Indiana Birds Seasonal Checklist
by
Alan Bruner and Don Gorney
Updated through January 2008
 
 
  Nest Photo Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Breeding
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Fulvous Whistling-Duck*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Greater White-fronted Goose   X DDd ddd sss sdD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD dss sdD DDD D
Snow Goose   X sss sss    sd ddD DDD DDD DDD ddd s        ss D
Ross's Goose   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Brant     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Cackling Goose   X sss sss sss sdd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD dss sss sss D
Canada Goose X X                          
Mute Swan X X                         s
Trumpeter Swan (X)   DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Tundra Swan   X sss sss sss sdd dDD DDD DDD DDD DDD Dds sss sss D
Wood Duck X X sss s                        ss  
Gadwall   X sss ss       sdD DDD DDD DDd sss       D
Eurasian Wigeon     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
American Wigeon (X) X sss ss       ssd ddd ddd dds sss       s D
American Black Duck X X         s sss sss sss sss sss       s
Mallard X X                          
Blue-winged Teal X X                          
   North of SR 28     DDD DDd s                   sdd DDD  
   South of SR 28     DDD DDd s                   sdd DDD s
Cinnamon Teal   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Northern Shoveler X X                          
   Lake Mich & Newton Counties     sdd ds        ss sss sss dss        ss D
   Other areas of state     sss ss        ss ddd ddd dss        ss D
Northern Pintail X X sss       s sss ddd ddd dss sss       D
Green-winged Teal X X sss ss       sss sss sss s             D
Canvasback   X sss s        ss sdD DDD DDD DDD DDD ds       D
Redhead X X sss s         sss sss ssd ddd dds s         D
Ring-necked Duck X X sss s         sss sss sss sss sss       D
Greater Scaup   X                          
   Lake Michigan counties     sss sss sss ddd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDd ddd sss D
   Away from Lake Michigan     ddd ddd ddd ddd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDd ddd ddd D
Lesser Scaup   X sss         s sss sss ddd ddd s         D
King Eider   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Harlequin Duck   X                          
   Lake Michigan counties     ddd ddd ddD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD ddd ddd D
   Away from Lake Michigan     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Surf Scoter   X ssd ddd ddd sss ddD DDD DDD DDD DDD sss sss sss D
White-winged Scoter     sss sss sss sss sdD DDD DDD DDD DDD dss sss sss D
Black Scoter   X                          
   Lake Michigan counties     sdd DDD Ddd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDd dss sss sss D
   Away from Lake Michigan     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD sss DDD D
Long-tailed Duck   X sss sss sss ssd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDs sss sss D
Bufflehead   X         ssd DDD DDD DDD DDD Dds     D
Common Goldeneye             s sdD DDD DDD DDD DDD Ddd s       D
Barrow's Goldeneye   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Hooded Merganser X X         sss sss sss ddd ddd ds       s
Common Merganser            ss ddD DDD DDD DDD DDD Dds s       D
Red-breasted Merganser                              
   Lake Michigan counties              ss sss ssd DDD DDD dss     D
   Away from Lake Michigan              ss ddd ddd DDD DDD dss     D
Ruddy Duck X   sss sss     sss sss ddd DDD Dds       D
Gray Partridge (extirpated) X   DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Ring-necked Pheasant X X                          
Ruffed Grouse X   sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss s
Greater Prairie-Chicken (extirpated) X   DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Wild Turkey X X                          
Northern Bobwhite X X                          
Red-throated Loon     DDD DDD DDd ddd ddD DDD DDD DDD DDD dss sss ddd D
Pacific Loon X X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Common Loon (X) X sss sss ss       s sss sss sss sss s         D
YELLOW-BILLED LOON*     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Pied-billed Grebe X X                          
   North of SR 28     sss sss                      
   South of SR 28     sss sss                     s
Horned Grebe (X) X sss ss       ssd DDD DDD DDd ddd s         D
Red-necked Grebe   X ddd sss sss ddd dDD DDD DDD DDD DDD Ddd sss sss D
Eared Grebe   X DDD DDD DDd ssd DDD DDD DDD DDD dss sss sss ssd D
Western Grebe   X DDD DDD DDD DDD ddd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDd ddd ddd D
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel*     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Northern Gannet*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
American White Pelican   X DDD DDD DDd sss sss ddd ddd ddd ddd dds sdd DDD D
Brown Pelican   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Double-crested Cormorant X X sss sss                     s D
Magnificent Frigatebird*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
American Bittern X X DDD DDD DDd sss sss sss sss sss sss sss ddD DDD s
Least Bittern X X DDD DDD DDD DDd sss sss sss sss sss dDD DDD DDD s
Great Blue Heron X X                          
   South of SR 14                             s
   North of SR 14     sss sss                     s
Great Egret X X DDD DDD Dds               ssd DDD D
Snowy Egret   X DDD DDD DDD Ddd ddd ddd ddd ddd dDD DDD DDD DDD D
Little Blue Heron X X DDD DDD DDD dss sss sss s       sss dDD DDD DDD D
Tricolored Heron X X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Reddish Egret*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Cattle Egret   X DDD DDD DDd sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sdD DDD D
Green Heron X X DDD DDD DDD ds              ss sdD DDD  
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss D
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X X DDD DDD DDD dss sss sss sss sss ssd DDD DDD DDD s
White Ibis   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Glossy Ibis*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
White-faced Ibis*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Wood Stork   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Black Vulture X X                          
