Illinois Ornithological Records Committee
Checklist of the Birds of Illinois
updated July 28, 2011
ANSERIFORMES
Anatidae
1. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
2. Fulvous Whistling-Duck
3. Greater White-fronted Goose
4. Snow Goose
5. Ross's Goose
6. Brant
7. Cackling Goose
8. Canada Goose
9. Mute Swan (I)
10. Trumpeter Swan
11. Tundra Swan
12. Wood Duck
13. Gadwall
14. Eurasian Wigeon
15. American Wigeon
16. American Black Duck
17. Mallard
18. Mottled Duck
19. Blue-winged Teal
20. Cinnamon Teal
21. Northern Shoveler
22. Northern Pintail
23. Garganey
24. Green-winged Teal
25. Canvasback
26. Redhead
27. Ring-necked Duck
28. Tufted Duck
29. Greater Scaup
30. Lesser Scaup
31. King Eider
32. Common Eider
33. Harlequin Duck
34. Surf Scoter
35. White-winged Scoter
36. Black Scoter
37. Long-tailed Duck
38. Bufflehead
39. Common Goldeneye
40. Barrow's Goldeneye
41. Hooded Merganser
42. Common Merganser
43. Red-breasted Merganser
44. Ruddy Duck
GALLIFORMES
Odontophoridae
45. Northern Bobwhite
Phasianidae
46. Gray Partridge (I)
47. Ring-necked Pheasant
(I)
48. Ruffed Grouse
49. Sharp-tailed Grouse
50. Greater Prairie-Chicken
51. Wild Turkey
GAVIIFORMES
Gaviidae
52. Red-throated Loon
53. Pacific Loon
54. Common Loon
55. Yellow-billed Loon
PODICIPEDIFORMES
Podicipedidae
56. Pied-billed Grebe
57. Horned Grebe
58. Red-necked Grebe
59. Eared Grebe
60. Western Grebe
61. Clark's Grebe
CICONIIFORMES
Ciconiidae
62. Wood Stork
SULIFORMES
Fregatidae
63. Magnificent Frigatebird
Sulidae
64. Northern Gannet
Phalacrocoracidae
65. Neotropic Cormorant
66. Double-crested Cormorant
Anhingidae
67. Anhinga
PELECANIFORMES
Pelecanidae
68. American White Pelican
69. Brown Pelican
Ardeidae
70. American Bittern
71. Least Bittern
72. Great Blue Heron
73. Great Egret
74. Snowy Egret
75. Little Blue Heron
76. Tricolored Heron
77. Reddish Egret
78. Cattle Egret
79. Green Heron
80. Black-crowned Night-Heron
81. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Threskiornithidae
82. White Ibis
83. Glossy Ibis
84. White-faced Ibis
85. Roseate Spoonbill
ACCIPITRIFORMES
Cathartidae
86. Black Vulture
87. Turkey Vulture
Pandionidae
88. Osprey
Accipitridae
89. Swallow-tailed Kite
90. White-tailed Kite
91. Mississippi Kite
92. Bald Eagle
93. Northern Harrier
94. Sharp-shinned Hawk
95. Cooper's Hawk
96. Northern Goshawk
97. Red-shouldered Hawk
98. Broad-winged Hawk
99. Swainson's Hawk
100. Red-tailed Hawk
101. Ferruginous Hawk
102. Rough-legged Hawk
103. Golden Eagle
FALCONIFORMES
Falconidae
104. American Kestrel
105. Merlin
106. Gyrfalcon
107. Peregrine Falcon
108. Prairie Falcon
GRUIFORMES
Rallidae
109. Yellow Rail
110. Black Rail
111. King Rail
112. Virginia Rail
113. Sora
114. Purple Gallinule
115. Common Gallinule
116. American Coot
Gruidae
117. Sandhill Crane
118. Whooping Crane
CHARDADRIIFORMES
Charadriidae
119. Black-bellied Plover
120. American Golden-Plover
121. Snowy Plover
122. Wilson's
Plover
123. Semipalmated Plover
124. Piping Plover
125. Killdeer
126. Mountain Plover
Recurvirostridae
127. Black-necked Stilt
128. American Avocet
Scolopacidae
129. Spotted Sandpiper
130. Solitary Sandpiper
131. Greater Yellowlegs
132. Willet
133. Lesser Yellowlegs
134. Upland Sandpiper
135. Eskimo Curlew
136. Whimbrel
137. Long-billed Curlew
138. Hudsonian Godwit
139. Marbled Godwit
140. Ruddy Turnstone
141. Red Knot
142. Sanderling
143. Semipalmated Sandpiper
144. Western Sandpiper
145. Least Sandpiper
146. White-rumped Sandpiper
147. Baird's Sandpiper
148. Pectoral Sandpiper
149. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
150. Purple Sandpiper
151. Dunlin
152. Curlew Sandpiper
153. Stilt Sandpiper
154. Buff-breasted Sandpiper
