Illinois Life List
Geoffrey A. Williamson
current as of
31 December 2014
376 total species
(plus nine other unestablished, introduced birds and escaped/released birds, which are shown in italic typeface)
DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL
1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2. Greater White-fronted Goose
3. Snow Goose
4. Ross's Goose
5. Brant
6. Cackling Goose
7. Canada Goose
8. Mute Swan
9. Trumpeter Swan
10. Tundra Swan
11. Wood Duck
12. Gadwall
13. Eurasian Wigeon
14. American Wigeon
15. American Black Duck
16. Mallard
17. Blue-winged Teal
18. Cinnamon Teal
19. Northern Shoveler
20. Northern Pintail
21. Garganey
22. Green-winged Teal
23. Canvasback
24. Redhead
25. Ring-necked Duck
26. Greater Scaup
27. Lesser Scaup
28. King Eider
29. Harlequin Duck
30. Surf Scoter
31. White-winged Scoter
32. Black Scoter
33. Long-tailed Duck
34. Bufflehead
35. Common Goldeneye
36. Barrow's Goldeneye
37. Hooded Merganser
38. Common Merganser
39. Red-breasted Merganser
40. Ruddy Duck
NEW WORLD QUAIL
41. Northern Bobwhite
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES
XX. Chukar
42. Ring-necked Pheasant
43. Greater Prairie-Chicken
44. Wild Turkey
LOONS
45. Red-throated Loon
46. Pacific Loon
47. Common Loon
48. Yellow-billed Loon
GREBES
49. Pied-billed Grebe
50. Horned Grebe
51. Red-necked Grebe
52. Eared Grebe
53. Western Grebe
STORKS
54. Wood Stork
CORMORANTS AND SHAGS
55. Neotropic Cormorant
56. Double-crested Cormorant
ANHINGAS
57. Anhinga
PELICANS
58. American White Pelican
59. Brown Pelican
HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS
60. American Bittern
61. Least Bittern
62. Great Blue Heron
63. Great Egret
64. Snowy Egret
65. Little Blue Heron
66. Tricolored Heron
67. Reddish Egret
68. Cattle Egret
69. Green Heron
70. Black-crowned Night-Heron
71. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS
72. White Ibis
73. Glossy Ibis
74. White-faced Ibis
75. Roseate Spoonbill
NEW WORLD VULTURES
76. Black Vulture
77. Turkey Vulture
OSPREY
78. Osprey
HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES
79. Golden Eagle
80. Mississippi Kite
81. Northern Harrier
82. Sharp-shinned Hawk
83. Cooper's Hawk
84. Northern Goshawk
85. Bald Eagle
86. Red-shouldered Hawk
87. Broad-winged Hawk
88. Swainson's Hawk
89. Red-tailed Hawk
90. Rough-legged Hawk
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
91. Yellow Rail
92. Black Rail
93. King Rail
94. Virginia Rail
95. Sora
96. Purple Gallinule
97. Common Gallinule
98. American Coot
CRANES
99. Sandhill Crane
STILTS AND AVOCETS
100. Black-necked Stilt
101. American Avocet
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
102. Black-bellied Plover
103. American Golden-Plover
104. Snowy Plover
105. Wilson's Plover
106. Semipalmated Plover
107. Piping Plover
108. Killdeer
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES
109. Spotted Sandpiper
110. Solitary Sandpiper
111. Greater Yellowlegs
112. Willet
113. Lesser Yellowlegs
114. Upland Sandpiper
115. Whimbrel
116. Hudsonian Godwit
117. Marbled Godwit
118. Ruddy Turnstone
119. Red Knot
120. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
121. Stilt Sandpiper
122. Curlew Sandpiper
123. Sanderling
124. Dunlin
125. Purple Sandpiper
126. Baird's Sandpiper
127. Least Sandpiper
128. White-rumped Sandpiper
129. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
130. Pectoral Sandpiper
131. Semipalmated Sandpiper
132. Western Sandpiper
133. Short-billed Dowitcher
134. Long-billed Dowitcher
135. Wilson's Snipe
