eBird Field Checklist
Lake County, Illinois, US
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391 species (+128 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
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
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
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.
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Canvasback x Redhead (hybrid)
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead x Ring-necked Duck (hybrid)
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Chukar
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Passenger Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Hummingbirds
Mexican Violetear
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Virginia Rail
King/Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Limpkin
Limpkin
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
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Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Laughing/Franklin's 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
Iceland Gull
Herring/Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
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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
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
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
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
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
sapsucker sp.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Budgerigar
Monk Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet
Blue-crowned Parakeet
parrot sp.
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Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Small-billed Elaenia
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead/Northern Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Blue Jay
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Clark's Nutcracker
American Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Great Tit
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
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Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
thrush sp.
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Weavers and Allies
Northern Red Bishop
Estrildids
Red-browed Firetail
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Common/Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
European Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
Spinus sp.
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
New World Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
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
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
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Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
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
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
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
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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