Indiana Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Till Plains 0.03
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Till Plains 0.00
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Highland Rim 0.3
Lexington Plain 0.7
Great Lakes Plain 3.9
Till Plains 0.9
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Highland Rim 0.8
Lexington Plain 0.9
Great Lakes Plain 1.0
Till Plains 0.3
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Highland Rim 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 0.7
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Great Lakes Plain 0.04
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 3.8
Great Lakes Plain 7.2
Till Plains 4.8
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 0.7
Great Lakes Plain 1.5
Till Plains 0.9
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.8
Great Lakes Plain 6.6
Till Plains 2.1
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.01
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Lexington Plain 0.01
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Highland Rim 0.06
Lexington Plain 0.09
Till Plains 0.02
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Highland Rim 3.2
Lexington Plain 3.7
Great Lakes Plain 1.7
Till Plains 1.0
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Highland Rim 0.01
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Lexington Plain 0.02
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.05
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Highland Rim 0.04
Lexington Plain 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.00
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.05
Great Lakes Plain 0.08
Till Plains 0.04
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.05
Till Plains 0.00
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Highland Rim 1.1
Lexington Plain 1.2
Great Lakes Plain 1.1
Till Plains 0.7
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Highland Rim 1.5
Lexington Plain 1.6
Great Lakes Plain 1.0
Till Plains 1.4
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Highland Rim 0.02
Lexington Plain 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 4.6
Till Plains 5.9
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Highland Rim 0.01
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Till Plains 0.02
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Highland Rim 19.1
Lexington Plain 35.0
Great Lakes Plain 8.9
Till Plains 10.4
Sora
Porzana carolina
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Great Lakes Plain 0.07
American Coot
Fulica americana
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.01
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Highland Rim 3.7
Lexington Plain 11.7
Great Lakes Plain 11.9
Till Plains 14.0
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Highland Rim 0.01
Lexington Plain 0.02
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Till Plains 0.03
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.06
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Highland Rim 0.02
Lexington Plain 0.03
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Till Plains 0.01
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Lexington Plain 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 23.6
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Highland Rim 7.2
Lexington Plain 7.5
Great Lakes Plain 23.6
Till Plains 15.8
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Highland Rim 35.5
Lexington Plain 57.4
Great Lakes Plain 37.3
Till Plains 47.7
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Till Plains 0.2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Highland Rim 7.7
Lexington Plain 4.5
Great Lakes Plain 1.4
Till Plains 1.1
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio
Highland Rim 0.02
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.01
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Highland Rim 0.3
Lexington Plain 0.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.07
Till Plains 0.2
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Highland Rim 0.5
Lexington Plain 0.1
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.03
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Highland Rim 0.03
Lexington Plain 0.05
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.05
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Highland Rim 0.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.08
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
Highland Rim 1.1
Lexington Plain 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.06
Till Plains 0.06
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Highland Rim 14.2
Lexington Plain 21.5
Great Lakes Plain 8.6
Till Plains 10.3
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Highland Rim 1.4
Lexington Plain 0.8
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Till Plains 0.2
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 0.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.3
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Highland Rim 2.2
Lexington Plain 4.4
Great Lakes Plain 2.5
Till Plains 2.7
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Highland Rim 10.0
Lexington Plain 10.5
Great Lakes Plain 2.3
Till Plains 2.9
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Highland Rim 3.2
Lexington Plain 2.5
Great Lakes Plain 2.3
Till Plains 2.2
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Highland Rim 0.9
Lexington Plain 0.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Till Plains 0.1
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Highland Rim 3.6
Lexington Plain 4.4
Great Lakes Plain 4.6
