Birds of Illinois
The 145 most-observed birds in Illinois, ranked by how often they turn up in the record. Tap any bird for its map and seasonal timing here.
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- 1
American RobinTurdus migratorius36 obstiming → - 2
Canada GooseBranta canadensis31 obstiming → - 3
House SparrowPasser domesticus24 obstiming → - 4
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus24 obstiming → - 5
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis21 obstiming → - 6
MallardAnas platyrhynchos20 obstiming → - 7
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias18 obstiming → - 8Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus13 obstiming →
- 9
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris11 obstiming → - 10
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura11 obstiming → - 11
Turkey VultureCathartes aura11 obstiming → - 12
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens11 obstiming → - 13
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia11 obstiming → - 14Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus10 obstiming →
- 15
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata10 obstiming → - 16
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis10 obstiming → - 17
Rock DoveColumba livia10 obstiming → - 18
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens10 obstiming → - 19
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis10 obstiming → - 20
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis10 obstiming → - 21
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea9 obstiming → - 22
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina8 obstiming → - 23
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor8 obstiming → - 24
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis8 obstiming → - 25
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus8 obstiming → - 26
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus8 obstiming → - 27
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula7 obstiming → - 28
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis7 obstiming → - 29Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna7 obstiming →
- 30
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus7 obstiming → - 31
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata7 obstiming → - 32
DickcisselSpiza americana7 obstiming → - 33
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax7 obstiming → - 34
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas6 obstiming → - 35
Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis6 obstiming → - 36
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos6 obstiming → - 37
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica6 obstiming → - 38
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis6 obstiming → - 39
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe6 obstiming → - 40
Great EgretArdea alba6 obstiming → - 41Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus5 obstiming →
- 42
Green HeronButorides virescens5 obstiming → - 43Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator5 obstiming →
- 44
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus5 obstiming → - 45
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica4 obstiming → - 46
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum4 obstiming → - 47Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula4 obstiming →
- 48
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus4 obstiming → - 49
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius4 obstiming → - 50
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo4 obstiming → - 51
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus4 obstiming → - 52Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus4 obstiming →
- 53
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius4 obstiming → - 54Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus4 obstiming →
- 55
American CootFulica americana4 obstiming → - 56
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater4 obstiming → - 57
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos3 obstiming → - 58
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia3 obstiming → - 59Field SparrowSpizella pusilla3 obstiming →
- 60
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea3 obstiming → - 61
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor3 obstiming → - 62Wood DuckAix sponsa3 obstiming →
- 63
American KestrelFalco sparverius3 obstiming → - 64Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula3 obstiming →
- 65
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus3 obstiming → - 66
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana3 obstiming → - 67Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia3 obstiming →
- 68Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens3 obstiming →
- 69Blue-winged TealSpatula discors3 obstiming →
- 70Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris3 obstiming →
- 71
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa3 obstiming → - 72
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis3 obstiming → - 73House WrenTroglodytes aedon3 obstiming →
- 74
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos3 obstiming → - 75
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon3 obstiming → - 76
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2 obstiming → - 77Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus2 obstiming →
- 78
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus2 obstiming → - 79
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea2 obstiming → - 80
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla2 obstiming → - 81
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea2 obstiming → - 82
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis2 obstiming → - 83
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus2 obstiming → - 84Grass WrenCistothorus platensis2 obstiming →
- 85Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps2 obstiming →
- 86RedheadAythya americana2 obstiming →
- 87
Black VultureCoragyps atratus2 obstiming → - 88Eastern Screech OwlMegascops asio2 obstiming →
- 89
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys2 obstiming → - 90
Mute SwanCygnus olor2 obstiming → - 91Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria2 obstiming →
- 92
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina2 obstiming → - 93
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens2 obstiming → - 94Warbling VireoVireo gilvus2 obstiming →
- 95
Brown CreeperCerthia americana2 obstiming → - 96
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea2 obstiming → - 97
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea2 obstiming → - 98
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia2 obstiming → - 99Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis2 obstiming →
- 100
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra2 obstiming → - 101Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator2 obstiming →
- 102
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius2 obstiming → - 103Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata1 obstiming →
- 104
Common MerganserMergus merganser1 obstiming → - 105
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus1 obstiming → - 106
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca1 obstiming → - 107
OspreyPandion haliaetus1 obstiming → - 108
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea1 obstiming → - 109
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens1 obstiming → - 110Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris1 obstiming →
- 111
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor1 obstiming → - 112
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus1 obstiming → - 113Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus1 obstiming →
- 114Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis1 obstiming →
- 115
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum1 obstiming → - 116Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus1 obstiming →
- 117CanvasbackAythya valisineria1 obstiming →
- 118
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea1 obstiming → - 119
American WoodcockScolopax minor1 obstiming → - 120
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla1 obstiming → - 121
BuffleheadBucephala albeola1 obstiming → - 122
American WigeonMareca americana1 obstiming → - 123Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis1 obstiming →
- 124
Purple MartinProgne subis1 obstiming → - 125
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea1 obstiming → - 126
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus1 obstiming → - 127
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus1 obstiming → - 128
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla1 obstiming → - 129
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia1 obstiming → - 130
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis1 obstiming → - 131
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus1 obstiming → - 132
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis1 obstiming → - 133
SanderlingCalidris alba1 obstiming → - 134
Barred OwlStrix varia1 obstiming → - 135
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus1 obstiming → - 136
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis1 obstiming → - 137
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis1 obstiming → - 138
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes1 obstiming → - 139
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis1 obstiming → - 140
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos1 obstiming → - 141Greater ScaupAythya marila1 obstiming →
- 142Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera1 obstiming →
- 143Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis1 obstiming →
- 144Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus1 obstiming →
- 145
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva1 obstiming →
Data: iNaturalist research-grade observations (CC0 / CC-BY), via GBIF. Excludes eBird.