Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Scientific binomial

Common name

Branta canadensis

Canada Goose    (breeding distribution)

Cygnus olor

Mute Swan    (breeding distribution)

Aix sponsa

Wood Duck    (breeding distribution)

Anas strepera

Gadwall    (breeding distribution)

Anas rubripes

American Black Duck    (breeding distribution)

Anas platyrhynchos

Mallard    (breeding distribution)

Anas discors

Blue-winged Teal    (breeding distribution)

Anas clypeata

Northern Shoveler    (breeding distribution)

Anas acuta

Northern Pintail    (breeding distribution)

Anas carolinensis

Green-winged Teal    (breeding distribution)

Aythya collaris

Ring-necked Duck    (breeding distribution)

Aythya affinis

Lesser Scaup    (breeding distribution)

Lophodytes cucullatus

Hooded Merganser    (breeding distribution)

Mergus merganser

Common Merganser    (breeding distribution)

Mergus serrator

Red-breasted Merganser    (breeding distribution)

Oxyura jamaicensis

Ruddy Duck    (breeding distribution)

Perdix perdix

Gray Partridge    (breeding distribution)

Phasianus colchicus

Ring-necked Pheasant    (breeding distribution)

Bonasa umbellus

Ruffed Grouse    (breeding distribution)

Tympanuchus cupido

Greater Prairie-Chicken    (breeding distribution)

Meleagris gallopavo

Wild Turkey    (breeding distribution)

Colinus virginianus

Northern Bobwhite    (breeding distribution)

Gavia immer

Common Loon    (breeding distribution)

Podilymbus podiceps

Pied-billed Grebe    (breeding distribution)

Phalacrocorax auritus

Double-crested Cormorant    (breeding distribution)

Botaurus lentiginosus

American Bittern    (breeding distribution)

Ixobrychus exilis

Least Bittern    (breeding distribution)

Ardea herodias

Great Blue Heron    (breeding distribution)

Ardea alba

Great Egret    (breeding distribution)

Egretta thula

Snowy Egret    (breeding distribution)

Egretta caerulea

Little Blue Heron    (breeding distribution)

Egretta tricolor

Tricolored Heron    (breeding distribution)

Bubulcus ibis

Cattle Egret    (breeding distribution)

Butorides virescens

Green Heron    (breeding distribution)

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-crowned Night-Heron    (breeding distribution)

Nyctanassa violacea

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron    (breeding distribution)

Coragyps atratus

Black Vulture    (breeding distribution)

Cathartes aura

Turkey Vulture    (breeding distribution)

Pandion haliaetus

Osprey    (breeding distribution)

Ictinia mississippiensis

Mississippi Kite    (breeding distribution)

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Bald Eagle    (breeding distribution)

Circus cyaneus

Northern Harrier    (breeding distribution)

Accipiter striatus

Sharp-shinned Hawk    (breeding distribution)

Accipiter cooperii

Cooper's Hawk    (breeding distribution)

Buteo lineatus

Red-shouldered Hawk    (breeding distribution)

Buteo platypterus

Broad-winged Hawk    (breeding distribution)

Buteo swainsoni

Swainson's Hawk    (breeding distribution)

Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk    (breeding distribution)

Falco sparverius

American Kestrel    (breeding distribution)

Falco peregrinus

Peregrine Falcon    (breeding distribution)

Rallus elegans

King Rail    (breeding distribution)

Rallus limicola

Virginia Rail    (breeding distribution)

Porzana carolina

Sora    (breeding distribution)

Gallinula chloropus

Common Moorhen    (breeding distribution)

Fulica americana

American Coot    (breeding distribution)

Grus canadensis

Sandhill Crane    (breeding distribution)

Charadrius vociferus

Killdeer    (breeding distribution)

Actitis macularia

Spotted Sandpiper    (breeding distribution)

Bartramia longicauda

Upland Sandpiper    (breeding distribution)

Scolopax minor

American Woodcock    (breeding distribution)

Larus delawarensis

Ring-billed Gull    (breeding distribution)

Larus argentatus

Herring Gull    (breeding distribution)

Sterna caspia

Caspian Tern    (breeding distribution)

