This checklist was compiled by members of Kane County Audubon using historical data. Birds are listed in taxonomic order. The relative abundance of each species per season is depicted according to the following key:

This checklist was originally published in 1998. It was amended in 2004 and 2006. This is the latest revision (2010). If you find errors in this list, please forward your comments to the KCA webmaster.

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SP

S

F

W

B

Greater White-fronted Goose

U

U

Snow Goose

R

U

Ross' Goose

Canada Goose

A

C

A

A

B

Cackling Goose

Mute Swan

U

R

U

B

Tundra Swan

R

U

R

Wood Duck

C

C

C

R

B

Gadwall

U

C

U

American Wigeon

U

U

R

American Black Duck

R

V

U

U

B

Mallard

C

C

C

C

B

Blue-winged Teal

C

U

A

B

Northern Shoveler

C

R

C

V

Northern Pintail

U

V

U

•

Green-winged Teal

C

R

C

U

Canvasback

U

U

R

Redhead

C

C

U

Ring-necked Duck

C

C

U

Greater Scaup

R

R

Lesser Scaup

C

C

U

Bufflehead

U

U

R

Common Goldeneye

U

U

U

Hooded Merganser

U

R

U

R

B

Common Merganser

U

R

R

Red-breasted Merganser

U

U

Ruddy Duck

U

R

U

R

Ring-necked Pheasant

R

R

R

R

B

Wild Turkey

R

R

R

R

B

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

R

R

Red-necked Grebe

R

R

Eared Grebe

R

•

American White Pelican

Double-crested Cormorant

U

U

American Bittern

Least Bittern

R

R

R

•

Great Blue Heron

C

U

C

Great Egret

U

U

C

Little Blue Heron

R

•

R

•

Cattle Egret

R

•

R

Green Heron

C

C

C

Black-crowned Night Heron

R

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

R

V

R

B

Turkey Vulture

C

U

C

B

Osprey

U

R

U

B

Bald Eagle

U

U

U

Northern Harrier

U

U

R

Sharp-shinned Hawk

C

C

U

Cooper's Hawk

C

U

C

C

B

Northern Goshawk

R

R

Red-shouldered Hawk

R

R

U

R

B

Broad-winged Hawk

U

R

C

B

Swainson's Hawk

R

R

B

Red-tailed Hawk

C

C

C

C

B

Rough-legged Hawk

•

R

U

Golden Eagle

R

American Kestrel

U

U

U

U

B

Merlin

R

U

Peregrine Falcon

R

R

Virginia Rail

Sora

C

R

U

B

Common Moorhen

R

V

R

B

American Coot

C

U

A

B

Sandhill Crane

C

U

C

R

B

Black-bellied Plover

R

•

R

American Golden Plover

U

U

Semipalmated Plover

U

U

Killdeer

C

A

Greater Yellowlegs

U

U

Lesser Yellowlegs

U

U

Solitary Sandpiper

U

U

Spotted Sandpiper

U

R

U

B

Upland Sandpiper

U

U

B

Ruddy Turnstone

R

R

Semipalmated Sandpiper

U

U

Western Sandpiper

R

R

Least Sandpiper

C

C

White-rumped Sandpiper

R

R

Baird's Sandpiper

R

R

Pectoral Sandpiper

C

C

Dunlin

R

U

Stilt Sandpiper

R

R

Short-billed Dowitcher

U

U

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

U

R

U

B

American Woodcock

U

U

U

B

Wilson's Phalarope

R

R

Franklin's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

U

R

Ring-billed Gull

U

U

U

U

Herring Gull

U

•

U

U

Caspian Tern

R

•

R

Common Tern

R

•

Forster's Tern

R

R

Black Tern

U

R

U

Rock Pigeon

C

C

C

C

B

Mourning Dove

C

C

A

U

B

Black-billed Cuckoo

U

U

U

B

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

U

U

U

B

Eastern Screech- Owl

U

U

U

U

B

Great Horned Owl

U

U

U

U

B

Barred Owl

R

R

R

R

B

Long-eared Owl

R

R

R

Short-eared Owl

R

R

Common Nighthawk

C

U

C

B

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Chimney Swift

U

U

C

•

B

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

U

U

C

B

Belted Kingfisher

U

U

U

R

B

Red-headed Woodpecker

U

R

U

R

B

Red-bellied Woodpecker

C

C

C

C

B

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

U

U

R

Downy Woodpecker

C

C

C

C

B

Hairy Woodpecker

U

U

U

U

B

Northern Flicker

C

U

C

R

B

Olive-sided Flycatcher

U

U

Eastern Wood-peewee

C

C

C

B

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

U

