| Illinois River NWFR Bird Checklist |
Legend:
S = Spring (March, April, May)
s = Summer (June, July, August)
F = Fall (September, October, November)
W = Winter (December, January, February)
A = Abundant - Common species that is very numerous
C = Common - Certain to be seen in suitable habitat
U = Uncommon - May be present but not certain to be seen
O = Occasional - Seen only a few times during season
R = Rare - Seen at intervals of 2 to 5 years
X = Extremely Rare - (Same as Accidental)
* = Nesting species
# = State threatened or endangered species
|
| Common Name |
S |
s |
F |
W |
| Swans, Geese, and Ducks |
| Greater White-fronted Goose |
O |
|
O |
O |
| Snow Goose |
U |
|
U |
|
| Ross's Goose |
R |
|
R |
|
| Canada Goose * |
C |
C |
A |
U |
| Cackling Goose |
U |
|
O |
O |
| Mute Swan |
R |
R |
R |
|
| Tundra Swan |
O |
|
U |
U |
| Trumpeter Swan |
O |
|
O |
O |
| Wood Duck * |
A |
A |
A |
O |
| Gadwall |
U |
O |
C |
O |
| American Wigeon |
C |
R |
C |
R |
| American Black Duck |
C |
R |
C |
O |
| Mallard * |
A |
A |
A |
C |
| Blue-winged Teal * |
C |
U |
A |
R |
| Cinnamon Teal |
R |
R |
|
|
| Northern Shoveler |
C |
|
C |
|
| Northern Pintail |
C |
R |
A |
O |
| Green-winged Teal |
C |
O |
A |
R |
| Canvasback |
C |
|
C |
O |
| Redhead |
U |
|
U |
O |
| Ring-necked Duck |
C |
|
C |
U |
| Greater Scaup |
R |
|
O |
|
| Lesser Scaup |
A |
|
C |
O |
| Surf Scoter |
|
|
R |
R |
| White-winged Scoter |
|
|
R |
R |
| Black Scoter |
R |
|
R |
|
| Long-tailed Duck |
R |
|
R |
|
| Bufflehead |
U |
|
U |
O |
| Common Goldeneye |
U |
|
U |
U |
| Hooded Merganser * |
C |
O |
C |
O |
| Common Merganser |
C |
|
O |
C |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
O |
|
O |
|
| Ruddy Duck |
C |
R |
C |
U |
| Upland Game Birds |
| Ring-necked Pheasant |
O |
O |
O |
O |
| Wild Turkey * |
O |
O |
O |
O |
| Northern Bobwhite * |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, and Cormorants |
| Red-throated Loon |
|
|
R |
|
| Common Loon |
O |
|
O |
|
| Pied-billed Grebe * |
C |
O |
U |
|
| Horned Grebe |
U |
|
U |
|
| Eared Grebe |
R |
|
R |
|
| Western Grebe |
|
|
R |
|
| American White Pelican |
A |
|
A |
O |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
A |
O |
A |
O |
| Bitterns, Herons, and Vultures |
| American Bittern # |
R |
R |
R |
|
| Least Bittern * # |
R |
R |
R |
|
| Great Blue Heron * |
A |
A |
A |
A |
| Great Egret * |
A |
A |
A |
|
| Snowy Egret # |
U |
O |
U |
|
| Little Blue Heron # |
U |
O |
U |
|
| Cattle Egret |
O |
O |
O |
|
| Green Heron * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Black-crowned Night Heron * # |
U |
O |
U |
|
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron # |
|
|
R |
|
| Turkey Vulture |
C |
U |
C |
|
| Hawks and Eagles |
| Osprey # |
R |
R |
O |
|
| Bald Eagle * # |
U |
U |
U |
C |
| Northern Harrier # |
U |
|
U |
U |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
O |
R |
O |
O |
| Cooper's Hawk |
U |
R |
U |
U |
| Red-shouldered Hawk |
R |
R |
R |
O |
| Broad-winged Hawk |
O |
|
U |
|
| Red-tailed Hawk * |
C |
U |
C |
C |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
U |
|
U |
U |
| Golden Eagle |
R |
|
R |
R |
| Falcons |
| American Kestrel * |
C |
U |
U |
U |
| Merlin |
R |
|
R |
|
| Peregrine Falcon # |
R |
|
O |
|
