Illinois Checklist
Species data
Abundance Presence
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Highland Rim 0.02
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.01
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Double-crest. Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Highland Rim 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Highland Rim 5.5
Great Lakes Plain 1.2
Driftless Area 1.9
Till Plains 1.2
Dissected Till Plains 1.7
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Highland Rim 0.6
Great Lakes Plain 0.5
Driftless Area 1.8
Till Plains 0.3
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Till Plains 0.00
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Highland Rim 0.5
Till Plains 0.1
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Highland Rim 1.0
Till Plains 0.4
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Highland Rim 1.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.7
Driftless Area 0.2
Till Plains 0.5
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
Black-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Great Lakes Plain 0.7
Till Plains 0.06
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Yellow-crn. Night Heron
Nycticorax violacus
Highland Rim 0.2
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Highland Rim 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 5.4
Driftless Area 0.6
Till Plains 2.1
Dissected Till Plains 4.8
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Highland Rim 1.0
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Driftless Area 0.4
Till Plains 0.5
Dissected Till Plains 1.0
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Highland Rim 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 9.3
Driftless Area 1.5
Till Plains 1.7
Dissected Till Plains 2.2
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Highland Rim 0.02
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Till Plains 0.06
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Till Plains 0.00
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Highland Rim 0.07
Till Plains 0.00
Dissected Till Plains 0.03
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Highland Rim 0.4
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Highland Rim 3.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Driftless Area 0.3
Till Plains 0.5
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Highland Rim 0.01
Mississippi Kite
Ictinia mississippiensis
Highland Rim 0.1
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Driftless Area 0.1
Till Plains 0.07
Dissected Till Plains 0.04
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Till Plains 0.00
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Highland Rim 0.1
Great Lakes Plain 0.06
Till Plains 0.02
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Highland Rim 0.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.02
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Highland Rim 0.01
Driftless Area 0.07
Till Plains 0.00
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Highland Rim 1.9
Great Lakes Plain 1.2
Driftless Area 2.6
Till Plains 0.8
Dissected Till Plains 1.2
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Highland Rim 1.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.9
Driftless Area 0.8
Till Plains 1.0
Dissected Till Plains 1.7
Gray Partridge
Perdix perdix
Great Lakes Plain 0.04
Driftless Area 0.8
Till Plains 0.02
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Highland Rim 0.01
Great Lakes Plain 12.1
Driftless Area 12.9
Till Plains 11.4
Dissected Till Plains 15.3
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Highland Rim 1.6
Great Lakes Plain 0.04
Driftless Area 0.6
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Highland Rim 28.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Driftless Area 6.4
Till Plains 21.9
Dissected Till Plains 20.0
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Sora
Porzana carolina
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Till Plains 0.00
American Coot
Fulica americana
Great Lakes Plain 0.04
Till Plains 0.01
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Highland Rim 3.9
Great Lakes Plain 13.7
Driftless Area 13.5
Till Plains 11.3
Dissected Till Plains 8.9
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Till Plains 0.01
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Driftless Area 0.04
Till Plains 0.03
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Highland Rim 0.09
Till Plains 0.03
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Great Lakes Plain 3.6
Till Plains 0.03
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Great Lakes Plain 2.2
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Till Plains 0.00
Rock Dove
Columba livia
Highland Rim 7.4
Great Lakes Plain 39.7
Driftless Area 23.9
Till Plains 9.7
Dissected Till Plains 15.8
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Highland Rim 44.7
Great Lakes Plain 32.9