Till Plains 3.5
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Highland Rim 5.3
Lexington Plain 1.0
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.1
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Highland Rim 13.2
Lexington Plain 7.3
Great Lakes Plain 3.7
Till Plains 2.8
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Highland Rim 13.7
Lexington Plain 1.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.5
Till Plains 0.3
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorium
Great Lakes Plain 0.09
Till Plains 0.00
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Highland Rim 0.4
Lexington Plain 0.8
Great Lakes Plain 2.7
Till Plains 1.5
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Lexington Plain 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 0.06
Till Plains 0.08
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Highland Rim 3.0
Lexington Plain 1.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Till Plains 0.3
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Highland Rim 3.8
Lexington Plain 2.7
Great Lakes Plain 2.2
Till Plains 1.8
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Highland Rim 6.0
Lexington Plain 5.5
Great Lakes Plain 3.3
Till Plains 2.3
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Highland Rim 0.8
Lexington Plain 5.4
Great Lakes Plain 13.6
Till Plains 29.6
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Highland Rim 8.6
Lexington Plain 6.9
Great Lakes Plain 2.6
Till Plains 2.9
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 2.5
Till Plains 0.3
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Highland Rim 2.2
Lexington Plain 1.6
Great Lakes Plain 2.1
Till Plains 1.4
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.1
Great Lakes Plain 3.2
Till Plains 0.2
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Highland Rim 0.1
Lexington Plain 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 0.7
Till Plains 0.04
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Highland Rim 20.0
Lexington Plain 19.7
Great Lakes Plain 22.5
Till Plains 15.4
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Highland Rim 12.5
Lexington Plain 11.2
Great Lakes Plain 12.8
Till Plains 7.6
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Highland Rim 49.3
Lexington Plain 30.5
Great Lakes Plain 33.4
Till Plains 22.1
Black-capped Chickadee
Parus atricapillus
Great Lakes Plain 1.1
Till Plains 0.00
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
Highland Rim 7.4
Lexington Plain 3.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.05
Till Plains 0.9
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Highland Rim 19.4
Lexington Plain 12.9
Great Lakes Plain 7.1
Till Plains 6.7
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Highland Rim 6.4
Lexington Plain 1.9
Great Lakes Plain 2.0
Till Plains 1.1
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Highland Rim 7.7
Lexington Plain 6.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.7
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Highland Rim 0.4
Lexington Plain 4.2
Great Lakes Plain 12.4
Till Plains 10.3
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis
Highland Rim 0.04
Lexington Plain 0.03
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Till Plains 0.1
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Highland Rim 5.2
Lexington Plain 1.7
Great Lakes Plain 0.7
Till Plains 0.4
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Highland Rim 9.7
Lexington Plain 7.5
Great Lakes Plain 2.3
Till Plains 1.8
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Great Lakes Plain 0.6
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Highland Rim 13.7
Lexington Plain 3.8
Great Lakes Plain 2.3
Till Plains 1.6
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Highland Rim 28.1
Lexington Plain 54.5
Great Lakes Plain 90.0
Till Plains 80.6
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Highland Rim 9.0
Lexington Plain 5.4
Great Lakes Plain 10.5
Till Plains 5.5
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Highland Rim 3.8
Lexington Plain 11.1
Great Lakes Plain 1.5
Till Plains 1.8
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Highland Rim 4.7
Lexington Plain 5.5
Great Lakes Plain 3.5
Till Plains 4.0
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Highland Rim 3.0
Lexington Plain 2.9
Great Lakes Plain 10.2
Till Plains 2.2
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Highland Rim 0.1
Lexington Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.02
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Highland Rim 54.1
Lexington Plain 104.6
Great Lakes Plain 121.3
Till Plains 173.3
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Highland Rim 6.9
Lexington Plain 1.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.2
Bell's Vireo
Vireo bellii
Lexington Plain 0.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.01
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Highland Rim 4.2
Lexington Plain 1.5
Great Lakes Plain 1.2
Till Plains 0.3
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Highland Rim 4.6
Lexington Plain 5.4
Great Lakes Plain 4.6
Till Plains 3.4
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Highland Rim 31.3
Lexington Plain 3.8
Great Lakes Plain 3.5
Till Plains 1.4
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Highland Rim 1.2
Lexington Plain 0.05
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Highland Rim 0.5
Lexington Plain 0.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.05
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Highland Rim 2.3
Lexington Plain 1.3
Great Lakes Plain 5.5
Till Plains 2.6
