Birds of Illinois

Common Tern 1
Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern 2
Sterna paradisaea
Black Tern 3
Chlidonias niger
Large-billed Tern 4
Phaetusa simplex
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull 6
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Little Gull 7
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Herring Gull 8
Larus argentatus
California Gull 9
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 10
Larus canus
Black-tailed Gull 11
Larus crassirostris
Ring-billed Gull 12
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 13
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 14
Larus glaucescens
Iceland Gull 15
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 16
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Larus marinus
Western Gull 18
Larus occidentalis
Slaty-backed Gull 19
Larus schistisagus
Black-legged Kittiwake 20
Rissa tridactyla
Ivory Gull 2
Pagophila eburnea
Ross's Gull 21
Rhodostethia rosea
Sabine's Gull 22
Xema sabini
Laughing Gull 23
Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull 24
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Black Skimmer 25
Rynchops niger
Common Ringed Plover 26
Charadrius hiaticula
Piping Plover 27
Charadrius melodus
Mountain Plover 28
Charadrius montanus
Snowy Plover 29
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 30
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 31
Charadrius vociferus
Wilson's Plover 5
Charadrius wilsonia
American Golden Plover 32
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 28
Pluvialis squatarola
Dovekie 33
Alle alle
Ancient Murrelet 34
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Black-necked Stilt 35
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 36
Recurvirostra americana
Long-tailed Jaeger 37
Stercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic Jaeger 28
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 38
Stercorarius pomarinus
Yellow-billed Loon 39
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 22
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 5
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 40
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 5
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 41
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 42
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 5
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 29
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 43
Podilymbus podiceps
Roseate Spoonbill 44
Platalea ajaja
White Ibis 45
Eudocimus albus
White-faced Ibis 46
Plegadis chihi
Glossy Ibis 47
Plegadis falcinellus
American White Pelican 48
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican 49
Pelecanus occidentalis
Least Bittern 28
Ixobrychus exilis
American Bittern 50
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 51
Egretta caerulea
Reddish Egret 52
Egretta rufescens
Snowy Egret 53
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron 22
Egretta tricolor
Great Egret 29
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 29
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 54
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 55
Nyctanassa violacea
Cattle Egret 28
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 56
Butorides virescens
Merlin 57
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 57
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 58
Falco peregrinus
Gyrfalcon 59
Falco rusticolus
American Kestrel 60
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 28
Chordeiles minor
Chuck-will's-widow 61
Antrostomus carolinensis
Eastern Whip-poor-will 52
Antrostomus vociferus
Green Violetear 22
Colibri thalassinus
Broad-billed Hummingbird 62
Cynanthus latirostris
Anna's Hummingbird 28
Calypte anna
Rufous Hummingbird 63
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird 5
Selasphorus sasin
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 64
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 28
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 65
Mareca americana
Eurasian Wigeon 5
Mareca penelope
Gadwall 66
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 65
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 67
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 65
Spatula discors
Garganey 68
Spatula querquedula
Northern Pintail 69
Anas acuta
Northern Shoveler 65
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal 26
Anas crecca
Blue-winged Teal 65
Anas discors
Mottled Duck 5
Anas fulvigula
Mallard 70
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 56
Anas rubripes
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 4
Dendrocygna autumnalis

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