136. American Woodcock
137. Wilson's Phalarope
138. Red-necked Phalarope
139. Red Phalarope
SKUAS AND JAEGERS
140. Pomarine Jaeger
141. Parasitic Jaeger
142. Long-tailed Jaeger
GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS
143. Black-legged Kittiwake
144. Ivory Gull
145. Bonaparte's Gull
146. Black-headed Gull
147. Little Gull
148. Laughing Gull
149. Franklin's Gull
150. Mew Gull
151. Ring-billed Gull
152. California Gull
153. Herring Gull
154. Thayer's Gull
155. Iceland Gull
156. Lesser Black-backed Gull
157. Slaty-backed Gull
158. Glaucous-winged Gull
159. Glaucous Gull
160. Great Black-backed Gull
161. Least Tern
162. Caspian Tern
163. Black Tern
164. Common Tern
165. Arctic Tern
166. Forster's Tern
167. Sandwich Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
168. Rock Pigeon
169. Band-tailed Pigeon
170. Eurasian Collared-Dove
XXX. African Collared-Dove
171. White-winged Dove
172. Mourning Dove
CUCKOOS
173. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
174. Black-billed Cuckoo
BARN-OWLS
175. Barn Owl
OWLS
176. Eastern Screech-Owl
177. Great Horned Owl
178. Snowy Owl
179. Burrowing Owl
180. Barred Owl
181. Long-eared Owl
182. Short-eared Owl
183. Northern Saw-whet Owl
NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES
184. Common Nighthawk
185. Chuck-will's-widow
186. Eastern Whip-poor-will
SWIFTS
187. Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
188. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
189. Rufous Hummingbird
190. Broad-billed Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
191. Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
192. Red-headed Woodpecker
193. Red-bellied Woodpecker
194. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
195. Downy Woodpecker
196. Hairy Woodpecker
197. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
198. Northern Flicker
199. Pileated Woodpecker
FALCONS AND CARACARAS
200. American Kestrel
201. Merlin
202. Gyrfalcon
203. Peregrine Falcon
204. Prairie Falcon
OLD WORLD PARROTS
XXX. Budgerigar
XXX. Rosy-faced Lovebird
NEW WORLD AND AFRICAN PARROTS
205. Monk Parakeet
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
206. White-crested/Small-billed Elaenia
207. Olive-sided Flycatcher
208. Eastern Wood-Pewee
209. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
210. Acadian Flycatcher
211. Alder Flycatcher
212. Willow Flycatcher
213. Least Flycatcher
214. Eastern Phoebe
215. Say's Phoebe
216. Vermilion Flycatcher
217. Ash-throated Flycatcher
218. Great Crested Flycatcher
219. Western Kingbird
220. Eastern Kingbird
221. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
222. Fork-tailed Flycatcher
SHRIKES
223. Loggerhead Shrike
224. Northern Shrike
VIREOS, SHRIKE-BABBLERS, ERPORNIS
225. White-eyed Vireo
226. Bell's Vireo
227. Yellow-throated Vireo
228. Blue-headed Vireo
229. Warbling Vireo
230. Philadelphia Vireo
231. Red-eyed Vireo
CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES
232. Blue Jay
XXX. Eurasian Jay
233. American Crow
234. Fish Crow
LARKS
235. Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
236. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
237. Purple Martin
238. Tree Swallow
239. Violet-green Swallow
240. Bank Swallow
241. Barn Swallow
242. Cliff Swallow
TITS, CHICKADEES, AND TITMICE
243. Carolina Chickadee
244. Black-capped Chickadee
245. Tufted Titmouse
NUTHATCHES
246. Red-breasted Nuthatch
247. White-breasted Nuthatch
248. Brown-headed Nuthatch
TREECREEPERS
249. Brown Creeper
WRENS
250. House Wren
251. Winter Wren
