Checklist of the Birds of Illinois
AOS 65th supplement
Updated: November 9, 2024
ANSERIFORMES
Anatidae
1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2. Fulvous Whistling-Duck
3. Snow Goose
4. Ross's Goose
5. Greater White-fronted Goose
6. Brant
7. Barnacle Goose
8. Cackling Goose
9. Canada Goose
10. Mute Swan (feral)
11. Trumpeter Swan
12. Tundra Swan
13. Wood Duck
14. Garganey
15. Blue-winged
Teal
16. Cinnamon Teal
17. Northern Shoveler
18. Gadwall
19. Eurasian Wigeon
20. American Wigeon
21. Mallard
22. American Black Duck
23. Mottled Duck
24. Northern Pintail
25. Green-winged Teal
26. Canvasback
27. Redhead
28. Ring-necked Duck
29. Tufted Duck
30. Greater Scaup
31. Lesser Scaup
32. King Eider
33. Common Eider
34. Harlequin Duck
35. Surf Scoter
36. White-winged Scoter
37. Black Scoter
38. Long-tailed Duck
39. Bufflehead
40. Common Goldeneye
41. Barrow's Goldeneye
42. Hooded Merganser
43. Common Merganser
44. Red-breasted Merganser
45. Ruddy Duck
GALLIFORMES
Odontophoridae
46. Northern Bobwhite
Phasianidae
47. Wild Turkey
48. Ruffed Grouse
49. Sharp-tailed Grouse
50. Greater Prairie-Chicken
51. Gray Partridge (feral)
52. Ring-necked Pheasant
(feral)
PODICIPEDIFORMES
Podicipedidae
53. Pied-billed Grebe
54. Horned Grebe
55. Red-necked Grebe
56. Eared Grebe
57. Western Grebe
58. Clark's Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES
Columbidae
59. Rock Pigeon (feral)
60. Passenger Pigeon
(extinct)
61. Band-tailed Pigeon
62. Eurasian Collared-Dove
(feral)
63. Inca Dove
64. Common Ground Dove
65. White-winged Dove
66. Mourning Dove
CUCULIFORMES
Cuculidae
67. Groove-billed Ani
68. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
69. Black-billed Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Caprimulgidae
70. Common Nighthawk
71. Chuck-will's-widow
72. Eastern Whip-poor-will
APODIFORMES
Apodidae
73. Chimney Swift
Trochilidae
74. Mexican
Violetear
75. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
76. Anna's Hummingbird
77. Rufous Hummingbird
78. Allen's Hummingbird
79. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
80. Broad-billed Hummingbird
GRUIFORMES
Rallidae
81. King Rail
82. Virginia Rail
83. Sora
84. Common Gallinule
85. American Coot
86. Purple Gallinule
87. Yellow Rail
88. Black Rail
Aramidae
89. Limpkin
Gruidae
90. Sandhill Crane
91. Whooping Crane
CHARDADRIIFORMES
Recurvirostridae
92. Black-necked Stilt
93. American Avocet
Charadriidae
94. Black-bellied Plover
95. American Golden-Plover
96. Killdeer
97. Common Ringed Plover
98. Semipalmated Plover
99. Piping Plover
100. Wilson's
Plover
101. Mountain Plover
102. Snowy Plover
Scolopacidae
103. Upland Sandpiper
104. Whimbrel
105. Eskimo Curlew (extinct)
106. Long-billed Curlew
107. Hudsonian Godwit
108. Marbled Godwit
109. Ruddy Turnstone
110. Red Knot
111. Ruff
112. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
113. Stilt Sandpiper
114. Curlew Sandpiper
115. Sanderling
116. Dunlin
117. Purple Sandpiper
118. Baird's Sandpiper
119. Little Stint
120. Least Sandpiper
121. White-rumped Sandpiper
122. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
123. Pectoral Sandpiper
124. Semipalmated Sandpiper
125. Western Sandpiper
126. Short-billed Dowitcher
127. Long-billed Dowitcher
128. American Woodcock
129. Wilson's Snipe
130. Spotted Sandpiper
131. Solitary Sandpiper
132. Wandering Tattler
133. Lesser Yellowlegs
134. Willet
135. Greater Yellowlegs
136. Wilson's Phalarope
137. Red-necked Phalarope
138. Red Phalarope
Stercorariidae
139. Pomarine Jaeger
140. Parasitic Jaeger
141. Long-tailed Jaeger
Alcidae
142. Dovekie
143. Ancient Murrelet
Laridae
144. Black-legged Kittiwake
145. Ivory Gull
146. Sabine's Gull
147. Bonaparte's Gull
148. Black-headed Gull
149. Little Gull
150. Ross's Gull
151. Laughing Gull
152. Franklin's Gull
153. Black-tailed Gull
154a. Common Gull
(pending IORC approval)
154b. Short-billed Gull
155. Ring-billed Gull
156. California Gull
157. Herring Gull
158. Iceland
Gull
159. Lesser Black-backed Gull
160. Slaty-backed Gull
