| CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF
CARLYLE LAKE Clinton County and Fayette County, Illinois Spring Migration (mid February - early June) Nesting Season/Dispersal (May - August) Fall Migration (late June - mid December) Winter Season (mid December - mid February) Common - occurs regularly and in considerable numbers, easy to observe Fairly Common - occurs regularly, but in smaller numbers, easy to observe Uncommon - occurs regularly, but in small numbers, may be missed Rare - occurs regularly, but in very small numbers, likely to be missed Very Rare - occurs irregularly, as a vagrant, or out of season, likely to be missed * - unresolved status Included are significant records of specimens collected in Fayette County by Edward F. Steinhauer circa 1887-1930 |
| Family Anatidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 1. Greater White-fronted Goose | c | c | c | |
| 2. Snow Goose | c | c | c | |
| 3. Ross's Goose | fc | fc | fc | |
| 4. Brant | vr | |||
| 5. Cackling Goose | fc | fc | fc | |
| 6. Canada Goose | c | fc | c | c |
| 7. Mute Swan | r | r | ||
| 8. Trumpeter Swan | r | r | r | |
| 9. Tundra Swan | r | r | ||
| 10. Wood Duck | c | fc | c | r |
| 11. Gadwall | c | r | c | u |
| 12. Eurasian Wigeon | vr | |||
| 13. American Wigeon | c | c | u | |
| 14. American Black Duck | u | u | u | |
| 15. Mallard | c | c | c | c |
| 16. Blue-winged Teal | c | r | c | vr |
| 17. Cinnamon Teal | r | vr | ||
| 18. Northern Shoveler | c | c | u | |
| 19. Northern Pintail | c | r | c | u |
| 20. Green-winged Teal | c | r | c | u |
| 21. Canvasback | c | c | fc | |
| 22. Redhead | c | c | u | |
| 23. Ring-necked Duck | c | c | u | |
| 24. Greater Scaup | u | u | u | |
| 25. Lesser Scaup | c | c | fc | |
| 26. King Eider | ||||
| 27. Surf Scoter | r | r | r | |
| 28. White-winged Scoter | r | r | r | |
| 29. Black Scoter | r | r | ||
| 30. Long-tailed Duck | r | r | r | |
| 31. Bufflehead | fc | fc | u | |
| 32. Common Goldeneye | fc | vr | fc | c |
| 33. Hooded Merganser | fc | r | fc | fc |
| 34. Common Merganser | u | vr | u | c |
| 35. Red-breasted Merganser | c | c | u | |
| 36. Ruddy Duck | c | c | u | |
| Family Phasianidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 37. Ring-necked Pheasant | u | u | u | u |
| 38. Ruffed Grouse | ||||
| 39. Greater Prairie-Chicken | vr | vr | ||
| 40. Wild Turkey | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| Family Odontophoridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 41. Northern Bobwhite | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| Family Gaviidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 42. Red-throated Loon | r | r | ||
| 43. Pacific Loon | r | |||
| 44. Common Loon | u | fc | r | |
| Family Podicipedidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 45. Pied-billed Grebe | fc | r | fc | r |
| 46. Horned Grebe | u | fc | r | |
| 47. Red-necked Grebe | r | r | ||
| 48. Eared Grebe | r | r | ||
| 49. Western Grebe | r | r | ||
| *** Clark's Grebe | vr | |||
| Family Pelecanidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 50. American White Pelican | c | fc | c | r |
| 51. Brown Pelican | vr | |||
| Family Phalacrocoracidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 52. Neotropic Cormorant | vr | vr | vr | |
| 53. Double-crested Cormorant | c | c | c | u |
| Family Ardeidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 54. American Bittern | r | vr | r | vr |
| 55. Least Bittern | r | r | r | |
| 56. Great Blue Heron | c | c | c | fc |
| 57. Great Egret | fc | fc | c | |