| Rails and Coots |
| King Rail # |
R |
|
R |
|
| Virginia Rail * |
O |
O |
O |
|
| Sora * |
O |
R |
U |
|
| Yellow Rail |
R |
|
R |
|
| Common Moorhen # |
R |
U |
R |
|
| American Coot * |
A |
U |
A |
O |
| Cranes |
| Sandhill Crane # |
R |
|
R |
|
| Shorebirds |
| Black-bellied Plover |
O |
|
O |
|
| American Golden Plover |
O |
|
O |
|
| Semipalmated Plover |
U |
|
U |
|
| Piping Plover # |
R |
|
R |
|
| Killdeer * |
C |
C |
A |
R |
| Black-necked Stilt * |
O |
O |
|
|
| American Avocet |
R |
|
U |
|
| Greater Yellowlegs |
C |
O |
C |
|
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
C |
U |
A |
|
| Solitary Sandpiper |
U |
O |
U |
|
| Willet |
R |
|
O |
|
| Spotted Sandpiper * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Upland Sandpiper # |
R |
|
R |
|
| Hudsonian Godwit |
R |
|
R |
|
| Marbled Godwit |
R |
|
R |
|
| Ruddy Turnstone |
R |
|
O |
|
| Red Knot |
|
|
R |
|
| Sanderling |
R |
R |
R |
|
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
U |
O |
C |
|
| Western Sandpiper |
R |
R |
O |
|
| Least Sandpiper |
U |
U |
U |
|
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
R |
|
R |
|
| Baird's Sandpiper |
R |
R |
R |
|
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
C |
U |
A |
|
| Dunlin |
R |
|
O |
|
| Stilt Sandpiper |
O |
O |
C |
|
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
R |
|
O |
|
| Ruff |
R |
|
R |
|
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
O |
O |
U |
|
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
O |
|
U |
|
| Wilson's Snipe |
U |
R |
U |
|
| American Woodcock |
O |
R |
O |
|
| Wilson's Phalarope # |
R |
R |
O |
|
| Red-necked Phalarope |
R |
|
O |
|
| Red Phalarope |
|
|
R |
|
| Gulls and Allies |
| Pomarine Jaeger |
|
|
R |
|
| Parasitic Jaeger |
|
|
R |
|
| Laughing Gull |
R |
R |
R |
|
| Franklin's Gull |
R |
R |
O |
|
| Bonaparte's Gull |
U |
|
U |
|
| Ring-billed Gull |
C |
U |
A |
C |
| Herring Gull |
U |
R |
U |
O |
| Thayer's Gull |
|
|
R |
R |
| Glaucous Gull |
|
|
R |
R |
| Sabine's Gull |
|
|
R |
|
| Black-legged Kittiwake |
|
|
R |
|
| Caspian Tern |
O |
O |
U |
|
| Common Tern # |
R |
|
R |
|
| Forster's Tern # |
O |
R |
U |
|
| Least Tern |
|
|
R |
|
| Black Tern # |
R |
O |
|
|
| Doves |
| Mourning Dove * |
C |
A |
A |
C |
| Rock Dove |
O |
O |
O |
O |
| Cuckoos |
| Black-billed Cuckoo |
O |
O |
O |
|
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo * |
U |
U |
O |
|
| Owls |
| Eastern Screech Owl * |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Great Horned Owl * |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Barred Owl * |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Long-eared Owl |
|
|
|
R |
| Short-eared Owl |
|
|
|
R |
| Nighthawks and Nightjars |
| Common Nighthawk * |
U |
C |
C |
|
| Whip-poor-will * |
O |
O |
O |
|
| Swifts |
| Chimney Swift * |
U |
U |
U |
|
| Hummingbirds |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird * |
U |
C |
U |
|
| Kingfishers |
| Belted Kingfisher * |
C |
C |
C |
O |
| Woodpeckers |
| Red-Headed Woodpecker * |
C |
C |
C |
O |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker * |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
O |
|
O |
O |
