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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.

Prothonotary Warbler 1
Protonotaria citrea
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 3
Geothlypis trichas
Golden-winged Warbler 4
Vermivora chrysoptera
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Polioptila caerulea
Horned Lark 6
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 7
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 8
Certhia americana
American Crow 9
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow 10
Corvus ossifragus
Blue Jay 11
Cyanocitta cristata
Red Crossbill 12
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 13
Loxia leucoptera
Purple Finch 14
Haemorhous purpureus
Evening Grosbeak 15
Coccothraustes vespertinus
White-tailed Deer 16
Odocoileus virginianus
Common Raccoon 17
Procyon lotor
Coyote
Canis latrans
Eastern Cottontail 18
Sylvilagus floridanus
Plains Pocket Gopher 19
Geomys bursarius
Illinois Pocket Gopher 20
Geomys bursarius illinoensis
Eastern Gray Squirrel 21
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 22
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 5
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Woodchuck 23
Marmota monax
Eastern Mole 24
Scalopus aquaticus
Smallmouth Buffalo 25
Ictiobus bubalus
Spotted Gar 26
Lepisosteus oculatus
Shortnose Gar
Lepisosteus platostomus

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