Sterna hirundo

Common Tern    (breeding distribution)

Sterna forsteri

Forster's Tern    (breeding distribution)

Chlidonias niger

Black Tern    (breeding distribution)

Columba livia

Rock Dove    (breeding distribution)

Zenaida macroura

Mourning Dove    (breeding distribution)

Streptopelia risoria

Ringed Turtle Dove    (breeding distribution)

Myiopsitta monachus

Monk Parakeet    (breeding distribution)

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Black-billed Cuckoo    (breeding distribution)

Coccyzus americanus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo    (breeding distribution)

Tyto alba

Barn Owl    (breeding distribution)

Megascops asio

Eastern Screech-Owl    (breeding distribution)

Bubo virginianus

Great Horned Owl    (breeding distribution)

Strix varia

Barred Owl    (breeding distribution)

Asio otus

Long-eared Owl    (breeding distribution)

Asio flammeus

Short-eared Owl    (breeding distribution)

Chordeiles minor

Common Nighthawk    (breeding distribution)

Caprimulgus carolinensis

Chuck-will's-widow    (breeding distribution)

Caprimulgus vociferus

Whip-poor-will    (breeding distribution)

Chaetura pelagica

Chimney Swift    (breeding distribution)

Archilochus colubris

Ruby-throated Hummingbird    (breeding distribution)

Ceryle alcyon

Belted Kingfisher    (breeding distribution)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Red-headed Woodpecker    (breeding distribution)

Melanerpes carolinus

Red-bellied Woodpecker    (breeding distribution)

Sphyrapicus varius

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker    (breeding distribution)

Picoides pubescens

Downy Woodpecker    (breeding distribution)

Picoides villosus

Hairy Woodpecker    (breeding distribution)

Colaptes auratus

Northern Flicker    (breeding distribution)

Dryocopus pileatus

Pileated Woodpecker    (breeding distribution)

Contopus virens

Eastern Wood-Pewee    (breeding distribution)

Empidonax flaviventris

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher    (breeding distribution)

Empidonax virescens

Acadian Flycatcher    (breeding distribution)

Empidonax alnorum

Alder Flycatcher    (breeding distribution)

Empidonax traillii

Willow Flycatcher    (breeding distribution)

Empidonax minimus

Least Flycatcher    (breeding distribution)

Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Phoebe    (breeding distribution)

Myiarchus crinitus

Great Crested Flycatcher    (breeding distribution)

Tyrannus tyrannus

Eastern Kingbird    (breeding distribution)

Lanius ludovicianus

Loggerhead Shrike    (breeding distribution)

Vireo griseus

White-eyed Vireo    (breeding distribution)

Vireo bellii

Bell's Vireo    (breeding distribution)

Vireo flavifrons

Yellow-throated Vireo    (breeding distribution)

Vireo gilvus

Warbling Vireo    (breeding distribution)

Vireo olivaceus

Red-eyed Vireo    (breeding distribution)

Cyanocitta cristata

Blue Jay    (breeding distribution)

Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Crow    (breeding distribution)

Corvus ossifragus

Fish Crow    (breeding distribution)

Eremophila alpestris

Horned Lark    (breeding distribution)

Progne subis

Purple Martin    (breeding distribution)

Tachycineta bicolor

Tree Swallow    (breeding distribution)

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

No. Rough-winged Swallow    (breeding distribution)

Riparia riparia

Bank Swallow    (breeding distribution)

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Cliff Swallow    (breeding distribution)

Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow    (breeding distribution)

Poecile carolinensis

Carolina Chickadee    (breeding distribution)

Poecile atricapillus

Black-capped Chickadee    (breeding distribution)

Baeolophus bicolor

Tufted Titmouse    (breeding distribution)

Certhia americana

Brown Creeper    (breeding distribution)

Sitta canadensis

Red-breasted Nuthatch    (breeding distribution)

Sitta carolinensis

White-breasted Nuthatch    (breeding distribution)

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Carolina Wren    (breeding distribution)

Thryomanes bewickii

Bewick's Wren    (breeding distribution)

Troglodytes aedon

House Wren    (breeding distribution)

