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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 ↓

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

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