Checklist of the Birds of Illinois
AOS 65th supplement
Updated: December 25, 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
154 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
PROCELLARIIFORMES
Procellariidae
180. Short-tailed
Shearwater
CICONIIFORMES
Ciconiidae
181. Wood Stork
SULIFORMES
Fregatidae
182. Magnificent Frigatebird
Sulidae
183. Brown Booby
184. Northern Gannet
Anhingidae
185. Anhinga
Phalacrocoracidae
186. Double-crested Cormorant
187. Neotropic Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES
Pelecanidae
188. American White Pelican
189. Brown Pelican
Ardeidae
190. Least Bittern
191. American Bittern
192. Little Blue Heron
193. Tricolored Heron
194. Reddish Egret
195. Snowy Egret
196. Yellow-crowned Night
Heron
197. Black-crowned Night
Heron
198. Green Heron
199. Great Egret
200. Western Cattle-Egret
201. Great Blue Heron
Threskiornithidae
202. White Ibis
203. Glossy Ibis
204. White-faced Ibis
205. Roseate Spoonbill
CATHARTIFORMES
Cathartidae
206. Black Vulture
207. Turkey Vulture
ACCIPITRIFORMES
Pandionidae
208. Osprey
Accipitridae
209. White-tailed Kite
210. Swallow-tailed Kite
211. Golden Eagle
212. Northern Harrier
213. Sharp-shinned Hawk
214. Cooper's Hawk
215. American Goshawk
216. Bald Eagle
217. Mississippi Kite
218. Red-shouldered Hawk
219. Broad-winged Hawk
220. Swainson's Hawk
221. Red-tailed Hawk
222. Rough-legged Hawk
223. Ferruginous Hawk
STRIGIFORMES
Tytonidae
224. American Barn Owl
Strigidae
225. Eastern Screech-Owl
226. Great Horned Owl
227. Snowy Owl
228. Northern Hawk Owl
229. Burrowing Owl
230. Barred Owl
231. Long-eared Owl
232. Short-eared Owl
233. Boreal Owl
234. Northern Saw-whet Owl
CORACIIFORMES
Alcedinidae
235. Belted Kingfisher
PICIFORMES
Picidae
236. Lewis's Woodpecker
237. Red-headed Woodpecker
238. Red-bellied Woodpecker
239. Williamson's Sapsucker
240. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
241. Red-naped Sapsucker
242. Black-backed Woodpecker
243. Downy Woodpecker
244. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
245. Hairy Woodpecker
246. Northern Flicker
247. Pileated Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES
Falconidae
248. Crested
Caracara
249. American Kestrel
250. Merlin
251. Gyrfalcon
252. Peregrine Falcon
253. Prairie Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES
Psittacidae
254. Monk Parakeet
(feral)
255. Carolina Parakeet (extinct)
PASSERIFORMES
Tyrannidae
256. Small-billed
Elaenia
257. Ash-throated Flycatcher
258. Great Crested Flycatcher
259. Great
Kiskadee
260. Tropical Kingbird
261. Cassin's Kingbird
262. Western Kingbird
263. Eastern Kingbird
264. Gray Kingbird
265. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
266. Fork-tailed Flycatcher
267. Olive-sided Flycatcher
268. Eastern
Wood-Pewee
269. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
270. Acadian Flycatcher
271. Alder Flycatcher
272. Willow Flycatcher
273. Least Flycatcher
274. Western Flycatcher
275. Eastern Phoebe
276. Say's Phoebe
277. Vermilion
Flycatcher
Vireonidae
278. White-eyed Vireo
279. Bell's Vireo
280. Yellow-throated Vireo
281. Cassin's Vireo
282. Blue-headed Vireo
283. Plumbeous Vireo
284. Philadelphia Vireo
285. Warbling Vireo
286. Red-eyed Vireo
Laniidae
287. Loggerhead Shrike
288. Northern Shrike
Corvidae
289. Blue Jay
290. California/Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
291. Clark's Nutcracker
292. Black-billed Magpie
293. American Crow
294. Fish Crow
295. Common Raven
Paridae
296. Carolina Chickadee
297. Black-capped Chickadee
298. Boreal Chickadee
299. Tufted Titmouse
Alaudidae
300. Horned Lark
Hirundinidae
301. Bank Swallow
302. Tree Swallow
303. Violet-green Swallow
304. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
305. Purple Martin
306. Barn Swallow
307. Cliff Swallow
308. Cave Swallow
Regulidae
309.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
310.
