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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 ↓

American Toad 1
Anaxyrus americanus
Blanchard's Cricket Frog 2
Acris blanchardi
Spring Peeper 3
Pseudacris crucifer
Boreal Chorus Frog 4
Pseudacris maculata
Cope's Gray Tree Frog 5
Hyla chrysoscelis
Gray Tree Frog 6
Hyla versicolor
American Bullfrog 7
Lithobates catesbeianus
Green Frog 8
Lithobates clamitans
Pickerel Frog 9
Lithobates palustris
Northern Leopard Frog 10
Lithobates pipiens
Tiger Salamander 11
Ambystoma tigrinum
Central Newt 12
Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis
Slender Glass Lizard 13
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Six-lined Racerunner 14
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Western Ribbon Snake 15
Thamnophis proximus
Plains Garter Snake 16
Thamnophis radix
Eastern Garter Snake 17
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
DeKay's Brownsnake 18
Storeria dekayi
Queen Snake 19
Regina septemvittata
Northern Water Snake 20
Nerodia sipedon sipedon
Plains Hognose Snake 21
Heterodon nasicus
Eastern Hognose Snake 22
Heterodon platirhinos
Blue Racer 23
Coluber constrictor foxii
Bullsnake 24
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Smooth Greensnake 25
Opheodrys vernalis
Eastern Milksnake 26
Lampropeltis triangulum
Eastern Foxsnake 27
Pantherophis vulpinus
Northern Spiny Softshell Turtle 28
Apalone spinifera spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 29
Chelydra serpentina
Ornate Box Turtle 15
Terrapene ornata
Blanding's Turtle 30
Emydoidea blandingii
Western Painted Turtle 4
Chrysemys picta bellii
Midland Painted Turtle 31
Chrysemys picta marginata
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 32
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 33
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Pileated Woodpecker 34
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 35
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 36
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 37
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 38
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 31
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 39
Dryobates villosus
Eastern Screech-Owl 40
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 41
Strix varia
Great Horned Owl 42
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 43
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 33
Asio otus
Belted Kingfisher 44
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 45
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 46
Columba livia
Feral Pigeon 47
Columba livia domestica
Mourning Dove 48
Zenaida macroura
Sora 49
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 50
Rallus limicola
American Coot 51
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 52
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 53
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 54
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 55
Colinus virginianus
Grey Partridge 56
Perdix perdix
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 57
Phasianus colchicus
Short-billed Dowitcher 58
Limnodromus griseus
Lesser Yellowlegs 59
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 60
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 61
Tringa solitaria
Wilson's Snipe 62
Gallinago delicata
American Woodcock 33
Scolopax minor
Upland Sandpiper 33
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 63
Actitis macularius
Ring-billed Gull 64
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 65
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 22
Charadrius vociferus
Pied-billed Grebe 66
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 67
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Egret 49
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 68
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 69
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 36
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 70
Butorides virescens
Merlin 71
Falco columbarius
American Kestrel 72
Falco sparverius
Whip-poor-will 73
Caprimulgus vociferus
Common Nighthawk 36
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Whip-poor-will 52
Antrostomus vociferus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 74
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 36
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 43
Mareca americana
Northern Shoveler 75
Spatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 43
Spatula discors
Tundra Swan 76
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 77
Cygnus olor
Common Teal 78
Anas crecca
Mallard 41
Anas platyrhynchos
Domestic Duck 79
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Bufflehead 43
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 80
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 81
Mergus merganser
Domestic Greylag Goose 82
Anser anser domesticus
Lesser Scaup 83
Aythya affinis

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