| Downy Woodpecker * |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Hairy Woodpecker * |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Northern Flicker * |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Pileated Woodpecker * |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Flycatchers |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher |
R |
|
O |
|
| Eastern Wood Pewee * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
O |
|
O |
|
| Acadian Flycatcher |
O |
R |
O |
|
| Alder Flycatcher |
R |
|
R |
|
| Willow Flycatcher |
O |
R |
R |
|
| Least Flycatcher |
C |
|
U |
|
| Eastern Phoebe * |
U |
U |
U |
|
| Great Crested Flycatcher * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Eastern Kingbird * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Shrikes |
| Loggerhead Shrike # |
R |
|
R |
|
| Vireos |
| White-eyed Vireo |
R |
|
R |
|
| Bell's Vireo * |
O |
O |
O |
|
| Yellow-throated Vireo |
O |
R |
O |
|
| Warbling Vireo * |
C |
C |
U |
|
| Philadelphia Vireo |
U |
|
U |
|
| Red-eyed Vireo * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Blue-headed Vireo |
R |
|
R |
|
| Jays and Crows |
| Blue Jay * |
A |
C |
A |
C |
| American Crow * |
C |
C |
C |
A |
| Larks |
| Horned Lark * |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Swallows |
| Purple Martin * |
C |
C |
U |
|
| Tree Swallow * |
C |
A |
C |
|
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow * |
C |
C |
U |
|
| Bank Swallow |
U |
C |
C |
|
| Cliff Swallow * |
U |
U |
U |
|
| Barn Swallow * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Chickadees and Titmice |
| Black-capped Chickadee * |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Tufted Titmouse * |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Nuthatches |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
R |
|
R |
O |
| White-breasted Nuthatch * |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Creepers |
| Brown Creeper |
O |
R |
C |
C |
| Wrens |
| Carolina Wren * |
C |
C |
C |
U |
| Bewick's Wren # |
R |
R |
|
|
| House Wren * |
|
C |
C |
C |
| Winter Wren |
U |
|
U |
U |
| Marsh Wren |
R |
O |
R |
|
| Kinglets and Gnatcatchers |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
U |
|
U |
U |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
C |
|
C |
O |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
U |
U |
O |
|
| Bluebirds and Thrushes |
| Eastern Bluebird * |
O |
R |
O |
R |
| Veery |
O |
|
O |
|
| Gray-cheeked Thrush |
C |
|
C |
|
| Swainson's Thrush |
C |
|
C |
|
| Hermit Thrush |
C |
|
C |
R |
| Wood Thrush * |
U |
U |
U |
|
| American Robin * |
A |
A |
A |
U |
| Mimics |
| Gray Catbird * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Northern Mockingbird * |
U |
O |
U |
O |
| Brown Thrasher * |
C |
C |
U |
|
| Starlings |
| European Starling * |
A |
C |
A |
A |
| Pipits |
| American Pipit |
R |
|
U |
|
| Waxwings |
| Cedar Waxwing * |
C |
U |
C |
U |
| Wood Warblers |
| Blue-winged Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Golden-winged Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Tennessee Warbler |
C |
|
O |
|
| Orange-crowned Warbler |
U |
|
U |
|
| Nashville Warbler |
C |
|
C |
|
| Northern Parula |
C |
O |
C |
|
| Yellow Warbler * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
C |
|
C |
|
| Magnolia Warbler |
C |
|
C |
|
