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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2013

Illinois

Updated ~23 hr(s) ago.

476 species (+182 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
eider sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Bufflehead x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
old world quail sp.
Chukar
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
grebe sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rock Pigeon
Columba sp.
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Spotted Dove
Diamond Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Groove-billed Ani
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
nightjar sp.
Chimney Swift
Chaetura sp.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Broad-billed Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
King Rail
Virginia Rail
King/Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Sandhill Crane
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Whooping Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Dovekie
Ancient Murrelet
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Laughing/Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Laughing x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
California Gull
Herring x California Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous-winged Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Least Tern
Large-billed Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Northern Gannet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered/Broad-winged Hawk
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Long-eared/Short-eared Owl
Asio sp.
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
sapsucker sp.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatiel
Budgerigar
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird
lovebird sp.
Monk Parakeet
White-winged Parakeet
Red-crowned Parrot
Yellow-headed Parrot
Yellow-lored Parrot
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Dusky-headed Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Blue-crowned Parakeet
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hispaniolan Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Small-billed Elaenia
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Tropical Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed/Yellow-green Vireo
vireo sp.
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Loggerhead/Northern Shrike
shrike sp.
Blue Jay
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Eurasian Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
Fish Crow
Hooded Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
chickadee sp.
Tufted Titmouse
Great Tit
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Rock Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge/Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
wren sp.
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
mimid sp.
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
thrush sp.
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
Northern Red Bishop
Southern Red Bishop
Euplectes sp.
Zebra Finch
Java Sparrow
Tricolored Munia
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-rumped Waxbill
Pin-tailed Whydah
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
House/Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer sp.
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Haemorhous sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
European Greenfinch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Common/Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
European Goldfinch
Serinus sp.
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Spinus sp.
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
American Tree Sparrow
Spizella sp./American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia sp.
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
LeConte's/Nelson's Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Ammospiza sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Grasshopper/Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Spotted x Eastern Towhee (hybrid)
Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee)
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed/Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
grackle sp.
blackbird sp.
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Connecticut/MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern Parula x Yellow-throated Warbler (hybrid)
Prairie Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted x Black-headed Grosbeak (hybrid)
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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