155. Ruff
156. Short-billed Dowitcher
157. Long-billed Dowitcher
158. Wilson's Snipe
159. American Woodcock
160. Wilson's Phalarope
161. Red-necked Phalarope
162. Red Phalarope
Laridae
163. Black-legged Kittiwake
164. Ivory Gull
165. Sabine's Gull
166. Bonaparte's Gull
167. Black-headed Gull
168. Little Gull
169. Ross's Gull
170. Laughing Gull
171. Franklin's Gull
172. Black-tailed Gull
173. Mew Gull
174. Ring-billed Gull
175. Western Gull
176. California Gull
177. Herring Gull
178. Thayer's Gull
179. Iceland Gull
180. Lesser Black-backed Gull
181. Slaty-backed Gull
182. Glaucous-winged Gull
183. Glaucous Gull
184. Great Black-backed Gull
185. Sooty Tern
186. Least Tern
187. Large-billed Tern
188. Gull-billed Tern
189. Caspian Tern
190. Black Tern
191. Common Tern
192. Arctic Tern
193. Forster's Tern
194. Royal Tern
195. Sandwich Tern
196. Black Skimmer
Stercorariidae
197. Pomarine Jaeger
198. Parasitic Jaeger
199. Long-tailed Jaeger
Alcidae
200. Dovekie
201. Ancient Murrelet
COLUMBIFORMES
Columbidae
202. Rock Pigeon (I)
203. Band-tailed Pigeon
204. Eurasian Collared-Dove
(I)
205. White-winged Dove
206. Mourning Dove
207. Passenger Pigeon
208. Inca Dove
209. Common Ground-Dove
PSITTACIFORMES
Psittacidae
210. Monk Parakeet (I)
211. Carolina Parakeet
CUCULIFORMES
Cuculidae
212. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
213. Black-billed Cuckoo
214. Groove-billed Ani
STRIGIFORMES
Tytonidae
215. Barn Owl
Strigidae
216. Eastern Screech-Owl
217. Great Horned Owl
218. Snowy Owl
219. Northern Hawk Owl
220. Burrowing Owl
221. Barred Owl
222. Long-eared Owl
223. Short-eared Owl
224. Boreal Owl
225. Northern Saw-whet Owl
CAPR5MULGIFORMES
Caprimulgidae
226. Common Nighthawk
227. Chuck-will's-widow
228. Eastern Whip-poor-will
APODIFORMES
Apodidae
229. Chimney Swift
Trochilidae
230. Green Violetear
231. Broad-billed Hummingbird
232. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
233. Anna's Hummingbird
234. Rufous Hummingbird
235. Allen's Hummingbird
CORACIIFORMES
Alcedinidae
236. Belted Kingfisher
PICIFORMES
Picidae
237. Red-headed Woodpecker
238. Red-bellied Woodpecker
239. Williamson's Sapsucker
240. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
241. Downy Woodpecker
242. Hairy Woodpecker
243. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
244. Black-backed Woodpecker
245. Northern Flicker
246. Pileated Woodpecker
PASSERIFORMES
Tyrannidae
247. Olive-sided Flycatcher
248. Eastern Wood-Pewee
249. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
250. Acadian Flycatcher
251. Alder Flycatcher
252. Willow Flycatcher
253. Least Flycatcher
254. Eastern Phoebe
255. Say's Phoebe
256. Vermilion Flycatcher
257. Ash-throated Flycatcher
258. Great Crested Flycatcher
259. Tropical Kingbird
260. Western Kingbird
261. Eastern Kingbird
262. Gray Kingbird
263. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
264. Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Laniidae
265. Loggerhead Shrike
266. Northern Shrike
Vireonidae
267. White-eyed Vireo
268. Bell's Vireo
269. Yellow-throated Vireo
270. Blue-headed Vireo
271. Warbling Vireo
272. Philadelphia Vireo
273. Red-eyed Vireo
Corvidae
274. Blue Jay
275. Western Scrub-Jay
276. Clark's Nutcracker
277. Black-billed Magpie
278. American Crow
279. Fish Crow
280. Common Raven
Alaudidae
281. Horned Lark
Hirundinidae
282. Purple Martin
283. Tree Swallow
284. Violet-green Swallow
285. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
286. Bank Swallow
287. Cliff Swallow
288. Cave Swallow
289. Barn Swallow
Paridae
290. Carolina Chickadee
291. Black-capped Chickadee
292. Boreal Chickadee
293. Tufted Titmouse
Sittidae
294. Red-breasted Nuthatch