| 58. Snowy Egret | u | u | u | |
| 59. Little Blue Heron | u | u | fc | |
| 60. Tricolored Heron | vr | vr | ||
| 61. Cattle Egret | u | u | u | |
| 62. Green Heron | u | u | u | |
| 63. Black-crowned Night-Heron | r | r | r | |
| 64. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | r | r | ||
| Family Threskiornithidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 65. White Ibis | vr | |||
| 66. Glossy Ibis | vr | r | ||
| 67. White-faced Ibis | vr | r | ||
| 68. Roseate Spoonbill | vr | |||
| Family Ciconiidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 69. Wood Stork | vr | vr | ||
| Family Cathartidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 70. Turkey Vulture | c | c | c | r |
| Family Accipitridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 71. Osprey | u | u | u | |
| 72. Mississippi Kite | r | vr | ||
| 73. Bald Eagle | u | u | u | fc |
| 74. Northern Harrier | fc | r | fc | fc |
| 75. Sharp-shinned Hawk | fc | fc | fc | |
| 76. Cooper's Hawk | fc | u | fc | fc |
| 77. Northern Goshawk | vr | vr | vr | |
| 78. Red-shouldered Hawk | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 79. Broad-winged Hawk | u | u | ||
| 80. Swainson's Hawk | vr | vr | ||
| 81. Red-tailed Hawk | c | c | c | c |
| 82. Rough-legged Hawk | u | u | fc | |
| 83. Golden Eagle | r | r | r | |
| Family Falconidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 84. American Kestrel | c | c | c | c |
| 85. Merlin | u | u | r | |
| 86. Peregrine Falcon | u | u | ||
| 87. Prairie Falcon | vr | vr | vr | |
| Family Rallidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 88. Yellow Rail | r | |||
| 89. Black Rail | vr | |||
| 90. King Rail | r | |||
| 91. Virginia Rail | u | r | ||
| 92. Sora | fc | fc | ||
| 93. Purple Gallinule | vr | |||
| 94. Common Moorhen | vr | |||
| 95. American Coot | c | r | c | u |
| Family Gruidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 96. Sandhill Crane | r | r | r | r |
| *** Whooping Crane | vr | |||
| Family Charadriidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 97. Black-bellied Plover | u | u | ||
| 98. American Golden-Plover | c | u | ||
| 99. Semipalmated Plover | c | c | ||
| 100. Piping Plover | r | r | ||
| 101. Killdeer | c | c | c | u |
| Family Recurvirostridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 102. Black-necked Stilt | r | r | ||
| 103. American Avocet | r | r | ||
| Family Scolopacidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 104. Spotted Sandpiper | fc | r | fc | |
| 105. Solitary Sandpiper | fc | fc | ||
| 106. Greater Yellowlegs | fc | fc | ||
| 107. Willet | r | r | ||
| 108. Lesser Yellowlegs | c | c | ||
| 109. Upland Sandpiper | r | vr | r | |
| 110. Eskimo Curlew | ||||
| 111. Whimbrel | r | r | ||
| 112. Hudsonian Godwit | r | r | ||
| 113. Marbled Godwit | r | r | ||
| 114. Ruddy Turnstone | u | u | ||
| 115. Red Knot | r | r | ||
| 116. Sanderling | u | u | ||
| 117. Semipalmated Sandpiper | c | c | ||
| 118. Western Sandpiper | r | u | ||
| 119. Least Sandpiper | c | c | vr | |
| 120. White-rumped Sandpiper | fc | r | ||
| 121. Baird's Sandpiper | u | u | ||
| 122. Pectoral Sandpiper | c | c | ||
| 123. Dunlin | fc | c | vr | |
| 124. Stilt Sandpiper | u | c | ||
| 125. Buff-breasted Sandpiper | vr | u | ||
| 126. Ruff | vr | vr | ||
| 127. Short-billed Dowitcher | fc | fc | ||
| 128. Long-billed Dowitcher | u | fc | ||
| 129. Wilson's Snipe | c | c | r | |
| 130. American Woodcock | fc | u | u | |
| 131. Wilson's Phalarope | u | u | ||
