Bird List for Better Birdwatching in
Illinois & Indiana,
148 species

FLYCATCHERS
__ Eastern Wood-Pewee
__ Alder Flycatcher
__ Willow Flycatcher
__ Least Flycatcher
__ Yellow-bellied
     Flycatcher
__ Acadian Flycatcher
__ Eastern Phoebe
__ Great-crested Flycatcher
__ Eastern Kingbird
VIREOS  
__ Yellow-throated Vireo
__ Blue-headed Vireo
__ Warbling Vireo
__ Red-eyed Vireo
JAYS, CROWS
__ Blue Jay
__ American Crow
LARKS, SWALLOWS
__ Horned Lark
__ Purple Martin
__ Tree Swallow
__ Northern Rough-
     winged Swallow
__ Bank Swallow
__ Cliff Swallow
__ Barn Swallow
CHICKADEES, TITMICE  
__ Carolina Chickadee                                                    
__ Black-capped
    Chickadee
__ Tufted Titmouse
NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS    
__ White-breasted
     Nuthatch
__ Brown Creeper
WRENS
__ Carolina Wren
__ House Wren
KINGLETS
__ Golden-crowned
     Kinglet
__ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
__ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
THRUSHES, BLUEBIRDS
__ Eastern Bluebird
__ Veery
__ Swainson's Thrush
__ Hermit Thrush
__ Wood Thrush
__ American Robin
THRASHERS, MOCKINGBIRDS  
__ Gray Catbird
__ Northern Mockingbird
__ Brown Thrasher
WAXWINGS
__ Cedar Waxwing
WARBLERS  
__ Blue-winged Warbler
__ Golden-winged Warbler
__ Tennessee Warbler
__ Nashville Warbler
__ Northern Parula
__ Yellow Warbler
__ Chestnut-sided Warbler
__ Magnolia Warbler
__ Cape May Warbler
__ Black-throated Blue
     Warbler
__ Yellow-rumped
     Warbler
__ Black-throated Green
     Warbler
__ Blackburnian Warbler
__ Prairie Warbler
__ Blackpoll Warbler
__ Black-and-white
     Warbler
__ American Redstart
__ Ovenbird
__ Northern Waterthrush
__ Louisiana Waterthrush
__ Wilson's Warbler
__ Common Yellowthroat
__ Hooded Warbler
__ Yellow-breasted Chat
TANAGERS  
__ Scarlet Tanager
TOWHEES, SPARROWS  
__ Eastern Towhee
__ American Tree Sparrow
__ Chipping Sparrow
__ Field Sparrow
__ Vesper Sparrow
__ Savannah Sparrow
__ Fox Sparrow
__ Song Sparrow
__ Swamp Sparrow
__ White-throated Sparrow
__ White-crowned
     Sparrow
__ Dark-eyed Junco




GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS     
__ Northern Cardinal
__ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
__ Indigo Bunting
__ Dickcissel
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES  
__ Red-winged Blackbird
__ Bobolink
__ Eastern Meadowlark
__ Common Grackle
__ Brown-headed Cowbird
__ Orchard Oriole
__ Baltimore Oriole
FINCHES
__ House Finch
__ American Goldfinch
GREBES  
__ Pied-billed Grebe
CORMORANTS  
__ Double-crested
     Cormorant
HERONS, EGRETS  
__ Great Blue Heron
__ Cattle Egret
__ Green Heron
VULTURES    
__ Turkey Vulture
WATERFOWL  
__ Canada Goose
__ Snow Goose
__ Wood Duck
__ American Black Duck
__ American Wigeon
__ Blue-winged Teal
__ Canvasback
__ Lesser Scaup
__ Common Merganser
__ Ruddy Duck
HAWKS, FALCONS  
__ Bald Eagle
__ Northern Harrier
__ Sharp-shinned Hawk
__ Cooper's Hawk
__ Broad-winged Hawk
__ Red-tailed Hawk  
FALCONS
__ American Kestrel
GROUSE
__ Northern Bobwhite
__ Ring-necked Pheasant
RAILS  
__ American Coot
__ Sora
CRANES  
__ Sandhill Crane

PLOVERS
__ Semipalmated Plover
__ Killdeer
SANDPIPERS
__ Greater Yellowlegs
__ Lesser Yellowlegs
__ Solitary Sandpiper
__ Spotted Sandpiper
__ Semipalmated
     Sandpiper
__ Least Sandpiper
__ Wilson's Snipe
__ American Woodcock
GULLS, TERNS  
__ Bonaparte's Gull
__ Ring-billed Gull
__ Black Tern
DOVES, CUCKOOS
__ Mourning Dove
__ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
OWLS  
__ Eastern Screech-Owl
__ Great Horned Owl
__ Barred Owl
GOATSUCKERS  
__ Common Nighthawk
SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS  
__ Chimney Swift
__ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
KINGFISHERS  
__ Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS  
__ Red-headed
    Woodpecker
__ Red-bellied
    Woodpecker
__ Yellow-bellied
     Sapsucker
__ Downy Woodpecker
__ Hairy Woodpecker
__ Northern Flicker