295. White-breasted Nuthatch
296. Brown-headed Nuthatch
Certhiidae
297. Brown Creeper
Troglodytidae
298. Rock Wren
299. Carolina Wren
300. Bewick's Wren
301. House Wren
302. Winter Wren
303. Sedge Wren
304. Marsh Wren
Polioptilidae
305. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Regulidae
306. Golden-crowned Kinglet
307. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Muscicapidae
308. Northern Wheatear
Turdidae
309. Eastern Bluebird
310. Mountain Bluebird
311. Townsend's Solitaire
312. Veery
313. Gray-cheeked Thrush
314. Swainson's Thrush
315. Hermit Thrush
316. Wood Thrush
317. American Robin
318. Varied Thrush
Mimidae
319. Gray Catbird
320. Northern Mockingbird
321. Sage Thrasher
322. Brown Thrasher
323. Curve-billed Thrasher
Sturnidae
324. European Starling (I)
Motacillidae
325. American Pipit
326. Sprague's Pipit
Bombycillidae
327. Bohemian Waxwing
328. Cedar Waxwing
Calcariidae
329. Lapland Longspur
330. Chestnut-collared Longspur
331. Smith's Longspur
332. Snow Bunting
Parulidae
333. Ovenbird
334. Worm-eating Warbler
335. Louisiana Waterthrush
336. Northern Waterthrush
337. Golden-winged Warbler
338. Blue-winged Warbler
339. Black-and-white Warbler
340. Prothonotary Warbler
341. Swainson's Warbler
342. Tennessee Warbler
343. Orange-crowned Warbler
344. Nashville Warbler
345. Connecticut Warbler
346. MacGillivray's Warbler
347. Mourning Warbler
348. Kentucky Warbler
349. Common Yellowthroat
350. Hooded Warbler
351. American Redstart
352. Kirtland's Warbler
353. Cape May Warbler
354. Cerulean Warbler
355. Northern Parula
356. Magnolia Warbler
357. Bay-breasted Warbler
358. Blackburnian Warbler
359. Yellow Warbler
360. Chestnut-sided Warbler
361. Blackpoll Warbler
362. Black-throated Blue Warbler
363. Palm Warbler
364. Pine Warbler
365. Yellow-rumped Warbler
366. Yellow-throated Warbler
367. Prairie Warbler
368. Grace's Warbler
369. Black-throated Gray Warbler
370. Townsend's Warbler
371. Hermit Warbler
372. Black-throated Green Warbler
373. Canada Warbler
374. Wilson's Warbler
375. Yellow-breasted Chat
Emberizidae
376. Green-tailed Towhee
377. Spotted Towhee
378. Eastern Towhee
379. Cassin's Sparrow
380. Bachman's Sparrow
381. American Tree Sparrow
382. Chipping Sparrow
383. Clay-colored Sparrow
384. Brewer's Sparrow
385. Field Sparrow
386. Vesper Sparrow
387. Lark Sparrow
388. Black-throated Sparrow
389. Lark Bunting
390. Savannah Sparrow
391. Grasshopper Sparrow
392. Henslow's Sparrow
393. Le Conte's Sparrow
394. Nelson's Sparrow
395. Fox
Sparrow
396. Song Sparrow
397. Lincoln's Sparrow
398. Swamp Sparrow
399. White-throated Sparrow
400. Harris's Sparrow
401. White-crowned Sparrow
402. Golden-crowned Sparrow
403. Dark-eyed Junco
Cardinalidae
404. Hepatic Tanager
405. Summer Tanager
406. Scarlet Tanager
407. Western Tanager
408. Northern Cardinal
409. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
410. Black-headed Grosbeak
411. Blue Grosbeak
412. Lazuli Bunting
413. Indigo Bunting
414. Painted Bunting
415. Dickcissel
Icteridae
416. Bobolink
417. Red-winged Blackbird
418. Eastern Meadowlark
419. Western Meadowlark
420. Yellow-headed Blackbird
421. Rusty Blackbird
422. Brewer's Blackbird
423. Common Grackle
424. Great-tailed Grackle
425. Brown-headed Cowbird
426. Orchard Oriole
427. Baltimore Oriole
428. Scott's Oriole
Fringillidae
429. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
430. Pine Grosbeak
431. Purple Finch
432. House Finch
433. Red Crossbill
434. White-winged Crossbill
435. Common Redpoll
436. Hoary Redpoll
437. Pine Siskin
438. American Goldfinch
439. Evening Grosbeak
Passeridae
440. House Sparrow (I)
441. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (I)