252. Sedge Wren
253. Marsh Wren
254. Carolina Wren
255. Bewick's Wren
GNATCATCHERS
256. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
KINGLETS
257. Golden-crowned Kinglet
258. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
THRUSHES AND ALLIES
259. Eastern Bluebird
260. Mountain Bluebird
261. Townsend's Solitaire
262. Veery
263. Gray-cheeked Thrush
264. Swainson's Thrush
265. Hermit Thrush
266. Wood Thrush
267. American Robin
268. Varied Thrush
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
269. Gray Catbird
270. Curve-billed Thrasher
271. Brown Thrasher
272. Sage Thrasher
273. Northern Mockingbird
STARLINGS
274. European Starling
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
275. American Pipit
WAXWINGS
276. Bohemian Waxwing
277. Cedar Waxwing
LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS
278. Lapland Longspur
279. Chestnut-collared Longspur
280. Smith's Longspur
281. Snow Bunting
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
282. Ovenbird
283. Worm-eating Warbler
284. Louisiana Waterthrush
285. Northern Waterthrush
286. Blue-winged Warbler
287. Golden-winged Warbler
288. Black-and-white Warbler
289. Prothonotary Warbler
290. Swainson's Warbler
291. Tennessee Warbler
292. Orange-crowned Warbler
293. Nashville Warbler
294. Connecticut Warbler
295. Mourning Warbler
296. Kentucky Warbler
297. Common Yellowthroat
298. Hooded Warbler
299. American Redstart
300. Kirtland's Warbler
301. Cape May Warbler
302. Cerulean Warbler
303. Northern Parula
304. Magnolia Warbler
305. Bay-breasted Warbler
306. Blackburnian Warbler
307. Yellow Warbler
308. Chestnut-sided Warbler
309. Blackpoll Warbler
310. Black-throated Blue Warbler
311. Palm Warbler
312. Pine Warbler
313. Yellow-rumped Warbler
314. Yellow-throated Warbler
315. Prairie Warbler
316. Black-throated Gray Warbler
317. Townsend's Warbler
318. Hermit Warbler
319. Black-throated Green Warbler
320. Canada Warbler
321. Wilson's Warbler
322. Yellow-breasted Chat
BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS
323. Green-tailed Towhee
324. Spotted Towhee
325. Eastern Towhee
326. American Tree Sparrow
327. Chipping Sparrow
328. Clay-colored Sparrow
329. Brewer's Sparrow
330. Field Sparrow
331. Vesper Sparrow
332. Lark Sparrow
333. Lark Bunting
334. Savannah Sparrow
335. Grasshopper Sparrow
336. Henslow's Sparrow
337. Le Conte's Sparrow
338. Nelson's Sparrow
339. Fox Sparrow
340. Song Sparrow
341. Lincoln's Sparrow
342. Swamp Sparrow
343. White-throated Sparrow
344. Harris's Sparrow
345. White-crowned Sparrow
346. Dark-eyed Junco
CARDINALS AND ALLIES
347. Summer Tanager
348. Scarlet Tanager
349. Northern Cardinal
350. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
351. Blue Grosbeak
352. Indigo Bunting
353. Painted Bunting
354. Dickcissel
TROUPIALS AND ALLIES
355. Bobolink
356. Red-winged Blackbird
357. Western Meadowlark
358. Eastern Meadowlark
359. Yellow-headed Blackbird
360. Rusty Blackbird
361. Brewer's Blackbird
362. Common Grackle
363. Brown-headed Cowbird
364. Orchard Oriole
365. Baltimore Oriole
FINCHES, EUPHONIAS, AND ALLIES
366. House Finch
367. Purple Finch
XXX. European Greenfinch
368. Red Crossbill
369. White-winged Crossbill
370. Common Redpoll
371. Hoary Redpoll
372. Pine Siskin
373. American Goldfinch
XXX. European Goldfinch
374. Evening Grosbeak
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
375. House Sparrow
376. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
WEAVERS AND ALLIES
XXX. Northern Red Bishop
WAXBILLS AND ALLIES
XXX. Zebra Finch