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
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
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