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Lincoln Park Zoo BioBlitz Guide

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

Black-capped Chickadee 1
Poecile atricapillus
American Robin 2
Turdus migratorius
Northern Cardinal 3
Cardinalis cardinalis
American Goldfinch 4
Spinus tristis
Common Grackle 5
Quiscalus quiscula
American Crow 6
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Acadian Flycatcher 7
Empidonax virescens
American Coot 8
Fulica americana
Barn Swallow 9
Hirundo rustica
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Phalacrocorax auritus
American Bullfrog 11
Lithobates catesbeianus
Common Garter Snake 12
Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 13
Chrysemys picta
Red-eared Slider 14
Trachemys scripta elegans
Pigeons and Doves 15
Columbiformes
Eurasian Collared Dove 16
Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove 17
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Owls 19
Strigiformes
Barn Owl 20
Tyto alba
Woodpeckers 21
Picidae
American Three-toed Woodpecker 22
Picoides dorsalis
Downy Woodpecker 23
Picoides pubescens
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 24
Picoides scalaris
Hairy Woodpecker 25
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 26
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 27
Melanerpes carolinus
Acorn Woodpecker 24
Melanerpes formicivorus
Northern Flicker 28
Colaptes auratus
Monk Parakeet 29
Myiopsitta monachus
Belted Kingfisher 30
Megaceryle alcyon
American Coot 8
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
Sandpipers and Allies 31
Scolopacidae
Gulls 32
Larinae
Bonaparte's Gull 32
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull 31
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Ring-billed Gull 33
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous Gull 34
Larus hyperboreus
Black-legged Kittiwake 35
Rissa tridactyla
Franklin's Gull 36
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Least Tern 37
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern 10
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern 38
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 39
Chlidonias niger
American Golden Plover 40
Pluvialis dominica
American Avocet 41
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 42
Gavia immer
Horned Grebe 32
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 43
Podiceps nigricollis
American White Pelican 44
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 45
Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Egret 46
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 46
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 47
Nycticorax nycticorax
Green Heron 48
Butorides virescens
Peregrine Falcon 49
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 50
Falco sparverius
Ruby-throated and Black-chinned Hummingbirds 51
Archilochus
Chimney Swift 52
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 53
Mareca americana
Blue-winged Teal 53
Spatula discors
Mallard 54
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 48
Anas rubripes
Bufflehead 53
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 55
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 56
Mergus serrator
Black Scoter 22
Melanitta americana
Brant Goose 57
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 58
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 59
Aix sponsa
Cooper's Hawk 60
Accipiter cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk 61
Buteo jamaicensis
New World Warblers 62
Parulidae
Canada Warbler 63
Cardellina canadensis
Bay-breasted Warbler 64
Setophaga castanea
Yellow-rumped Warbler 65
Setophaga coronata
Blackburnian Warbler 10
Setophaga fusca
American Redstart 66
Setophaga ruticilla
Blackpoll Warbler 67
Setophaga striata
Black-throated Green Warbler 68
Setophaga virens
Black-and-white Warbler 69
Mniotilta varia
Barn Swallow 9
Hirundo rustica
Brown-headed Cowbird 42
Molothrus ater
Common Grackle 5
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 70
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tufted Titmouse 71
Baeolophus bicolor
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Poecile atricapillus
Carolina Chickadee 68
Poecile carolinensis
Mountain Chickadee 42
Poecile gambeli
Boreal Chickadee 72
Poecile hudsonicus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 37
Poecile rufescens
House Sparrow 73
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 74
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 75
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 76
Sturnus vulgaris
Cactus Wren 77
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Carolina Wren 78
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 42
Troglodytes aedon

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