Cistothorus platensis

Sedge Wren    (breeding distribution)

Cistothorus palustris

Marsh Wren    (breeding distribution)

Regulus satrapa

Golden-crowned Kinglet    (breeding distribution)

Polioptila caerulea

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    (breeding distribution)

Sialia sialis

Eastern Bluebird    (breeding distribution)

Catharus fuscescens

Veery    (breeding distribution)

Hylocichla mustelina

Wood Thrush    (breeding distribution)

Turdus migratorius

American Robin    (breeding distribution)

Dumetella carolinensis

Gray Catbird    (breeding distribution)

Mimus polyglottos

Northern Mockingbird    (breeding distribution)

Toxostoma rufum

Brown Thrasher    (breeding distribution)

Sturnus vulgaris

European Starling    (breeding distribution)

Bombycilla cedrorum

Cedar Waxwing    (breeding distribution)

Vermivora pinus

Blue-winged Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Vermivora chrysoptera

Golden-winged Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Helminthophaga leucobronchialis

Brewster's Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Lawrence's Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Parula americana

Northern Parula    (breeding distribution)

Dendroica petechia

Yellow Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Dendroica pensylvanica

Chestnut-sided Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Dendroica virens

Black-throated Green Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Dendroica dominica

Yellow-throated Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Dendroica pinus

Pine Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Dendroica discolor

Prairie Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Dendroica cerulea

Cerulean Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Mniotilta varia

Black-and-white Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Setophaga ruticilla

American Redstart    (breeding distribution)

Protonotaria citrea

Prothonotary Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Helmitheros vermivorus

Worm-eating Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Limnothlypis swainsonii

Swainson's Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Seiurus aurocapilla

Ovenbird    (breeding distribution)

Seiurus motacilla

Louisiana Waterthrush    (breeding distribution)

Oporornis formosus

Kentucky Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Oporornis philadelphia

Mourning Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Geothlypis trichas

Common Yellowthroat    (breeding distribution)

Wilsonia citrina

Hooded Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Wilsonia canadensis

Canada Warbler    (breeding distribution)

Icteria virens

Yellow-breasted Chat    (breeding distribution)

Piranga rubra

Summer Tanager    (breeding distribution)

Piranga olivacea

Scarlet Tanager    (breeding distribution)

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Eastern Towhee    (breeding distribution)

Spizella passerina

Chipping Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Spizella pallida

Clay-colored Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Spizella pusilla

Field Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Pooecetes gramineus

Vesper Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Chondestes grammacus

Lark Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Passerculus sandwichensis

Savannah Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Ammodramus savannarum

Grasshopper Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Ammodramus henslowii

Henslow's Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Melospiza melodia

Song Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Melospiza georgiana

Swamp Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Zonotrichia albicollis

White-throated Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Cardinalis cardinalis

Northern Cardinal    (breeding distribution)

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Rose-breasted Grosbeak    (breeding distribution)

Guiraca caerulea

Blue Grosbeak    (breeding distribution)

Passerina cyanea

Indigo Bunting    (breeding distribution)

Spiza americana

Dickcissel    (breeding distribution)

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bobolink    (breeding distribution)

Agelaius phoeniceus

Red-winged Blackbird    (breeding distribution)

Sturnella magna

Eastern Meadowlark    (breeding distribution)

Sturnella neglecta

Western Meadowlark    (breeding distribution)

Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Yellow-headed Blackbird    (breeding distribution)

Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brewer's Blackbird    (breeding distribution)

Quiscalus quiscula

Common Grackle    (breeding distribution)

Molothrus ater

Brown-headed Cowbird    (breeding distribution)

Icterus spurius

Orchard Oriole    (breeding distribution)

Icterus galbula

Baltimore Oriole    (breeding distribution)

Carpodacus purpureus

Purple Finch    (breeding distribution)

Carpodacus mexicanus

House Finch    (breeding distribution)

Loxia curvirostra

Red Crossbill    (breeding distribution)

Carduelis pinus

Pine Siskin    (breeding distribution)

Carduelis tristis

American Goldfinch    (breeding distribution)

Passer domesticus

House Sparrow    (breeding distribution)

Passer montanus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow    (breeding distribution)