161. Glaucous-winged Gull
162. Glaucous Gull
163. Great Black-backed Gull
164. Sooty Tern
165. Least Tern
166. Large-billed Tern
167. Gull-billed Tern
168. Caspian Tern
169. Black Tern
170. Common Tern
171. Arctic Tern
172. Forster's Tern
173. Royal Tern
174. Sandwich Tern
175. Black Skimmer
GAVIIFORMES
Gaviidae
176. Red-throated Loon
177. Pacific Loon
178. Common Loon
179. Yellow-billed Loon
CICONIIFORMES
Ciconiidae
180. Wood Stork
SULIFORMES
Fregatidae
181. Magnificent Frigatebird
Sulidae
182. Brown Booby
183. Northern Gannet
Anhingidae
184. Anhinga
Phalacrocoracidae
185. Double-crested Cormorant
186. Neotropic Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES
Pelecanidae
187. American White Pelican
188. Brown Pelican
Ardeidae
189. Least Bittern
190. American Bittern
191. Little Blue Heron
192. Tricolored Heron
193. Reddish Egret
194. Snowy Egret
195. Yellow-crowned Night
Heron
196. Black-crowned Night
Heron
197. Green Heron
198. Great Egret
199. Western Cattle-Egret
200. Great Blue Heron
Threskiornithidae
201. White Ibis
202. Glossy Ibis
203. White-faced Ibis
204. Roseate Spoonbill
CATHARTIFORMES
Cathartidae
205. Black Vulture
206. Turkey Vulture
ACCIPITRIFORMES
Pandionidae
207. Osprey
Accipitridae
208. White-tailed Kite
209. Swallow-tailed Kite
210. Golden Eagle
211. Northern Harrier
212. Sharp-shinned Hawk
213. Cooper's Hawk
214. American Goshawk
215. Bald Eagle
216. Mississippi Kite
217. Red-shouldered Hawk
218. Broad-winged Hawk
219. Swainson's Hawk
220. Red-tailed Hawk
221. Rough-legged Hawk
222. Ferruginous Hawk
STRIGIFORMES
Tytonidae
223. American Barn Owl
Strigidae
224. Eastern Screech-Owl
225. Great Horned Owl
226. Snowy Owl
227. Northern Hawk Owl
228. Burrowing Owl
229. Barred Owl
230. Long-eared Owl
231. Short-eared Owl
232. Boreal Owl
233. Northern Saw-whet Owl
CORACIIFORMES
Alcedinidae
234. Belted Kingfisher
PICIFORMES
Picidae
235. Lewis's Woodpecker
236. Red-headed Woodpecker
237. Red-bellied Woodpecker
238. Williamson's Sapsucker
239. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
240. Red-naped Sapsucker
241. Black-backed Woodpecker
242. Downy Woodpecker
243. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
244. Hairy Woodpecker
245. Northern Flicker
246. Pileated Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES
Falconidae
247. American Kestrel
248. Merlin
249. Gyrfalcon
250. Peregrine Falcon
251. Prairie Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES
Psittacidae
252. Monk Parakeet
(feral)
253. Carolina Parakeet (extinct)
PASSERIFORMES
Tyrannidae
254. Small-billed
Elaenia
255. Ash-throated Flycatcher
256. Great Crested Flycatcher
257. Great
Kiskadee
258. Tropical Kingbird
259. Cassin's Kingbird
260. Western Kingbird
261. Eastern Kingbird
262. Gray Kingbird
263. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
264. Fork-tailed Flycatcher
265. Olive-sided Flycatcher
266. Eastern
Wood-Pewee
267. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
268. Acadian Flycatcher
269. Alder Flycatcher
270. Willow Flycatcher
271. Least Flycatcher
272. Western Flycatcher
273. Eastern Phoebe
274. Say's Phoebe
275. Vermilion
Flycatcher
Vireonidae
276. White-eyed Vireo
277. Bell's Vireo
278. Yellow-throated Vireo
279. Cassin's Vireo
280. Blue-headed Vireo
281. Plumbeous Vireo
282. Philadelphia Vireo
283. Warbling Vireo
284. Red-eyed Vireo
Laniidae
285. Loggerhead Shrike
286. Northern Shrike
Corvidae
287. Blue Jay
288. California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
289. Clark's Nutcracker
290. Black-billed Magpie
291. American Crow
292. Fish Crow
293. Common Raven
Paridae
294. Carolina Chickadee
295. Black-capped Chickadee
296. Boreal Chickadee
297. Tufted Titmouse
Alaudidae
298. Horned Lark
Hirundinidae
299. Bank Swallow
300. Tree Swallow
301. Violet-green Swallow
302. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
303. Purple Martin
304. Barn Swallow
305. Cliff Swallow
306. Cave Swallow
Regulidae
307.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
308.
