Birds of Indiana
The 110 most-observed birds in Indiana, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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- 1
MallardAnas platyrhynchos13 obstiming → - 2
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis11 obstiming → - 3Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus10 obstiming →
- 4
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia10 obstiming → - 5
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias9 obstiming → - 6
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis9 obstiming → - 7
Canada GooseBranta canadensis9 obstiming → - 8
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata8 obstiming → - 9
Barred OwlStrix varia7 obstiming → - 10
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens7 obstiming → - 11
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis6 obstiming → - 12
American RobinTurdus migratorius6 obstiming → - 13
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis6 obstiming → - 14Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus6 obstiming →
- 15
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo6 obstiming → - 16
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus5 obstiming → - 17Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus5 obstiming →
- 18
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis5 obstiming → - 19
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis5 obstiming → - 20
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor4 obstiming → - 21Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus4 obstiming →
- 22
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris4 obstiming → - 23
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus4 obstiming → - 24
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura4 obstiming → - 25
Great EgretArdea alba4 obstiming → - 26
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus4 obstiming → - 27Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus4 obstiming →
- 28
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina4 obstiming → - 29
Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens3 obstiming → - 30
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon3 obstiming → - 31
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis3 obstiming → - 32
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus3 obstiming → - 33Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus3 obstiming →
- 34
Black VultureCoragyps atratus3 obstiming → - 35
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus3 obstiming → - 36
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater2 obstiming → - 37
Rock DoveColumba livia2 obstiming → - 38
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca2 obstiming → - 39Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis2 obstiming →
- 40
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum2 obstiming → - 41
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra2 obstiming → - 42
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis2 obstiming → - 43
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva2 obstiming → - 44
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum2 obstiming → - 45
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus2 obstiming → - 46
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos2 obstiming → - 47Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria2 obstiming →
- 48
Mute SwanCygnus olor2 obstiming → - 49House WrenTroglodytes aedon2 obstiming →
- 50
DickcisselSpiza americana2 obstiming → - 51
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus2 obstiming → - 52
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea2 obstiming → - 53
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus2 obstiming → - 54
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus2 obstiming → - 55
House SparrowPasser domesticus2 obstiming → - 56
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor2 obstiming → - 57
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina2 obstiming → - 58
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea2 obstiming → - 59
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota2 obstiming → - 60Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus2 obstiming →
- 61
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis2 obstiming → - 62Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus1 obstiming →
- 63
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens1 obstiming → - 64
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos1 obstiming → - 65
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1 obstiming → - 66
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus1 obstiming → - 67
Ross's GooseAnser rossii1 obstiming → - 68Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina1 obstiming →
- 69Field SparrowSpizella pusilla1 obstiming →
- 70
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa1 obstiming → - 71Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula1 obstiming →
- 72
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius1 obstiming → - 73Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator1 obstiming →
- 74
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis1 obstiming → - 75
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina1 obstiming → - 76
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus1 obstiming → - 77
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata1 obstiming → - 78
American CootFulica americana1 obstiming → - 79
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis1 obstiming → - 80Blue-winged TealSpatula discors1 obstiming →
- 81
Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii1 obstiming → - 82
Common LoonGavia immer1 obstiming → - 83
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys1 obstiming → - 84
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus1 obstiming → - 85Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio1 obstiming →
- 86
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus1 obstiming → - 87
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis1 obstiming → - 88Warbling VireoVireo gilvus1 obstiming →
- 89Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator1 obstiming →
- 90
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos1 obstiming → - 91
Horned GrebePodiceps auritus1 obstiming → - 92
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius1 obstiming → - 93Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis1 obstiming →
- 94
Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus1 obstiming → - 95Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris1 obstiming →
- 96
Snowy EgretEgretta thula1 obstiming → - 97
American WoodcockScolopax minor1 obstiming → - 98
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla1 obstiming → - 99
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes1 obstiming → - 100Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps1 obstiming →
- 101
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus1 obstiming → - 102
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus1 obstiming → - 103
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea1 obstiming → - 104
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana1 obstiming → - 105Wood DuckAix sponsa1 obstiming →
- 106
Brown CreeperCerthia americana1 obstiming → - 107
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis1 obstiming → - 108
Green HeronButorides virescens1 obstiming → - 109
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana1 obstiming → - 110
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.