The Natural World of Southern Illinois

This is a growing guide of all the wildlife and plant species that one might find in Southern Illinois.

American Toad 1
Anaxyrus americanus
Fowler's Toad 2
Anaxyrus fowleri
Blanchard's Cricket Frog 3
Acris blanchardi
Spring Peeper 4
Pseudacris crucifer
Green Tree Frog 5
Hyla cinerea
American Bullfrog 6
Lithobates catesbeianus
Green Frog 7
Lithobates clamitans
Southern Leopard Frog 8
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Spotted Salamander 9
Ambystoma maculatum
Marbled Salamander 10
Ambystoma opacum
Mole Salamander 11
Ambystoma talpoideum
Northern Slimy Salamander 12
Plethodon glutinosus
Long-tailed Salamander 13
Eurycea longicauda
Cave Salamander 14
Eurycea lucifuga
Eastern Newt 15
Notophthalmus viridescens
Lesser Siren 16
Siren intermedia
Eastern Fence Lizard 17
Sceloporus undulatus
Common Five-lined Skink 18
Plestiodon fasciatus
Broadhead Skink 19
Plestiodon laticeps
Six-lined Racerunner 20
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Common Garter Snake 21
Thamnophis sirtalis
DeKay's Brownsnake 22
Storeria dekayi
Graham's Crayfish Snake 23
Regina grahamii
Plain-bellied Watersnake 24
Nerodia erythrogaster
Northern Water Snake 25
Nerodia sipedon
Eastern Hognose Snake 26
Heterodon platirhinos
North American Racer 27
Coluber constrictor
Rough Greensnake 2
Opheodrys aestivus
Yellow-bellied Kingsnake 28
Lampropeltis calligaster
Prairie Kingsnake 29
Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster
Black Kingsnake 30
Lampropeltis nigra
Gray Ratsnake 31
Pantherophis spiloides
Copperhead 17
Agkistrodon contortrix
Cottonmouth 20
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Timber Rattlesnake 32
Crotalus horridus
Common Snapping Turtle 33
Chelydra serpentina
Common Box Turtle 34
Terrapene carolina
Eastern Box Turtle 35
Terrapene carolina carolina
Painted Turtle 36
Chrysemys picta
Midland Painted Turtle 37
Chrysemys picta marginata
Common Slider 38
Trachemys scripta
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 39
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 17
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Pileated Woodpecker 40
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 41
Melanerpes carolinus
Downy Woodpecker 42
Dryobates pubescens
Barred Owl 43
Strix varia
Belted Kingfisher 44
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 45
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 46
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 2
Ectopistes migratorius
Sora 47
Porzana carolina
King Rail 17
Rallus elegans
Common Moorhen 48
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 49
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 50
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 51
Coragyps atratus
Northern Bobwhite 52
Colinus virginianus
Greater Prairie-Chicken 10
Tympanuchus cupido
Wild Turkey 53
Meleagris gallopavo
Dunlin 54
Calidris alpina
White-rumped Sandpiper 17
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 55
Calidris himantopus
Pectoral Sandpiper 56
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 57
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 58
Calidris pusilla
Lesser Yellowlegs 59
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 60
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 61
Tringa solitaria
Common Snipe 62
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 17
Scolopax minor
Upland Sandpiper 17
Bartramia longicauda
Forster's Tern 63
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 64
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 65
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 66
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 67
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 68
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 26
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 69
Pluvialis dominica
Horned Grebe 60
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 70
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 71
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Least Bittern 72
Ixobrychus exilis
American Bittern 73
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 74
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 75
Egretta thula
Great Egret 47
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 47
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 76
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 77
Nyctanassa violacea
Cattle Egret 72
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 78
Butorides virescens
Merlin 79
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 80
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 81
Falco sparverius
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 82
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 72
Chaetura pelagica
Northern Shoveler 83
Spatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 84
Spatula discors

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