Illinois Ornithological Records Committee
Checklist of the Birds of Illinois
updated September 22, 2009

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
PELECANIFORMES
Sulidae
  62. Northern Gannet
Pelecanidae
  63. American White Pelican
  64. Brown Pelican
Phalacrocoracidae
  65. Neotropic Cormorant
  66. Double-crested Cormorant
Anhingidae
  67. Anhinga
Fregatidae
  68. Magnificent Frigatebird
CICONIIFORMES
Ardeidae
  69. American Bittern
  70. Least Bittern
  71. Great Blue Heron
  72. Great Egret
  73. Snowy Egret
  74. Little Blue Heron
  75. Tricolored Heron
  76. Reddish Egret
  77. Cattle Egret
  78. Green Heron
  79. Black-crowned Night-Heron
  80. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Threskiornithidae
  81. White Ibis
  82. Glossy Ibis
  83. White-faced Ibis
  84. Roseate Spoonbill
Ciconiidae
  85. Wood Stork
FALCONIFORMES
Cathartidae
  86. Black Vulture
  87. Turkey Vulture
Accipitridae
  88. Osprey
  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
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 Moorhen
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. Whip-poor-will
APODIFORMES
Apodidae
229. Chimney Swift
Trochilidae
230. Green Violetear
231. Broad-billed Hummingbird
232. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
233. Rufous Hummingbird
234. Allen's Hummingbird
CORACIIFORMES
Alcedinidae
235. Belted Kingfisher
PICIFORMES
Picidae
236. Red-headed Woodpecker
237. Red-bellied Woodpecker
238. Williamson's Sapsucker
239. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
240. Downy Woodpecker
241. Hairy Woodpecker
242. Red-cockaded Woodpecker
243. Black-backed Woodpecker
244. Northern Flicker
245. Pileated Woodpecker
PASSERIFORMES
Tyrannidae
246. Olive-sided Flycatcher
247. Eastern Wood-Pewee
248. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
249. Acadian Flycatcher
250. Alder Flycatcher
251. Willow Flycatcher
252. Least Flycatcher
253. Eastern Phoebe
254. Say's Phoebe
255. Vermilion Flycatcher
256. Ash-throated Flycatcher
257. Great Crested Flycatcher
258. Tropical Kingbird
259. Western Kingbird
260. Eastern Kingbird
261. Gray Kingbird
262. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
263. Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Laniidae
264. Loggerhead Shrike
265. Northern Shrike
Vireonidae
266. White-eyed Vireo
267. Bell's Vireo
268. Yellow-throated Vireo
269. Blue-headed Vireo
270. Warbling Vireo
271. Philadelphia Vireo
272. Red-eyed Vireo
Corvidae
273. Blue Jay
274. Western Scrub-Jay
275. Clark's Nutcracker
276. Black-billed Magpie
277. American Crow
278. Fish Crow
279. Common Raven
Alaudidae
280. Horned Lark
Hirundinidae
281. Purple Martin
282. Tree Swallow
283. Violet-green Swallow
284. Northern Rough-winged Swallow    
285. Bank Swallow
286. Cliff Swallow
287. Cave Swallow
288. Barn Swallow
Paridae
289. Carolina Chickadee
290. Black-capped Chickadee
291. Boreal Chickadee
292. Tufted Titmouse
Sittidae
293. Red-breasted Nuthatch
294. White-breasted Nuthatch
295. Brown-headed Nuthatch
Certhiidae
296. Brown Creeper
Troglodytidae
297. Rock Wren
298. Carolina Wren
299. Bewick's Wren
300. House Wren
301. Winter Wren
302. Sedge Wren
303. Marsh Wren
Regulidae
304. Golden-crowned Kinglet
305. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sylviidae
306. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Turdidae
307. Northern Wheatear
308. Eastern Bluebird
309. Mountain Bluebird
310. Townsend's Solitaire
311. Veery
312. Gray-cheeked Thrush
313. Swainson's Thrush
314. Hermit Thrush
315. Wood Thrush
316. American Robin
317. Varied Thrush
Mimidae
318. Gray Catbird
319. Northern Mockingbird
320. Sage Thrasher
321. Brown Thrasher
322. Curve-billed Thrasher
Sturnidae
323. European Starling (I)
Motacillidae
324. American Pipit
325. Sprague's Pipit
Bombycillidae
326. Bohemian Waxwing
327. Cedar Waxwing
Parulidae
328. Blue-winged Warbler
329. Golden-winged Warbler
330. Tennessee Warbler
331. Orange-crowned Warbler
332. Nashville Warbler
333. Northern Parula
334. Yellow Warbler
335. Chestnut-sided Warbler
336. Magnolia Warbler
337. Cape May Warbler
338. Black-throated Blue Warbler
339. Yellow-rumped Warbler
340. Black-throated Gray Warbler
341. Black-throated Green Warbler
342. Townsend's Warbler
343. Hermit Warbler
344. Blackburnian Warbler
345. Yellow-throated Warbler
346. Grace's Warbler
347. Pine Warbler
348. Kirtland's Warbler
349. Prairie Warbler
350. Palm Warbler
351. Bay-breasted Warbler
352. Blackpoll Warbler
353. Cerulean Warbler
354. Black-and-white Warbler
355. American Redstart
356. Prothonotary Warbler
357. Worm-eating Warbler
358. Swainson's Warbler
359. Ovenbird
360. Northern Waterthrush
361. Louisiana Waterthrush
362. Kentucky Warbler
363. Connecticut Warbler
364. Mourning Warbler
365. MacGillivray's Warbler
366. Common Yellowthroat
367. Hooded Warbler
368. Wilson's Warbler
369. Canada Warbler
370. Yellow-breasted Chat
Emberizidae
371. Green-tailed Towhee
372. Spotted Towhee
373. Eastern Towhee
374. Cassin's Sparrow
375. Bachman's Sparrow
376. American Tree Sparrow
377. Chipping Sparrow
378. Clay-colored Sparrow
379. Brewer's Sparrow
380. Field Sparrow
381. Vesper Sparrow
382. Lark Sparrow
383. Black-throated Sparrow
384. Lark Bunting
385. Savannah Sparrow
386. Grasshopper Sparrow
387. Henslow's Sparrow
388. Le Conte's Sparrow
389. Nelson's Sparrow
390. Fox  Sparrow
391. Song Sparrow
392. Lincoln's Sparrow
393. Swamp Sparrow
394. White-throated Sparrow
395. Harris's Sparrow
396. White-crowned Sparrow
397. Golden-crowned Sparrow
398. Dark-eyed Junco
399. Lapland Longspur
400. Smith's Longspur
401. Chestnut-collared Longspur
402. Snow Bunting
Cardinalidae
403. Hepatic Tanager
404. Summer Tanager
405. Scarlet Tanager
406. Western Tanager
407. Northern Cardinal
408. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
409. Black-headed Grosbeak
410. Blue Grosbeak
411. Lazuli Bunting
412. Indigo Bunting
413. Painted Bunting
414. Dickcissel
Icteridae
415. Bobolink
416. Red-winged Blackbird
417. Eastern Meadowlark
418. Western Meadowlark
419. Yellow-headed Blackbird
420. Rusty Blackbird
421. Brewer's Blackbird
422. Common Grackle
423. Great-tailed Grackle
424. Brown-headed Cowbird
425. Orchard Oriole
426. Baltimore Oriole
427. Scott's Oriole
Fringillidae
428. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
429. Pine Grosbeak
430. Purple Finch
431. House Finch
432. Red Crossbill
433. White-winged Crossbill
434. Common Redpoll
435. Hoary Redpoll
436. Pine Siskin
437. American Goldfinch
438. Evening Grosbeak
Passeridae
439. House Sparrow (I)
440. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (I)