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bombycillidae
311. Bohemian Waxwing
312. Cedar Waxwing
Sittidae
313. Red-breasted Nuthatch
314. White-breasted Nuthatch
315. Brown-headed Nuthatch
Certhiidae
316. Brown Creeper
Polioptilidae
317. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Troglodytidae
318. Rock Wren
319. Bewick's Wren
320. Carolina Wren
321.
Northern House
Wren
322. Winter Wren
323. Sedge Wren
324. Marsh Wren
Mimidae
325. Gray Catbird
326. Curve-billed Thrasher
327. Brown Thrasher
328. Sage Thrasher
329. Northern Mockingbird
Sturnidae
330. European Starling
(feral)
Turdidae
331. Eastern Bluebird
332. Mountain Bluebird
333. Townsend's Solitaire
334. Veery
335. Gray-cheeked Thrush
336. Swainson's Thrush
337. Hermit Thrush
338. Wood Thrush
339. American Robin
340. Varied Thrush
Muscicapidae
341. Northern Wheatear
Passeridae
342. House Sparrow
(feral)
343. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
(feral)
Motacillidae
344. American Pipit
345. Sprague's Pipit
Fringillidae
346. Evening Grosbeak
347. Pine Grosbeak
348. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
349. House Finch
(feral)
350. Purple Finch
351. Redpoll
352. Red Crossbill
353. White-winged Crossbill
354.
European Goldfinch
355. Pine Siskin
356. Lesser
Goldfinch
357. American Goldfinch
Calcariidae
358. Lapland Longspur
359. Chestnut-collared Longspur
360. Smith's Longspur
361. Snow Bunting
Passerellidae
362. Cassin's Sparrow
363. Bachman's Sparrow
364. Grasshopper Sparrow
365. Black-throated Sparrow
366. Lark Sparrow
367. Lark Bunting
368. Chipping Sparrow
369. Clay-colored Sparrow
370. Field Sparrow
371. Brewer's Sparrow
372. Fox
Sparrow
373. American Tree Sparrow
374. Dark-eyed Junco
375. White-crowned Sparrow
376. Golden-crowned Sparrow
377. Harris's Sparrow
378. White-throated Sparrow
379. Vesper Sparrow
380. LeConte's Sparrow
381. Nelson's Sparrow
382. Henslow's Sparrow
383. Savannah Sparrow
384. Song Sparrow
385. Lincoln's Sparrow
386. Swamp Sparrow
387.
Green-tailed Towhee
388. Spotted Towhee
389. Eastern Towhee
Icteriidae
390. Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteridae
391. Yellow-headed Blackbird
392. Bobolink
393. Eastern Meadowlark
394. Western Meadowlark
395. Orchard Oriole
396. Bullock's Oriole
397. Baltimore Oriole
398. Scott's Oriole
399. Red-winged Blackbird
400. Brown-headed Cowbird
401. Rusty Blackbird
402. Brewer's Blackbird
403. Common Grackle
404. Great-tailed Grackle
Parulidae
405. Ovenbird
406. Worm-eating Warbler
407. Louisiana Waterthrush
408. Northern Waterthrush
409. Golden-winged Warbler
410. Blue-winged Warbler
411. Black-and-white Warbler
412. Prothonotary Warbler
413. Swainson's Warbler
414. Tennessee Warbler
415. Orange-crowned Warbler
416. Nashville Warbler
417. Connecticut Warbler
418. MacGillivray's Warbler
419. Mourning Warbler
420. Kentucky Warbler
421. Common Yellowthroat
422. Hooded Warbler
423. American Redstart
424. Kirtland's Warbler
425. Cape May Warbler
426. Cerulean Warbler
427. Northern Parula
428. Magnolia Warbler
429. Bay-breasted Warbler
430. Blackburnian Warbler
431. Yellow Warbler
432. Chestnut-sided Warbler
433. Blackpoll Warbler
434. Black-throated Blue Warbler
435. Palm Warbler
436. Pine Warbler
437. Yellow-rumped Warbler
438. Yellow-throated Warbler
439. Prairie Warbler
440. Grace's Warbler
441. Black-throated Gray Warbler
442. Townsend's Warbler
443. Hermit Warbler
444. Black-throated Green Warbler
445. Canada Warbler
446. Wilson's Warbler
447. Painted
Redstart
Cardinalidae
448. Hepatic Tanager
449. Summer Tanager
450. Scarlet Tanager
451. Western Tanager
452. Northern Cardinal
453. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
454. Black-headed Grosbeak
455. Blue Grosbeak
456. Lazuli Bunting
457. Indigo Bunting
458. Painted Bunting
459. Dickcissel
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