vulnerable |
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| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Near-threatened |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Aleutian Tern | Onychoprion aleuticus | Vulnerable |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Near-threatened |
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| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates furcatus | |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
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| Red-faced Cormorant | Urile urile | |
| Pelagic Cormorant | Urile pelagicus | |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritum | |
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| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| American Goshawk | Astur atricapillus | |
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
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| Western Screech-Owl | Megascops kennicottii | |
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Vulnerable |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula | |
| Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber | |
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Dryobates pubescens | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Leuconotopicus villosus | |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | Rare/Accidental |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |
| Western Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | Rare/Accidental |
| Say's Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cassin's Vireo | Vireo cassinii | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Warbling Vireo | Vireo swainsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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| Canada Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | |
| Steller's Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens | |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus | |
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| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
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| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | |
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | |
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| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | |
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| Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus | |
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| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Siberian Pipit | Anthus japonicus | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Rare/Accidental |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | Rare/Accidental |
| Cassin's Finch | Haemorhous cassinii | Rare/Accidental |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
| McKay's Bunting | Plectrophenax hyperboreus | Endemic |
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| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizelloides arborea | |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | |
| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Rare/Accidental |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Vulnerable |
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| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Rare/Accidental |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Near-threatened |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | |
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| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | Rare/Accidental |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | |
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