| 132. Red-necked Phalarope | r | r | ||
| 133. Red Phalarope | r | vr | ||
| Family Laridae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 134. Laughing Gull | u | u | u | vr |
| 135. Franklin's Gull | u | fc | ||
| 136. Little Gull | vr | r | ||
| 137. Bonaparte's Gull | c | c | u | |
| 138. Mew Gull | vr | |||
| 139. Ring-billed Gull | c | c | c | c |
| 140. California Gull | r | r | r | r |
| 141. Herring Gull | fc | fc | c | |
| 142. Thayer's Gull | r | r | ||
| 143. Iceland Gull | r | |||
| 144. Lesser Black-backed Gull | r | u | u | |
| 145. Slaty-backed Gull | vr | |||
| 146. Glaucous-winged Gull | vr | vr | ||
| 147. Glaucous Gull | vr | r | ||
| 148. Great Black-backed Gull | r | |||
| 149. Sabine's Gull | u | |||
| 150. Black-legged Kittiwake | r | r | ||
| 151. Sooty Tern | vr | |||
| 152. Least Tern | r | u | r | |
| 153. Caspian Tern | fc | fc | ||
| 154. Black Tern | fc | fc | ||
| 155. Common Tern | fc | fc | ||
| 156. Arctic Tern | vr | |||
| 157. Forster's Tern | fc | fc | ||
| Family Stercorariidae | ||||
| 158. Pomarine Jaeger | vr | r | ||
| 159. Parasitic Jaeger | r | |||
| 160. Long-tailed Jaeger | r | |||
| Family Alcidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 161. Ancient Murrelet | vr | |||
| Family Columbidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 162. Rock Pigeon | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 163. Eurasian Collared-Dove | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 164. White-winged Dove | vr | vr | vr | |
| 165. Mourning Dove | c | c | c | c |
| 166. Passenger Pigeon | ||||
| Family Psittacidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| *** Monk Parakeet | * | * | * | * |
| Family Cuculidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 167. Yellow-billed Cuckoo | c | c | c | |
| 168. Black-billed Cuckoo | u | u | u | |
| Family Tytonidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 169. Barn Owl | u | u | u | u |
| Family Strigidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 170. Eastern Screech-Owl | c | c | c | c |
| 171. Great Horned Owl | c | c | c | c |
| 172. Snowy Owl | r | r | ||
| 173. Barred Owl | c | c | c | c |
| 174. Long-eared Owl | r | vr | r | u |
| 175. Short-eared Owl | r | r | u | |
| 176. Northern Saw-whet Owl | r | r | u | |
| Family Caprimulgidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 177. Common Nighthawk | fc | fc | fc | |
| 178. Chuck-will's-widow | vr | vr | ||
| 179. Whip-poor-will | fc | fc | vr | |
| Family Apodidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 180. Chimney Swift | c | c | c | |
| Family Trochilidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 181. Ruby-throated Hummingbird | c | c | c | |
| Family Alcedinidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 182. Belted Kingfisher | u | u | u | u |
| Family Picidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 183. Red-headed Woodpecker | c | c | c | fc |
| 184. Red-bellied Woodpecker | c | c | c | c |
| 185. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | fc | fc | r | |
| 186. Downy Woodpecker | c | c | c | c |
| 187. Hairy Woodpecker | fc | fc | fc | fc |
| 188. Northern Flicker | c | c | c | fc |
| 189. Pileated Woodpecker | u | u | u | u |
| Family Tyrannidae | spring | summer | fall | winter |
| 190. Olive-sided Flycatcher | r | r | ||
| 191. Eastern Wood-Pewee | c | c | c | |
| 192. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | u | u | ||
| 193. Acadian Flycatcher | fc | fc | * | |
| 194. Alder Flycatcher | fc | * | ||
| 195. Willow Flycatcher | u |