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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 6
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates villosus
Eastern Screech-Owl 10
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 11
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 13
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 2
Asio otus
Belted Kingfisher 14
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 15
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 16
Columba livia
Feral Pigeon 17
Columba livia domestica
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Sora 19
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 20
Rallus limicola
American Coot 21
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 22
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 23
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 24
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 25
Colinus virginianus
Grey Partridge 26
Perdix perdix
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 27
Phasianus colchicus
Short-billed Dowitcher 28
Limnodromus griseus
Lesser Yellowlegs 29
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 30
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 31
Tringa solitaria
Wilson's Snipe 32
Gallinago delicata
American Woodcock 2
Scolopax minor
Upland Sandpiper 2
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 33
Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull 34
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 35
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 36
Charadrius vociferus
Pied-billed Grebe 37
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 38
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Egret 19
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 39
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 40
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 5
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 41
Butorides virescens
Merlin 42
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 43
Falco sparverius
Whip-poor-will 44
Caprimulgus vociferus
Common Nighthawk 5
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Whip-poor-will 22
Antrostomus vociferus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 45
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 5
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 13
Mareca americana
Northern Shoveler 46
Spatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 13
Spatula discors
Tundra Swan 47
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 48
Cygnus olor
Common Teal 49
Anas crecca
Mallard 11
Anas platyrhynchos
Domestic Duck 50
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Bufflehead 13
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 51
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 52
Mergus merganser
Domestic Greylag Goose 53
Anser anser domesticus
Lesser Scaup 54
Aythya affinis
Redhead 55
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 13
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 2
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 56
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 57
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 58
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 18
Lophodytes cucullatus
Domestic Muscovy Duck 59
Cairina moschata domestica
Osprey 5
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 60
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 61
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 62
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 63
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 64
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 65
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 66
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 67
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 68
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 69
Phalacrocorax auritus
Purple Martin 63
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 70
Hirundo rustica
American Barn Swallow 43
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
Tree Swallow 13
Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Rusty Blackbird 71
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 72
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Molothrus ater
Bobolink 42
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Baltimore Oriole 73
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 74
Icterus spurius
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark 5
Sturnella neglecta

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