U

Acadian Flycatcher

R

B

Willow Flycatcher

U

U

U

B

Least Flycatcher

U

R

R

Eastern Phoebe

C

U

B

Great Crested Flycatcher

C

C

C

B

Eastern Kingbird

C

C

C

B

Loggerhead Shrike

R

•

B

Northern Shrike

V

White-eyed Vireo

R

R

R

B

Bell's Vireo

R

R

B

Yellow-throated Vireo

R

R

R

B

Blue-headed Vireo

U

U

Warbling Vireo

C

C

C

B

Philadelphia Vireo

R

R

Red-eyed Vireo

C

C

U

B

Blue Jay

C

C

C

U

B

American Crow

C

C

C

C

B

Horned Lark

C

C

C

C

B

Purple Martin

U

U

C

B

Tree Swallow

C

C

A

B

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

U

U

C

B

Bank Swallow

U

U

A

B

Cliff Swallow

U

U

C

B

Barn Swallow

C

C

A

B

Black-capped Chickadee

C

C

C

C

B

Tufted Titmouse

U

U

U

U

B

Red-breasted Nuthatch

V

R

V

V

White-breasted Nuthatch

C

C

C

C

B

Brown Creeper

C

R

C

R

Carolina Wren

R

R

R

R

B

House Wren

C

C

C

B

Winter Wren

R

R

Sedge Wren

R

U

R

B

Marsh Wren

U

R

R

B

Golden-crowned Kinglet

C

C

R

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

C

C

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

C

C

B

Eastern Bluebird

C

U

C

R

B

Veery

U

R

R

B

Gray-cheeked Thrush

U

U

Swainson's Thrush

U

U

Hermit Thrush

C

C

Wood Thrush

U

U

C

B

American Robin

A

C

A

U

B

Gray Catbird

C

C

C

B

Northern Mockingbird

R

R

R

Brown Thrasher

U

U

U

R

B

European Starling

A

C

A

C

B

American Pipit

U

U

Cedar Waxwing

C

U

A

U

B

Blue-winged Warbler

U

R

R

B

Golden-winged Warbler

U

R

Tennessee Warbler

C

C

Orange-crowned Warbler

R

R

Nashville Warbler

C

U

Northern Parula

U

U

Yellow Warbler

C

U

U

B

Chestnut-sided Warbler

U

R

U

Magnolia Warbler

C

C

Cape May Warbler

U

C

Black-throated Blue Warbler

R

R

Yellow-rumped Warbler

C

A

R

Black-throated Green Warbler

C

U

Blackburnian Warbler

U

U

Yellow-throated Warbler

R

•

B

Pine Warbler

R

•

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler

C

C

Bay-breasted Warbler

U

U

Blackpoll Warbler

U

U

Cerulean Warbler

U

Black and White Warbler

U

R

U

B

American Redstart

C

R

C

B

Prothonotary Warbler

R

R

R

B

Worm-eating Warbler

V

•

Ovenbird

C

R

C

B

Northern Waterthrush

U

R

Louisiana Waterthrush

R

Kentucky Warbler

R

Connecticut Warbler

R

R

Mourning Warbler

R

R

Common Yellowthroat

C

C

C

B

Hooded Warbler

U

Wilson's Warbler

U

U

Canada Warbler

U

U

Yellow-breasted Chat

R

R

•

B

Summer Tanager

R

R

Scarlet Tanager

U

U

U

B

Spotted Towhee

•

V

V

Eastern Towhee

U

U

U

B

American Tree Sparrow

C

A

C

Chipping Sparrow

C

C

C

B

Clay-colored Sparrow

R

•

Field Sparrow

U

U

U

R

B

Vesper Sparrow

U

U

U

B

Lark Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

U

U

U

B

Grasshopper Sparrow

U

U

U

B

Henslow's Sparrow

U

U

U

B

Nelson's Sparrow

R

R

Fox Sparrow

C

C

U

Song Sparrow

C

C

C

U

B

Lincoln's Sparrow

U

U

Swamp Sparrow

U

U

U

B

White-throated Sparrow

C

A

C

Harris's Sparrow

V

R

•

White-crowned Sparrow

C

C

U

Dark-eyed Junco

A

A

C

Lapland Longspur

U

U

Snow Bunting

U

U

Northern Cardinal

C

C

C

C

B

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

C

U

C

B

Indigo Bunting

C

C

U

B

Dickcissel

U

U

U

B

Bobolink

U

U

U

B

Red-winged Blackbird

A

A

A

B

Eastern Meadowlark

U

U

U

R

B

Western Meadowlark

R

R

R

B

Yellow-headed Blackbird

R

R

R

B

Rusty Blackbird

U

U

Brewer's Blackbird

R

R

Common Grackle

C

C

A

U

B

Brown-headed Cowbird

C

C

A

U

B

Orchard Oriole

U

U

B

Baltimore Oriole

C

C

C

B

Purple Finch

U

U

R

House Finch

C

C

C

C

B

Red Crossbill

V

V

V

White-winged Crossbill

V

V

Common Redpoll

R

R

Pine Siskin

U

American Goldfinch

C

C

A

C

B

Evening Grosbeak

House Sparrow

C

C

C

C

B