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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.

Northern Pintail 1
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 2
Anas crecca
Mallard 3
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 4
Anas rubripes
Mute Swan 5
Cygnus olor
Bufflehead 6
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 7
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 8
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 10
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 11
Aythya affinis
Redhead 12
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 6
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 13
Aythya marila
Canvasback 14
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 15
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 16
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 17
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 18
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 19
Lophodytes cucullatus
Golden Eagle 20
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 21
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 22
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 23
Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk 24
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 25
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 26
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 27
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 28
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 17
Ictinia mississippiensis
Double-crested Cormorant 29
Phalacrocorax auritus
Cliff Swallow 30
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 31
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 32
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 6
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 33
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 14
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Rusty Blackbird 34
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 35
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 14
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 36
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 37
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Baltimore Oriole 38
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 39
Icterus spurius
Eastern Meadowlark 40
Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark 40
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 41
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 42
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 43
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 40
Lanius ludovicianus
Tufted Titmouse 44
Baeolophus bicolor
House Sparrow 45
Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 46
Passer montanus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 47
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 48
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 49
Sturnus vulgaris
Carolina Wren 50
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 14
Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren 6
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 14
Cistothorus platensis
American Robin 51
Turdus migratorius
Veery 52
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 35
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 17
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 27
Catharus ustulatus
Eastern Bluebird 53
Sialia sialis
Wood Thrush 54
Hylocichla mustelina
Great Crested Flycatcher 14
Myiarchus crinitus
Dark-eyed Junco 55
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 40
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 40
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 56
Chondestes grammacus
Swamp Sparrow 57
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 58
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 59
Melospiza melodia
Clay-colored Sparrow 14
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 60
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 58
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 23
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 61
Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow 62
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Eastern Towhee 63
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Savannah Sparrow 64
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 65
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 37
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 66
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 14
Dumetella carolinensis
Blue Grosbeak 56
Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting 67
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 68
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Dickcissel 14
Spiza americana
Northern Cardinal 69
Cardinalis cardinalis
Scarlet Tanager 70
Piranga olivacea
Summer Tanager 71
Piranga rubra
American Pipit 14
Anthus rubescens
Sprague's Pipit 37
Anthus spragueii
American Redstart 72
Setophaga ruticilla
Black-and-white Warbler 73
Mniotilta varia
Connecticut Warbler 74
Oporornis agilis

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