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bombycillidae
309. Bohemian Waxwing
310. Cedar Waxwing
Sittidae
311. Red-breasted Nuthatch
312. White-breasted Nuthatch
313. Brown-headed Nuthatch
Certhiidae
314. Brown Creeper
Polioptilidae
315. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Troglodytidae
316. Rock Wren
317. Bewick's Wren
318. Carolina Wren
319.
Northern House
Wren
320. Winter Wren
321. Sedge Wren
322. Marsh Wren
Mimidae
323. Gray Catbird
324. Curve-billed Thrasher
325. Brown Thrasher
326. Sage Thrasher
327. Northern Mockingbird
Sturnidae
328. European Starling
(feral)
Turdidae
329. Eastern Bluebird
330. Mountain Bluebird
331. Townsend's Solitaire
332. Veery
333. Gray-cheeked Thrush
334. Swainson's Thrush
335. Hermit Thrush
336. Wood Thrush
337. American Robin
338. Varied Thrush
Muscicapidae
339. Northern Wheatear
Passeridae
340. House Sparrow
(feral)
341. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
(feral)
Motacillidae
342. American Pipit
343. Sprague's Pipit
Fringillidae
344. Evening Grosbeak
345. Pine Grosbeak
346. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
347. House Finch
(feral)
348. Purple Finch
349. Redpoll
350. Red Crossbill
351. White-winged Crossbill
352.
European Goldfinch
353. Pine Siskin
354. Lesser
Goldfinch
355. American Goldfinch
Calcariidae
356. Lapland Longspur
357. Chestnut-collared Longspur
358. Smith's Longspur
359. Snow Bunting
Passerellidae
360. Cassin's Sparrow
361. Bachman's Sparrow
362. Grasshopper Sparrow
363. Black-throated Sparrow
364. Lark Sparrow
365. Lark Bunting
366. Chipping Sparrow
367. Clay-colored Sparrow
368. Field Sparrow
369. Brewer's Sparrow
370. Fox
Sparrow
371. American Tree Sparrow
372. Dark-eyed Junco
373. White-crowned Sparrow
374. Golden-crowned Sparrow
375. Harris's Sparrow
376. White-throated Sparrow
377. Vesper Sparrow
378. LeConte's Sparrow
379. Nelson's Sparrow
380. Henslow's Sparrow
381. Savannah Sparrow
382. Song Sparrow
383. Lincoln's Sparrow
384. Swamp Sparrow
385.
Green-tailed Towhee
386. Spotted Towhee
387. Eastern Towhee
Icteriidae
388. Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteridae
389. Yellow-headed Blackbird
390. Bobolink
391. Eastern Meadowlark
392. Western Meadowlark
393. Orchard Oriole
394. Bullock's Oriole
395. Baltimore Oriole
396. Scott's Oriole
397. Red-winged Blackbird
398. Brown-headed Cowbird
399. Rusty Blackbird
400. Brewer's Blackbird
401. Common Grackle
402. Great-tailed Grackle
Parulidae
403. Ovenbird
404. Worm-eating Warbler
405. Louisiana Waterthrush
406. Northern Waterthrush
407. Golden-winged Warbler
408. Blue-winged Warbler
409. Black-and-white Warbler
410. Prothonotary Warbler
411. Swainson's Warbler
412. Tennessee Warbler
413. Orange-crowned Warbler
414. Nashville Warbler
415. Connecticut Warbler
416. MacGillivray's Warbler
417. Mourning Warbler
418. Kentucky Warbler
419. Common Yellowthroat
420. Hooded Warbler
421. American Redstart
422. Kirtland's Warbler
423. Cape May Warbler
424. Cerulean Warbler
425. Northern Parula
426. Magnolia Warbler
427. Bay-breasted Warbler
428. Blackburnian Warbler
429. Yellow Warbler
430. Chestnut-sided Warbler
431. Blackpoll Warbler
432. Black-throated Blue Warbler
433. Palm Warbler
434. Pine Warbler
435. Yellow-rumped Warbler
436. Yellow-throated Warbler
437. Prairie Warbler
438. Grace's Warbler
439. Black-throated Gray Warbler
440. Townsend's Warbler
441. Hermit Warbler
442. Black-throated Green Warbler
443. Canada Warbler
444. Wilson's Warbler
445. Painted
Redstart
Cardinalidae
446. Hepatic Tanager
447. Summer Tanager
448. Scarlet Tanager
449. Western Tanager
450. Northern Cardinal
451. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
452. Black-headed Grosbeak
453. Blue Grosbeak
454. Lazuli Bunting
455. Indigo Bunting
456. Painted Bunting
457. Dickcissel
Index