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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 ↓

Common Grackle 1
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 3
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 4
Lanius ludovicianus
Tufted Titmouse 5
Baeolophus bicolor
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Poecile atricapillus
House Sparrow 7
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 8
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 9
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 10
Sturnus vulgaris
Carolina Wren 11
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 12
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 12
Troglodytes hiemalis
Eurasian Wren 13
Troglodytes troglodytes
Marsh Wren 14
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 12
Cistothorus platensis
American Robin 15
Turdus migratorius
Veery 16
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 17
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 3
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 18
Catharus ustulatus
Eastern Bluebird 19
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 20
Hylocichla mustelina
Great Crested Flycatcher 12
Myiarchus crinitus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 21
Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee 12
Contopus virens
Alder Flycatcher 22
Empidonax alnorum
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 12
Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher 23
Empidonax minimus
Willow Flycatcher 24
Empidonax traillii
Acadian Flycatcher 25
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 26
Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe 27
Sayornis phoebe
Bell's Vireo 12
Vireo bellii
Yellow-throated Vireo 24
Vireo flavifrons
Warbling Vireo 28
Vireo gilvus
White-eyed Vireo 29
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Vireo olivaceus
Philadelphia Vireo 3
Vireo philadelphicus
Blue-headed Vireo 25
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 31
Regulus satrapa
Snow Bunting 32
Plectrophenax nivalis
Lapland Longspur 33
Calcarius lapponicus
Dark-eyed Junco 34
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 4
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 4
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 35
Chondestes grammacus
LeConte's Sparrow 4
Ammospiza leconteii
Nelson's Sparrow 36
Ammospiza nelsoni
American Tree Sparrow 37
Spizelloides arborea
Henslow's Sparrow 38
Centronyx henslowii
Swamp Sparrow 23
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 25
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 17
Melospiza melodia
Clay-colored Sparrow 12
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 39
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 25
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 40
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 41
Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow 42
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 43
Zonotrichia querula
Eastern Towhee 44
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Savannah Sparrow 45
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 46
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 24
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 47
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 12
Dumetella carolinensis
Blue Grosbeak 35
Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting 48
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 49
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dickcissel 12
Spiza americana
Northern Cardinal 50
Cardinalis cardinalis
Scarlet Tanager 51
Piranga olivacea
Summer Tanager 52
Piranga rubra
Canada Warbler 53
Cardellina canadensis
Wilson's Warbler 54
Cardellina pusilla
Ovenbird 55
Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Parula 56
Setophaga americana
Black-throated Blue Warbler 57
Setophaga caerulescens
Bay-breasted Warbler 58
Setophaga castanea
Cerulean Warbler 12
Setophaga cerulea
Hooded Warbler 59
Setophaga citrina
Yellow-rumped Warbler 60
Setophaga coronata
Yellow-throated Warbler 61
Setophaga dominica
Blackburnian Warbler 62
Setophaga fusca
Magnolia Warbler 63
Setophaga magnolia
Palm Warbler 64
Setophaga palmarum
Chestnut-sided Warbler 65
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 66
Setophaga petechia
Pine Warbler 4
Setophaga pinus
American Redstart 67
Setophaga ruticilla
Blackpoll Warbler 68
Setophaga striata
Cape May Warbler 69
Setophaga tigrina
Black-throated Green Warbler 67
Setophaga virens
Black-and-white Warbler 70
Mniotilta varia
Prothonotary Warbler 23
Protonotaria citrea
Orange-crowned Warbler 40
Oreothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 71
Oreothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler 23
Oreothlypis ruficapilla

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