| Cape May Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Yellow-rumped Warbler |
C |
|
C |
R |
| Black-throated Green Warbler |
C |
|
C |
|
| Blackburnian Warbler |
C |
O |
C |
|
| Pine Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Palm Warbler |
U |
|
U |
R |
| Bay-breasted Warbler |
O |
|
O |
|
| Blackpoll Warbler |
C |
|
U |
|
| Yellow-throated Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Cerulean Warbler # |
R |
|
R |
|
| Black-and-white Warbler |
C |
|
C |
|
| American Redstart * |
C |
U |
U |
|
| Prothonotary Warbler * |
C |
C |
U |
|
| Ovenbird |
U |
U |
U |
|
| Northern Waterthrush |
C |
|
C |
|
| Louisiana Waterthrush |
U |
|
R |
|
| Kentucky Warbler |
O |
R |
R |
|
| Connecticut Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Mourning Warbler |
R |
|
R |
|
| Common Yellowthroat * |
C |
C |
U |
R |
| Hooded Warbler |
O |
|
R |
|
| Wilson's Warbler |
C |
|
C |
|
| Canada Warbler |
O |
|
O |
|
| Yellow-breasted Chat |
U |
R |
U |
|
| Tanagers |
| Summer Tanager |
U |
|
U |
|
| Scarlet Tanager * |
U |
R |
U |
|
| Sparrows and Allies |
| Spotted Towhee |
R |
|
R |
R |
| Eastern Towhee * |
C |
C |
U |
R |
| American Tree Sparrow |
C |
|
C |
A |
| Chipping Sparrow * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Clay-colored Sparrow |
R |
|
R |
|
| Field Sparrow * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Vesper Sparrow * |
O |
O |
O |
R |
| Savannah Sparrow |
U |
|
U |
|
| Grasshopper Sparrow |
O |
R |
R |
|
| Le Conte's Sparrow |
O |
|
O |
|
| Fox Sparrow |
C |
|
C |
O |
| Song Sparrow * |
C |
C |
C |
O |
| Lincoln's Sparrow |
O |
|
O |
|
| Swamp Sparrow |
U |
|
U |
O |
| White-throated Sparrow |
C |
|
C |
O |
| Lark Sparrow |
R |
|
R |
|
| Harris's Sparrow |
R |
|
R |
|
| White-crowned Sparrow |
U |
|
U |
|
| Dark-eyed Junco |
C |
|
C |
A |
| Lapland Longspur |
R |
|
R |
|
| Snow Bunting |
R |
|
R |
R |
| Grosbeaks and Buntings |
| Northern Cardinal * |
A |
A |
A |
A |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Blue Grosbeak |
R |
R |
R |
|
| Indigo Bunting * |
C |
A |
A |
|
| Dickcissel * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Blackbirds and Orioles |
| Bobolink |
O |
|
O |
|
| Red-winged Blackbird * |
A |
A |
A |
U |
| Eastern Meadowlark * |
C |
C |
C |
O |
| Western Meadowlark |
R |
|
R |
|
| Rusty Blackbird |
O |
O |
O |
O |
| Common Grackle * |
C |
A |
C |
O |
| Brown-headed Cowbird * |
C |
C |
C |
O |
| Baltimore Oriole * |
C |
C |
C |
|
| Orchard Oriole |
R |
|
R |
|
| Finches |
| Purple Finch |
U |
|
C |
U |
| House Finch * |
U |
U |
U |
U |
| Pine Siskin |
U |
|
U |
O |
| American Goldfinch * |
A |
A |
A |
C |
| Evening Grosbeak |
R |
|
R |
R |
| Old World Sparrows |
| House Sparrow * |
A |
A |
A |
A |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow * |
A |
A |
A |
A |
| Rare and Accidental Birds |
| Black-bellied Whistling Duck |
| Pacific Loon |
| Yellow-billed Loon |
| Red-necked Grebe |
| Clark's Grebe |
| Northern Goshawk |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
| Long-tailed Jaeger |
| Little Gull |
| Iceland Gull |
| Snowy Plover |
| Whimbrel |
| Snowy Owl |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler |
| Red Crossbill |
| Hoary Redpoll |
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