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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.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes carolinus
Downy Woodpecker 5
Dryobates pubescens
Barred Owl 6
Strix varia
Belted Kingfisher 7
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 8
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 9
Zenaida macroura
Passenger Pigeon 10
Ectopistes migratorius
Sora 11
Porzana carolina
King Rail 2
Rallus elegans
Common Moorhen 12
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot 13
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 14
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 15
Coragyps atratus
Northern Bobwhite 16
Colinus virginianus
Greater Prairie-Chicken 17
Tympanuchus cupido
Wild Turkey 18
Meleagris gallopavo
Dunlin 19
Calidris alpina
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 20
Calidris himantopus
Pectoral Sandpiper 21
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 22
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 23
Calidris pusilla
Lesser Yellowlegs 24
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 26
Tringa solitaria
Common Snipe 27
Gallinago gallinago
American Woodcock 2
Scolopax minor
Upland Sandpiper 2
Bartramia longicauda
Forster's Tern 28
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 29
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 30
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 31
Larus argentatus
Ring-billed Gull 32
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 33
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 34
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 35
Pluvialis dominica
Horned Grebe 25
Podiceps auritus
Pied-billed Grebe 36
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 37
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Least Bittern 38
Ixobrychus exilis
American Bittern 39
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 40
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 41
Egretta thula
Great Egret 11
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 11
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 42
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 43
Nyctanassa violacea
Cattle Egret 38
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 44
Butorides virescens
Merlin 45
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon 46
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 47
Falco sparverius
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 48
Archilochus colubris
Chimney Swift 38
Chaetura pelagica
Northern Shoveler 49
Spatula clypeata
Blue-winged Teal 50
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 51
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 27
Anas crecca
Mallard 6
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 52
Anas rubripes
Mute Swan 53
Cygnus olor
Bufflehead 50
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 54
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 55
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 56
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 57
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 58
Aythya affinis
Redhead 59
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 50
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 11
Aythya marila
Canvasback 2
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 60
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 61
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 47
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 62
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 9
Lophodytes cucullatus
Golden Eagle 63
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 64
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 65
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk 66
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 67
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 68
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 69
Buteo platypterus
Bald Eagle 70
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 47
Ictinia mississippiensis
Double-crested Cormorant 71
Phalacrocorax auritus
Cliff Swallow 72
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple Martin 73
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 74
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 50
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow 26
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Rusty Blackbird 75
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 76
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Molothrus ater

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