Lincoln Park Zoo BioBlitz Guide

A guide of selected species found near and within Lincoln Park Zoo.

All 399

American holly ¹
Ilex opaca

weeping willow ²
Salix babylonica

black chokeberry ³
Aronia melanocarpa

northern bayberry ⁴
Morella pensylvanica

southern arrowwood ⁵
Viburnum dentatum

red chokeberry ⁶
Aronia arbutifolia

Korean Spice Viburnum ⁷
Viburnum carlesii

downy arrowwood ⁸
Viburnum rafinesquianum

grey alder
Alnus incana

tulip tree ⁹
Liriodendron tulipifera

European beech ¹⁰
Fagus sylvatica

Japanese pagoda tree ¹¹
Styphnolobium japonicum

ground-ivy ¹²
Glechoma hederacea

prairie alumroot ¹³
Heuchera richardsonii

creeping thistle ¹⁴
Cirsium arvense

garlic mustard ¹⁵
Alliaria petiolata

red columbine ¹⁶
Aquilegia canadensis

common dandelion ¹⁷
Taraxacum officinale

orange day-lily ¹⁸
Hemerocallis fulva

Canada wild rye ¹⁹
Elymus canadensis

American sycamore ²⁰
Platanus occidentalis

koyamaki ²¹
Sciadopitys verticillata

Douglas-firs ²²
Pseudotsuga

Nematodes (Roundworms) ²³
Nematoda

Silvery Threadworm
Enoplus marinus

Horsehair Worms ²⁴
Nematomorpha

Flatworms ²⁵
Platyhelminthes

Planaria

American Bullfrog ²⁶
Lithobates catesbeianus

Common Garter Snake ²⁷
Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle ²⁸
Chrysemys picta

Red-eared Slider ²⁹
Trachemys scripta elegans

Pigeons and Doves ³⁰
Columbiformes

Eurasian Collared Dove ³¹
Streptopelia decaocto

White-winged Dove ³²
Zenaida asiatica

Mourning Dove ³³
Zenaida macroura

Owls ³⁴
Strigiformes

Barn Owl ³⁵
Tyto alba

Woodpeckers ³⁶
Picidae

American Three-toed Woodpecker ³⁷
Picoides dorsalis

Downy Woodpecker ³⁸
Picoides pubescens

Ladder-backed Woodpecker ³⁹
Picoides scalaris

Hairy Woodpecker ⁴⁰
Picoides villosus

Pileated Woodpecker ⁴¹
Dryocopus pileatus

Red-bellied Woodpecker ⁴²
Melanerpes carolinus

Acorn Woodpecker ³⁹
Melanerpes formicivorus

Northern Flicker ⁴³
Colaptes auratus

Monk Parakeet ⁴⁴
Myiopsitta monachus

Belted Kingfisher ⁴⁵
Megaceryle alcyon

American Coot ⁴⁶
Fulica americana

Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis

Sandpipers and Allies ⁴⁷
Scolopacidae

Gulls ⁴⁸
Larinae

Bonaparte's Gull ⁴⁸
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Black-headed Gull ⁴⁷
Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Ring-billed Gull ⁴⁹
Larus delawarensis

Glaucous Gull ⁵⁰
Larus hyperboreus

Black-legged Kittiwake ⁵¹
Rissa tridactyla

Franklin's Gull ⁵²
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Least Tern ⁵³
Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern ⁵⁴
Hydroprogne caspia

Common Tern ⁵⁵
Sterna hirundo

Black Tern ⁵⁶
Chlidonias niger

American Golden Plover ⁵⁷
Pluvialis dominica

American Avocet ⁵⁸
Recurvirostra americana

Common Loon ⁵⁹
Gavia immer

Horned Grebe ⁴⁸
Podiceps auritus

Eared Grebe ⁶⁰
Podiceps nigricollis

American White Pelican ⁶¹
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American Bittern ⁶²
Botaurus lentiginosus

Great Egret ⁶³
Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron ⁶³
Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron ⁶⁴
Nycticorax nycticorax

Green Heron ⁶⁵
Butorides virescens

Peregrine Falcon ⁶⁶
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ⁶⁷
Falco sparverius

Ruby-throated and Black-chinned Hummingbirds ⁶⁸
Archilochus

Chimney Swift ⁶⁹
Chaetura pelagica

American Wigeon ⁷⁰
Mareca americana

Blue-winged Teal ⁷⁰
Spatula discors

Mallard ⁷¹
Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck ⁶⁵
Anas rubripes

Bufflehead ⁷⁰
Bucephala albeola

Barrow's Goldeneye ⁷²
Bucephala islandica

Red-breasted Merganser ⁷³
Mergus serrator

Black Scoter ³⁷
Melanitta americana

Brant Goose ⁷⁴
Branta bernicla

Canada Goose ⁷⁵
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ⁷⁶
Aix sponsa

Cooper's Hawk ⁷⁷
Accipiter cooperii

Red-tailed Hawk ⁷⁸
Buteo jamaicensis

New World Warblers ⁷⁹
Parulidae

Canada Warbler ⁸⁰
Cardellina canadensis

Bay-breasted Warbler ⁸¹
Setophaga castanea

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁸²
Setophaga coronata

Blackburnian Warbler ⁵⁴
Setophaga fusca

American Redstart ⁸³
Setophaga ruticilla

Blackpoll Warbler ⁸⁴
Setophaga striata

Black-throated Green Warbler ⁸⁵
Setophaga virens

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