Chicago Biodiversity - OBIS

A guide of selected species found in the Greater Chicago area.

Red-tailed Hawk 1
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Melanerpes carolinus
Wood Duck 3
Aix sponsa
Coyote 4
Canis latrans
Red Fox 5
Vulpes vulpes
Eastern Gray Squirrel 6
Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern Chipmunk 7
Tamias striatus
Common Garter Snake 8
Thamnophis sirtalis
American Bullfrog 9
Lithobates catesbeianus
Snapping Turtle 10
Chelydra serpentina
Monarch Butterfly 11
Danaus plexippus
Bluegill 12
Lepomis macrochirus
Eastern Cottontail 13
Sylvilagus floridanus
Virginia Opossum 14
Didelphis virginiana
American Crow 15
Corvus brachyrhynchos

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