Driftless Area 28.2
Till Plains 35.8
Dissected Till Plains 24.8
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Highland Rim 0.05
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Driftless Area 0.5
Till Plains 0.09
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Highland Rim 14.0
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Driftless Area 0.3
Till Plains 3.0
Dissected Till Plains 1.7
Eastern Screech-owl
Otus asio
Highland Rim 0.02
Till Plains 0.02
Dissected Till Plains 0.03
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Highland Rim 0.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Driftless Area 0.7
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Highland Rim 0.7
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.09
Dissected Till Plains 0.05
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Highland Rim 0.04
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Till Plains 0.05
Dissected Till Plains 0.04
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Highland Rim 0.08
Whip-poor-will
Caprimulgus vociferus
Highland Rim 1.1
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Highland Rim 21.4
Great Lakes Plain 15.7
Driftless Area 10.9
Till Plains 13.5
Dissected Till Plains 15.9
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Highland Rim 1.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.08
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Highland Rim 0.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Driftless Area 1.1
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Highland Rim 5.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.9
Driftless Area 6.3
Till Plains 4.2
Dissected Till Plains 5.1
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Highland Rim 18.1
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Driftless Area 2.2
Till Plains 4.7
Dissected Till Plains 2.0
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Highland Rim 3.5
Great Lakes Plain 1.3
Driftless Area 2.5
Till Plains 1.4
Dissected Till Plains 1.9
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Highland Rim 0.8
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Driftless Area 0.3
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Highland Rim 3.0
Great Lakes Plain 4.4
Driftless Area 5.8
Till Plains 2.7
Dissected Till Plains 3.4
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Highland Rim 3.1
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.03
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Highland Rim 8.1
Great Lakes Plain 1.8
Driftless Area 4.2
Till Plains 2.2
Dissected Till Plains 1.6
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Highland Rim 3.6
Till Plains 0.2
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii
Highland Rim 0.09
Great Lakes Plain 1.2
Driftless Area 0.4
Till Plains 0.4
Dissected Till Plains 0.7
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Till Plains 0.01
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Highland Rim 3.1
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Driftless Area 0.9
Till Plains 0.7
Dissected Till Plains 0.6
Grt. Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Highland Rim 7.8
Great Lakes Plain 0.8
Driftless Area 1.0
Till Plains 1.5
Dissected Till Plains 1.9
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis
Till Plains 0.00
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Highland Rim 6.1
Great Lakes Plain 2.7
Driftless Area 5.5
Till Plains 2.9
Dissected Till Plains 5.0
Scissor-tail Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatus
Highland Rim 0.01
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Highland Rim 1.9
Great Lakes Plain 18.3
Driftless Area 11.1
Till Plains 47.6
Dissected Till Plains 20.7
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Highland Rim 10.8
Great Lakes Plain 1.6
Driftless Area 0.07
Till Plains 2.0
Dissected Till Plains 1.2
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Highland Rim 0.8
Great Lakes Plain 2.1
Driftless Area 1.2
Till Plains 0.3
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Highland Rim 2.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.7
Driftless Area 2.4
Till Plains 2.7
Dissected Till Plains 2.7
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Highland Rim 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.09
Driftless Area 8.3
Till Plains 3.4
Dissected Till Plains 0.6
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Highland Rim 4.9
Great Lakes Plain 1.2
Driftless Area 8.1
Till Plains 0.3
Dissected Till Plains 1.2
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Highland Rim 33.1
Great Lakes Plain 15.6
Driftless Area 26.9
Till Plains 24.9
Dissected Till Plains 30.3
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Highland Rim 14.8
Great Lakes Plain 11.5
Driftless Area 15.7
Till Plains 8.8
Dissected Till Plains 9.4
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Highland Rim 30.7
Great Lakes Plain 42.3
Driftless Area 37.5