   W of SR 231 & N of Bloomfield-Richmond DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
   E of SR 231 & S of Bloomfield-Richmond sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss  
Turkey Vulture X X                          
   North of SR 14     DDD Dds                   sdD  
   Between SR 14 and SR 26     DDD ds                      sD  
   South of SR 26     sss sss                     s  
Osprey X X DDD Ddd dss               sss ssd D
Swallow-tailed Kite   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
White-tailed Kite*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Mississippi Kite X X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Bald Eagle X X         sss sss sss sss sss sss     D
Northern Harrier X X         sss sss sss sss         s
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X           sss sss sss         D
Cooper's Hawk X X                         s
Northern Goshawk     ddd ddd ddd ddd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD ddd ddd ddd D
Red-shouldered Hawk X X                          
Broad-winged Hawk X   DDD DDD dss               s ddD DDD s
Swainson's Hawk     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Red-tailed Hawk X X                          
FERRUGINOUS HAWK*     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Rough-legged Hawk   X                          
   North of SR 16             sdD DDD DDD DDD DDd sss     D
   South of SR 16             s dDD DDD DDD DDD DDd sss     D
Golden Eagle   X sss sss sss ssd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDd dds sss sss D
American Kestrel X                            
Merlin   X ssd ddd dds sss sdD DDD DDD DDD sss sss sss sss D
Gyrfalcon*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Peregrine Falcon X X sss sss sss sss ssd DDD DDD DDd sss sss ddd sss D
PRAIRIE FALCON*     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Yellow Rail     DDD DDD DDD Dds ddD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Black Rail (X) X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
King Rail X X DDD DDD DDD Dds sss sss sss sss sdD DDD DDD DDD s
Virginia Rail X X ddd ddd DDd ss     sss sss     sss ddd ddd s
Sora X X DDD DDD DDd ss     sss sss     sss sDD DDD s
Purple Gallinule   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Common Moorhen X X                          
   North of SR 46     DDD DDD DDd ds               s dDD DDD s
   South of SR 46     DDD DDD DDd ds     sss ss         s dDD DDD s
American Coot X X                          
   North of SR 28                              
   South of SR 28                             s
Sandhill Crane X X                          
   North of SR 16     sss s         sss sss sss ddd dds s         D
   South of SR 16     sss s         s ddd DDD DDD DDD ddd ss      ss D
Common Crane*     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Whooping Crane*     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Black-bellied Plover     DDD DDD DDD ds     sdD DDd s         sss dDD D
American Golden-Plover   X DDD DDD Ds       s dDD Ddd ss        sdd DDD D
Snowy Plover*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Wilson's Plover*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Semipalmated Plover   X DDD DDD DDD Dds    ss ss       sss dDD DDD D
Piping Plover X X DDD DDD DDD DDd ddD DDD Dds sss dDD DDD DDD DDD D
Killdeer X X                          
   Two northern tiers of counties     sss                        
   Other areas of state                              
Mountain Plover*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Black-necked Stilt X X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
American Avocet (X) X DDD DDD DDD DDs sdD DDD dss sss sss ssd DDD DDD D
Greater Yellowlegs   X DDD DDD dss     s sss s           ss DDD D
Lesser Yellowlegs     DDD DDD dss     sss         ssd DDD D
Solitary Sandpiper   X DDD DDD DDD ds     s sss s        ssd DDD DDD D
Willet   X DDD DDD DDD Dss ssd dss sss sss sss ddd DDD DDD D
Spotted Sandpiper X   DDD DDD DDD ds              ss dDD DDD  
Upland Sandpiper X X DDD DDD DDD dss sss sss sss sss sdD DDD DDD DDD s
Eskimo Curlew* (extinct)   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Whimbrel   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Long-billed Curlew*     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Hudsonian Godwit   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Marbled Godwit   X DDD DDD DDD DDd ddd ddd ddd ddd dDD DDD DDD DDD D
Ruddy Turnstone   X                          
   Lake Michigan counties     DDD DDD DDD DDD s    sss sss       s sdd DDD D
   Away from Lake Michigan     DDD DDD DDD DDD sss dDD DDs sss sss ssd DDD DDD D
Red Knot   X                          
   Lake Michigan counties     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD dss sss dDD DDD DDD D
   Away from Lake Michigan     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Sanderling   X                          
   Lake Michigan counties     DDD DDD DDD DDD dss dDD dss       sss ddD D
   Away from Lake Michigan     DDD DDD DDD DDD sss dDD Dds sss sss sss sdD DDD D
Semipalmated Sandpiper   X DDD DDD DDD DDd s    ssd ds        ss sdD DDD D
Western Sandpiper     DDD DDD DDD DDD dss dDD Dds sss ssd ddd DDD DDD D
Red-necked Stint     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Least Sandpiper   X DDD DDD DDD ds      sss s           s sss ssd D
White-rumped Sandpiper   X DDD DDD DDD DDd sss sdD DDD dss sss sss dDD DDD D
Baird's Sandpiper   X DDD DDD DDD DDD ddD DDD DDs s      sss sDD DDD D
Pectoral Sandpiper   X DDD DDD ds        s sdd s            sd DDD D
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Purple Sandpiper   X                          
   Lake Michigan counties     ddd DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD ddd ddd D
   Away from Lake Michigan     DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Dunlin   X DDD DDD DDD dds   sDD DDD DDD dss     s ssd D
Curlew Sandpiper*   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Stilt Sandpiper     DDD DDD DDD DDd ssd DDD s          ss dDD DDD D
Buff-breasted Sandpiper   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD dss sss dDD DDD DDD D
Ruff   X DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD D
Short-billed Dowitcher     DDD DDD DDD Dds   s dds       ddD DDD DDD D
Long-billed Dowitcher     DDD DDD DDD Ddd