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 ↓

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Redhead ¹
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ²
Aythya collaris

Canvasback ³
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ⁴
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ⁵
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ⁶
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ⁷
Lophodytes cucullatus

Domestic Muscovy Duck ⁸
Cairina moschata domestica

Osprey ⁹
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ¹⁰
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ¹¹
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ¹²
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹³
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ¹⁴
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ¹⁵
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ¹⁶
Buteo lagopus

Red-shouldered Hawk ¹⁷
Buteo lineatus

Broad-winged Hawk ¹⁸
Buteo platypterus

Bald Eagle ¹⁹
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ²⁰
Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin ¹⁴
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ²¹
Hirundo rustica

American Barn Swallow ²²
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Tree Swallow ²
Tachycineta bicolor

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ³
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Rusty Blackbird ²³
Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's Blackbird ²⁴
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ³
Molothrus ater

Bobolink ²⁵
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Baltimore Oriole ²⁶
Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole ²⁷
Icterus spurius

Eastern Meadowlark ⁹
Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark ⁹
Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle ²⁸
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ²⁹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ²²
Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike ⁹
Lanius ludovicianus

Tufted Titmouse ³⁰
Baeolophus bicolor

Black-capped Chickadee ³¹
Poecile atricapillus

House Sparrow ³²
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ³³
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ³⁴
Sitta carolinensis

European Starling ³⁵
Sturnus vulgaris

Carolina Wren ³⁶
Thryothorus ludovicianus

House Wren ³
Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren ³
Troglodytes hiemalis

Eurasian Wren ³⁷
Troglodytes troglodytes

Marsh Wren ²
Cistothorus palustris

Sedge Wren ³
Cistothorus platensis

American Robin ³⁸
Turdus migratorius

Veery ³⁹
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ²⁴
Catharus guttatus

Gray-cheeked Thrush ²²
Catharus minimus

Swainson's Thrush ¹⁸
Catharus ustulatus

Eastern Bluebird ⁴⁰
Sialia sialis

Wood Thrush ⁴¹
Hylocichla mustelina

Great Crested Flycatcher ³
Myiarchus crinitus

Olive-sided Flycatcher ⁴²
Contopus cooperi

Eastern Wood-Pewee ³
Contopus virens

Alder Flycatcher ⁴³
Empidonax alnorum

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ³
Empidonax flaviventris

Least Flycatcher ⁴⁴
Empidonax minimus

Willow Flycatcher ²⁵
Empidonax traillii

Acadian Flycatcher ⁴⁵
Empidonax virescens

Eastern Kingbird ⁴⁶
Tyrannus tyrannus

Eastern Phoebe ⁴⁷
Sayornis phoebe

Bell's Vireo ³
Vireo bellii

Yellow-throated Vireo ²⁵
Vireo flavifrons

Warbling Vireo ⁷
Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo ⁴⁸
Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo ⁹
Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo ²²
Vireo philadelphicus

Blue-headed Vireo ⁴⁵
Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁴⁹
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁵⁰
Regulus satrapa

Snow Bunting ⁵¹
Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur ⁵²
Calcarius lapponicus

Dark-eyed Junco ⁵³
Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper Sparrow ⁹
Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow ⁹
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ⁵⁴
Chondestes grammacus

LeConte's Sparrow ⁹
Ammospiza leconteii

Nelson's Sparrow ⁵⁵
Ammospiza nelsoni

American Tree Sparrow ⁵⁶
Spizelloides arborea

Henslow's Sparrow ⁵⁷
Centronyx henslowii

Swamp Sparrow ⁴⁴
Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁴⁵
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ²⁴
Melospiza melodia

Clay-colored Sparrow ³
Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow ⁵⁸
Spizella passerina

Field Sparrow ⁴⁵
Spizella pusilla

Fox Sparrow ¹³
Passerella iliaca

White-throated Sparrow ⁵⁹
Zonotrichia albicollis

White-crowned Sparrow ⁶⁰
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow ⁶¹
Zonotrichia querula

Eastern Towhee ⁶²
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Savannah Sparrow ⁶³
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁶⁴
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ²⁵
Mimus polyglottos

Brown Thrasher ⁶⁵
Toxostoma rufum

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Redhead 1 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 2 Aythya collaris

Canvasback 3 Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck 4 Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose 5 Branta canadensis

Wood Duck 6 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 7 Lophodytes cucullatus

Domestic Muscovy Duck 8 Cairina moschata domestica

Osprey 9 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 10 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 11 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 12 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 14 Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 15 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 16 Buteo lagopus

Red-shouldered Hawk 17 Buteo lineatus

Broad-winged Hawk 18 Buteo platypterus

Bald Eagle 19 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant 20 Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin 14 Progne subis

Barn Swallow 21 Hirundo rustica

American Barn Swallow 22 Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Tree Swallow 2 Tachycineta bicolor

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Rusty Blackbird 23 Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's Blackbird 24 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Molothrus ater

Bobolink 25 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Baltimore Oriole 26 Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole 27 Icterus spurius

Eastern Meadowlark 9 Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark 9 Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle 28 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 29 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 22 Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike 9 Lanius ludovicianus

Tufted Titmouse 30 Baeolophus bicolor

Black-capped Chickadee 31 Poecile atricapillus

House Sparrow 32 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 33 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 34 Sitta carolinensis

European Starling 35 Sturnus vulgaris

Carolina Wren 36 Thryothorus ludovicianus

House Wren 3 Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren 3 Troglodytes hiemalis

Eurasian Wren 37 Troglodytes troglodytes

Marsh Wren 2 Cistothorus palustris

Sedge Wren 3 Cistothorus platensis

American Robin 38 Turdus migratorius

Veery 39 Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush 24 Catharus guttatus

Gray-cheeked Thrush 22 Catharus minimus

Swainson's Thrush 18 Catharus ustulatus

Eastern Bluebird 40 Sialia sialis

Wood Thrush 41 Hylocichla mustelina

Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Myiarchus crinitus

Olive-sided Flycatcher 42 Contopus cooperi

Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Contopus virens

Alder Flycatcher 43 Empidonax alnorum

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3 Empidonax flaviventris

Least Flycatcher 44 Empidonax minimus

Willow Flycatcher 25 Empidonax traillii

Acadian Flycatcher 45 Empidonax virescens

Eastern Kingbird 46 Tyrannus tyrannus

Eastern Phoebe 47 Sayornis phoebe

Bell's Vireo 3 Vireo bellii

Yellow-throated Vireo 25 Vireo flavifrons

Warbling Vireo 7 Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo 48 Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo 9 Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo 22 Vireo philadelphicus

Blue-headed Vireo 45 Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 49 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 50 Regulus satrapa

Snow Bunting 51 Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur 52 Calcarius lapponicus

Dark-eyed Junco 53 Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper Sparrow 9 Ammodramus savannarum