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
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May
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