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Dendroica pensylvanica
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Till Plains 0.00
Black-th. Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Highland Rim 0.2
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Highland Rim 2.7
Lexington Plain 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.1
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Highland Rim 1.3
Lexington Plain 0.01
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Highland Rim 2.9
Lexington Plain 0.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.09
Till Plains 0.01
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Highland Rim 1.4
Lexington Plain 0.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Till Plains 0.05
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Highland Rim 0.1
Lexington Plain 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.00
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Highland Rim 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 1.2
Till Plains 0.1
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.00
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus
Highland Rim 2.2
Lexington Plain 0.02
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
Highland Rim 5.8
Lexington Plain 0.05
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Till Plains 0.02
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Highland Rim 0.6
Lexington Plain 0.09
Great Lakes Plain 0.08
Till Plains 0.01
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Highland Rim 8.4
Lexington Plain 1.2
Till Plains 0.03
Mourning Warbler
Oporornis philadelphia
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Highland Rim 23.1
Lexington Plain 23.6
Great Lakes Plain 12.0
Till Plains 10.1
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Highland Rim 2.0
Lexington Plain 0.01
Canada Warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Highland Rim 12.5
Lexington Plain 4.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Till Plains 0.8
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Highland Rim 3.2
Lexington Plain 1.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.03
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Highland Rim 11.7
Lexington Plain 1.0
Great Lakes Plain 0.9
Till Plains 0.3
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Highland Rim 34.3
Lexington Plain 37.1
Great Lakes Plain 25.1
Till Plains 19.2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Lexington Plain 0.07
Great Lakes Plain 1.8
Till Plains 0.4
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Highland Rim 1.7
Lexington Plain 0.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.01
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Highland Rim 67.1
Lexington Plain 50.2
Great Lakes Plain 18.8
Till Plains 22.4
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Highland Rim 1.0
Lexington Plain 6.2
Great Lakes Plain 1.5
Till Plains 3.5
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Highland Rim 10.2
Lexington Plain 5.3
Great Lakes Plain 2.8
Till Plains 1.0
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Highland Rim 10.5
Lexington Plain 6.5
Great Lakes Plain 19.4
Till Plains 12.3
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Highland Rim 16.0
Lexington Plain 14.0
Great Lakes Plain 14.4
Till Plains 8.7
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Highland Rim 0.2
Lexington Plain 0.9
Great Lakes Plain 11.0
Till Plains 12.8
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Lexington Plain 0.02
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.01
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Highland Rim 0.03
Lexington Plain 0.2
Great Lakes Plain 5.3
Till Plains 5.6
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Highland Rim 1.2
Lexington Plain 3.4
Great Lakes Plain 2.2
Till Plains 2.8
Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii
Highland Rim 0.3
Lexington Plain 0.08
Great Lakes Plain 0.05
Till Plains 0.02
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Highland Rim 23.3
Lexington Plain 39.1
Great Lakes Plain 39.4
Till Plains 41.4
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
Great Lakes Plain 0.8
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Highland Rim 0.04
Lexington Plain 0.1
Great Lakes Plain 2.0
Till Plains 3.2
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Highland Rim 56.9
Lexington Plain 107.7
Great Lakes Plain 122.9
Till Plains 125.3
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Highland Rim 18.6
Lexington Plain 24.3
Great Lakes Plain 12.9
Till Plains 19.8
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.2
Yellow-head. Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Great Lakes Plain 0.06
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Highland Rim 57.7
Lexington Plain 135.9
Great Lakes Plain 67.1
Till Plains 84.0
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Highland Rim 18.9
Lexington Plain 11.4
Great Lakes Plain 15.8
Till Plains 12.3
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Highland Rim 5.0
Lexington Plain 3.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.6
Till Plains 0.7
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Highland Rim 2.2
Lexington Plain 2.9
Great Lakes Plain 4.2
Till Plains 3.1
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Highland Rim 1.8
Lexington Plain 4.1
Great Lakes Plain 7.5
Till Plains 5.6
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Highland Rim 9.7
Lexington Plain 7.7
Great Lakes Plain 18.7
Till Plains 12.6
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Highland Rim 55.0
Lexington Plain 104.8
Great Lakes Plain 138.1
Till Plains 170.1