Till Plains 20.8
Dissected Till Plains 35.0
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Highland Rim 0.6
Black-capped Chickadee
Parus atricapillus
Great Lakes Plain 5.7
Driftless Area 3.8
Till Plains 1.1
Dissected Till Plains 1.9
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
Highland Rim 4.9
Till Plains 0.7
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Highland Rim 18.7
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Driftless Area 2.0
Till Plains 4.8
Dissected Till Plains 2.5
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Highland Rim 3.8
Great Lakes Plain 0.6
Driftless Area 4.0
Till Plains 0.9
Dissected Till Plains 1.6
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Highland Rim 11.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.04
Till Plains 2.0
Dissected Till Plains 0.08
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Highland Rim 0.02
Till Plains 0.00
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Highland Rim 0.6
Great Lakes Plain 13.7
Driftless Area 12.7
Till Plains 5.2
Dissected Till Plains 12.2
Sedge Wren
Cistothorus platensis
Great Lakes Plain 0.1
Driftless Area 0.3
Till Plains 0.03
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Great Lakes Plain 0.08
Till Plains 0.01
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Highland Rim 7.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.06
Driftless Area 0.8
Till Plains 0.8
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Highland Rim 11.0
Great Lakes Plain 0.4
Driftless Area 3.9
Till Plains 2.2
Dissected Till Plains 1.3
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Till Plains 0.00
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Highland Rim 5.5
Great Lakes Plain 0.8
Driftless Area 1.4
Till Plains 0.5
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Highland Rim 31.2
Great Lakes Plain 103.1
Driftless Area 63.6
Till Plains 58.5
Dissected Till Plains 62.1
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Highland Rim 2.8
Great Lakes Plain 5.3
Driftless Area 12.7
Till Plains 2.6
Dissected Till Plains 5.9
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Highland Rim 14.1
Till Plains 4.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.8
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Highland Rim 9.0
Great Lakes Plain 2.4
Driftless Area 8.1
Till Plains 5.3
Dissected Till Plains 6.9
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Highland Rim 2.8
Great Lakes Plain 6.0
Driftless Area 1.1
Till Plains 1.2
Dissected Till Plains 4.8
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
Highland Rim 1.4
Driftless Area 0.04
Till Plains 0.4
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Highland Rim 54.5
Great Lakes Plain 161.4
Driftless Area 96.4
Till Plains 91.5
Dissected Till Plains 109.0
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Highland Rim 10.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Bell's Vireo
Vireo bellii
Highland Rim 0.01
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Highland Rim 2.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Driftless Area 0.8
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.3
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Highland Rim 4.4
Great Lakes Plain 3.0
Driftless Area 3.0
Till Plains 2.3
Dissected Till Plains 2.7
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Highland Rim 3.3
Great Lakes Plain 1.1
Driftless Area 1.1
Till Plains 0.4
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Highland Rim 0.3
Till Plains 0.01
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Great Lakes Plain 0.02
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Highland Rim 2.5
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Yellow Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Highland Rim 0.7
Great Lakes Plain 2.7
Driftless Area 1.2
Till Plains 0.5
Dissected Till Plains 1.1
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Dendroica pensylvanica
Highland Rim 0.1
Till Plains 0.00
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Highland Rim 1.0
Till Plains 0.04
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Highland Rim 0.8
Prairie Warbler
Dendroica discolor
Highland Rim 2.0
Till Plains 0.00
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Highland Rim 0.02
Till Plains 0.01
Black-&-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Highland Rim 0.05
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Till Plains 0.00
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Highland Rim 0.08
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Driftless Area 0.1
Till Plains 0.05
Dissected Till Plains 0.06
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Highland Rim 0.3
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.05
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorus
Highland Rim 0.5
Driftless Area 0.07
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillus
Highland Rim 0.3
Great Lakes Plain 0.03
Driftless Area 0.04
