Quick quiz of some common Indiana birds along with their sounds.

3. American Goldfinch

5. American Robin

6. Rusty Colored Cap
Lower Half of Beak is
Orange/Yellow
Gray Breast
with Dark Spot

7. American Tree Sparrow

9. Barn Owl

11. Barn Swallow

13. Barred Owl

14. Larger overall
than Carolina
Border of the
Bib is less
defined

15. Black Capped Chickadee

17. Blue Jay

19. Bob O Link

21. Bobwhite Quail

23. Brown Creeper

25. Brown Thrasher

27. Brown-headed Cowbird

28. Well
defined
bib

29. Carolina Chickadee

31. Carolina Wren

32. Larger, longer than house finch, more defined stripes on
wings
Slight yellow below eye
Bright red crown on head

33. Cassin’s Finch

35. Catbird (Gray Catbird)

37. Cedar Waxwing

38. Rusty Red Cap
White on Black
Eye Lines
Clear Gray
Breast with
No Markings

39. Chipping Sparrow

40. Larger, crow sized raptor
Coopers have a cap
Large, blocky
chest down
to waist
Inner tail feathers
are the longest

41. Cooper’s Hawk

43. Dark eyed Junco

44. Distinct tuft of nasal bristles at base
of the bill
A small 6 inch bird compared
To Hairy woodpecker which is
10 inch comparable to a Robin

45. Downy Woodpecker

47. Eastern Bluebird

49. Eastern Kingbird

51. Eastern Meadowlark

53. Eastern Phoebe

55. Eastern Screech Owl

57. Eastern Towhee

59. Eastern Whip-poor-will

61. European Starling

63. Evening Grosbeak

64. Bright Pink Bill
Gray on the Face
Distinct White Eyering

65. Field Sparrow

66. Large Chubby Body
Rusty Red Feathers
Mixed with Gray
Heavy Striping on
Breast

67. Fox Sparrow

69. Great Horned Owl

70. Bill is much larger than
Downy Woodpecker and
Bird is twice its size
Well developed comma mark
Extends from shoulder to
breast

71. Hairy Woodpecker

73. Hermit Thrush

74. Red headband with brown head, brown cheekpatch
Red chin
And breast
Fade into
Brown streak
sides
Thin streaks on head
Thick bill,
plain face
Long, undefined
Streaks along belly

75. House Finch

76. Buffy Eye Stripe
Overall Brown Streaked Back
Unstreaked
Breast

77. House Sparrow Female

78. Gray Crown
Black Beak
Black Bib

79. House Sparrow Male

81. Indigo Bunting

83. Mourning Dove

85. Northern Cardinal

86. Red only on
nape of neck
Male has
black malar
(mustache)
stripe
Some yellow underneath

87. Northern Flicker

89. Northern Mockingbird

91. Pileated Woodpecker

92. Narrow, pointed
bill
Tinge of yellow on back folded wings

93. Pine Sisken

94. Thick bill, strong
white eyebrow
Dark auricle patch separates white above and
below eye
Deep raspberry color over most of head
and down back

95. Purple Finch

97. Purple Martin

98. Red cap extends
down to back
White cheeks

99. Red Bellied Woodpecker

101. Red Headed Woodpecker

103. Red-winged Blackbird

105. Rose-breasted Grosbeak

107. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

108. Whitish or Yellow Eyebrow
Dark Band Partially
Circling Eye
Pale Stripe Down Center of
Crown

109. Savannah Sparrow

111. Saw Whet Owl

112. Smaller, Blue Jay sized raptor
Sharpie’s have
a hood that
extends
down
Chest
narrows
to
waist
Outer tail feathers
are the longest

113. Sharp shinned Hawk

114. Broad Whitish Eyebrow
Dark Stripes Border
White on Throat
Streaks on Breast
Converge to a Spot

115. Song Sparrow

117. Tree Swallow

119. Tufted Titmouse

121. White-breasted Nuthatch

122. Black and White Striped Crown
Yellow Bill
Clear Gray
Breast

123. White Crowned Sparrow

124. Yellow Patch on Eyebrow
Near Bill
Distinct
White Bib
On Throat
Clear Gray
Breast

125. White Throated Sparrow

127. Wood Thrush

128. Red cap
Males red throat

129. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker or
Red-naped Sapsucker

131. Yellow-shafted Flicker