Uncommon Birds in Indiana
Our list for Indiana has 82 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 18 summer visitors, 33 winter visitors and 27 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 82, most common first
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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