Indiana Rare Breeding Bird List
Report observations within normal nesting season
for individual species; safe dates are provided for species as rough guidelines
to help describe normal nesting periods.
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant (Jun-Jul)
Herons
American Bittern (May-Jul)
Least Bittern (May-Jul)
Great Egret (May-Jun)
Black-crowned Night Heron (May-Jun)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (May-Jun)
Vultures
Black Vulture (Apr-Jul)
Ducks
American Black Duck (May-Jun)
Northern Shoveler (May-Jul)
Green-winged Teal (May-Jun)
Redhead (May-Jul)
Ring-necked Duck (May-Jul)
Hooded Merganser (May-Jul)
Ruddy Duck (Jun-Jul)
Hawks, Kites, Eagles
Osprey (May-Jul)
Mississippi Kite (May-Jul)
Bald Eagle (Apr-Jul)
Northern Harrier (May-Jul)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (May-Jul)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Apr-Jul)
Broad-winged Hawk (May-Jul)
Falcons
Peregrine Falcon (Feb-Jun)
Rails, Gallinules
Black Rail (May-Aug)
King Rail (May-Jun)
Virginia Rail (May-Jul)
Common Moorhen (May-Jul)
Cranes
Sandhill Crane (Apr-Jun)
Sandpipers
Upland Sandpiper (May-Jun)
Common Snipe (May-Jun)
Terns
Caspian Tern (May-Jul)
Least Tern (May-Aug)
Black Tern (Jun-Jul)
Owls
Barn Owl (Apr-Jul)
Long-eared Owl (May-Jul)
Short-eared owl (Apr-Jul)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (May-Jul)
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (May-Jul)
Flycatchers
Alder Flycatcher (Jun-Jul)
Least Flycatcher (Jun)
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike (Apr-Jun)
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch (May-Jul)
Creepers
Brown Creeper (May-Jul)
Wrens
Bewick’s Wren (Apr-Jul)
Sedge Wren (Jun-Aug)
Marsh Wren (May-Jul)
Warblers
Golden-winged Warbler (May-Jun)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jun)
Magnolia Warbler (Jun-Jul)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Jun-Jul)
Blackburnian Warbler (Jun-Jul)
Cerulean Warbler (May-Jul)
Black and White Warbler (May-Jun)
Worm-eating Warbler (May-Jul)
Northern Waterthrush (Jun)
Hooded Warbler (May-Jun)
Canada Warbler (Jun-Jul)
Sparrows
Henslow’s Sparrow (May-Aug)
Blackbirds, Orioles
Western Meadowlark (May-Jul)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (May-Jun)
Brewer’s Blackbird (May-Jun)