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
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year
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