Till Plains 0.01
Dissected Till Plains 0.02
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Highland Rim 0.3
Till Plains 0.01
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Highland Rim 3.7
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.01
Mourning Warbler
Oporornis philadelphia
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Highland Rim 18.8
Great Lakes Plain 8.0
Driftless Area 10.4
Till Plains 9.2
Dissected Till Plains 9.7
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Highland Rim 0.07
Great Lakes Plain 0.01
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Highland Rim 14.2
Great Lakes Plain 0.06
Till Plains 0.8
Dissected Till Plains 0.08
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Highland Rim 4.2
Till Plains 0.06
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Highland Rim 2.1
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Driftless Area 0.5
Till Plains 0.1
Dissected Till Plains 0.08
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Highland Rim 47.3
Great Lakes Plain 21.1
Driftless Area 10.9
Till Plains 18.7
Dissected Till Plains 16.3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Great Lakes Plain 0.6
Driftless Area 6.3
Till Plains 1.1
Dissected Till Plains 3.3
Blue Grosbeak
Guiraca caerulea
Highland Rim 3.8
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.00
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Highland Rim 53.4
Great Lakes Plain 8.1
Driftless Area 10.4
Till Plains 21.4
Dissected Till Plains 17.9
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Highland Rim 5.2
Great Lakes Plain 2.2
Driftless Area 4.1
Till Plains 21.8
Dissected Till Plains 17.9
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Highland Rim 10.4
Great Lakes Plain 0.3
Driftless Area 1.0
Till Plains 1.0
Dissected Till Plains 0.6
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Highland Rim 6.5
Great Lakes Plain 18.4
Driftless Area 13.6
Till Plains 5.3
Dissected Till Plains 12.7
Field Sparrow
Spizella pusilla
Highland Rim 15.4
Great Lakes Plain 3.2
Driftless Area 9.8
Till Plains 5.7
Dissected Till Plains 3.4
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Great Lakes Plain 5.9
Driftless Area 5.9
Till Plains 4.5
Dissected Till Plains 6.4
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Highland Rim 0.1
Till Plains 0.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.2
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Great Lakes Plain 5.4
Driftless Area 24.0
Till Plains 0.4
Dissected Till Plains 2.6
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Highland Rim 0.9
Great Lakes Plain 0.9
Driftless Area 4.3
Till Plains 4.7
Dissected Till Plains 3.0
Henslow's Sparrow
Ammodramus henslowii
Highland Rim 0.06
Driftless Area 0.2
Till Plains 0.00
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Highland Rim 3.2
Great Lakes Plain 40.2
Driftless Area 48.5
Till Plains 21.1
Dissected Till Plains 25.4
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
Great Lakes Plain 0.2
Till Plains 0.02
Dissected Till Plains 0.1
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Great Lakes Plain 2.7
Driftless Area 5.9
Till Plains 0.8
Dissected Till Plains 1.2
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Highland Rim 91.8
Great Lakes Plain 125.4
Driftless Area 303.6
Till Plains 190.0
Dissected Till Plains 147.7
Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna
Highland Rim 24.5
Great Lakes Plain 11.1
Driftless Area 21.4
Till Plains 27.5
Dissected Till Plains 14.3
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Great Lakes Plain 1.9
Driftless Area 11.0
Till Plains 1.2
Dissected Till Plains 12.1
Yellow-head. Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Till Plains 0.01
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Highland Rim 86.4
Great Lakes Plain 126.2
Driftless Area 39.7
Till Plains 95.2
Dissected Till Plains 77.4
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Highland Rim 27.4
Great Lakes Plain 15.3
Driftless Area 32.5
Till Plains 12.6
Dissected Till Plains 18.9
Orchard Oriole
Icterus spurius
Highland Rim 6.6
Great Lakes Plain 0.09
Driftless Area 0.3
Till Plains 1.2
Dissected Till Plains 0.4
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Highland Rim 2.4
Great Lakes Plain 3.0
Driftless Area 5.6
Till Plains 2.8
Dissected Till Plains 6.1
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
Highland Rim 1.5
Great Lakes Plain 14.2
Driftless Area 4.7
Till Plains 2.1
Dissected Till Plains 1.7
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Dissected Till Plains 0.03
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Highland Rim 11.2
Great Lakes Plain 14.8
Driftless Area 19.0
Till Plains 6.6
Dissected Till Plains 8.2
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Highland Rim 54.3
Great Lakes Plain 164.3
Driftless Area 171.9
Till Plains 165.0
Dissected Till Plains 184.2
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Till Plains 0.5
Dissected Till Plains 0.04