The Indiana Bird Records Committee (IBRC) evaluates the evidence for records of birds that are rare or unusual in Indiana. The IBRC maintains this Review List of birds for which the committee would like to receive documentation. The information obtained from observers is used to maintain an accurate state checklist, monitor changes in migration, irruption, or vagrancy of certain species, and to serve as part of Indiana's ornithological history. A number of species are regular along the Lake Michigan shoreline but rare elsewhere in Indiana, which is why the IBRC asks these species be documented when found inland. A few other species below are regular at very isolated locations and observations away from these sites are also worthy of documenting. Anyone observing a bird on the Review List, or any bird not already on the official state list, is encouraged to submit written documentation along with any photographic evidence to the IBRC chairman.
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
Ruff |
Western Kingbird |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck |
Red Phalarope * |
Gray Kingbird |
| Brant |
Pomarine Jaeger* |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
| Eurasian Wigeon |
Parasitic Jaeger * |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
| Cinnamon Teal |
Long-tailed Jaeger |
Western Scrub-Jay |
| King Eider |
Little Gull * |
Black-billed Magpie |
| Harlequin Duck * |
Black-headed Gull |
Fish Crow ** |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
Black-tailed Gull |
Common Raven |
| Yellow-billed Loon |
Mew Gull |
Cave Swallow |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel |
California Gull |
Boreal Chickadee |
| Northern Gannet |
Thayer's Gull * |
Rock Wren |
| Neotropic Cormorant |
Iceland Gull * |
Bewick’s Wren |
| Brown Pelican |
Slaty-backed Gull |
Northern Wheatear |
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
Glaucous Gull * |
Mountain Bluebird |
| Tricolored Heron |
Great Black-backed Gull * |
Townsend’s Solitaire * |
| Reddish Egret |
Kelp Gull |
Sage Thrasher |
| White Ibis |
Sabine's Gull * |
Bohemian Waxwing |
| Glossy Ibis |
Black-legged Kittiwake * |
Black-throated Gray Warbler |
| White-faced Ibis |
Ross's Gull |
Townsend's Warbler |
| Wood Stork |
Gull-billed Tern |
Kirtland's Warbler |
| Swallow-tailed Kite |
Royal Tern |
Swainson's Warbler |
| White-tailed Kite |
RoseateTern |
Western Tanager |
| Swainson's Hawk |
Arctic Tern |
Green-tailed Towhee |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
Least Tern ** |
Spotted Towhee |
| Crested Caracara |
White-winged Tern |
Cassin's Sparrow |
| Gyrfalcon |
Black Skimmer |
Bachman's Sparrow |
| Prairie Falcon |
Thick-billed Murre |
Lark Bunting |
| Yellow Rail |
Long-billed Murrelet |
McCown's Longspur |
| Black Rail |
Ancient Murrelet |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
| Purple Gallinule |
Band-tailed Pigeon |
Painted Bunting |
| Common Crane |
Common Ground-Dove |
Great-tailed Grackle |
| Snowy Plover |
Monk Parakeet ** |
Bullock's Oriole |
| Wilson's Plover |
Groove-billed Ani |
Audubon's Oriole |
| Mountain Plover |
Burrowing Owl |
Brambling |
| Whimbrel * |
Green Violet-ear |
Pine Grosbeak |
| Long-billed Curlew |
Black-chinned Hummingbird |
Hoary Redpoll |
| Red Knot * |
Anna's Hummingbird |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
| Red-necked Stint |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
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| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
Western Wood-Pewee |
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| Purple Sandpiper * |
Say's Phoebe |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
Vermilion Flycatcher |
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*Away from Lake Michigan
**Away from Known Locations