This species list identifies those bird species that can be expected in Indiana. The order of this list follows the AOU Checklist of North American Birds, 7th Edition. The Plovers, Avocet, Sandpipers Gallery contains a total of 36 species that can be expected in Indiana. The following is a list of these 36 species including the 31 I've photographed which are in bold type: BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, PIPING PLOVER, KILLDEER, AMERICAN AVOCET, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WILLET, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, UPLAND SANDPIPER, WHIMBREL, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, RUDDY TURNSTONE, Red Knot, SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, Western Sandpiper, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, Purple Sandpiper, DUNLIN, STILT SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, Ruff, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, COMMON SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, Red Phalarope.