Checklist of the Birds of Illinois
AOS 64th supplement
Updated: November 14, 2023

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. Band-tailed Pigeon
  61. Eurasian Collared-Dove (feral)
  62. Passenger Pigeon (extinct)
  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. American Bittern
 190. Least Bittern
 191. Great Blue Heron
 192. Great Egret
 193. Snowy Egret
 194. Little Blue Heron
 195. Tricolored Heron
 196. Reddish Egret
 197. Cattle Egret
 198. Green Heron
 199. Black-crowned Night-Heron
 200. Yellow-crowned Night-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. 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. 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. Common Redpoll
350. Hoary Redpoll
351. Red Crossbill
352. White-winged Crossbill
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


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