Common Birds in Indiana
Our list for Indiana has 67 common birds recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 17 summer visitors, 15 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Indiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 67, most common first
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantCommon14–14 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