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, 2006, 2010, and 2016. This is the latest revision (2017). If you find errors in this list, please forward your comments to the KCA webmaster.

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SP

S

F

W

Greater White-fronted Goose

U

U

Snow Goose

R

U

Ross's Goose

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose*

A

C

A

A

Mute Swan*

U

R

U

Tundra Swan

R

U

R

Wood Duck*

C

C

C

R

Gadwall*

U

C

U

American Wigeon

U

U

R

American Black Duck*

R

V

U

U

Mallard*

C

C

C

C

Blue-winged Teal*

C

U

A

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

Common Merganser

U

R

R

Red-breasted Merganser

U

U

Ruddy Duck*

U

R

U

R

Ring-necked Pheasant*

R

R

R

R

Wild Turkey*

R

R

R

R

Pied-billed Grebe*

Horned Grebe

R

R

Red-necked Grebe

R

R

Eared Grebe

R

•

Rock Pigeon*

C

C

C

C

Mourning Dove*

C

C

A

U

Yellow-billed Cuckoo*

U

U

U

Black-billed Cuckoo*

U

U

U

Common Nighthawk*

C

U

C

Eastern Whip-poor-will*

Chimney Swift*

U

U

C

•

Ruby-throated Hummingbird*

U

U

C

Virginia Rail*

Sora*

C

R

U

Common Gallinule*

R

V

R

American Coot*

C

U

A

Sandhill Crane*

C

U

C

R

Black-bellied Plover

R

•

R

American Golden Plover

U

U

Semipalmated Plover

U

U

Killdeer*

C

A

Upland Sandpiper*

U

U

Ruddy Turnstone

R

R

Stilt Sandpiper

R

R

R

R

Dunlin

R

U

Baird's Sandpiper

R

R

Least Sandpiper

C

C

White-rumped Sandpiper

R

R

Pectoral Sandpiper

C

C

Semipalmated Sandpiper

U

U

Western Sandpiper

R

R

Short-billed Dowitcher

U

U

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe*

U

R

U

American Woodcock*

U

U

U

Spotted Sandpiper*

U

R

U

Solitary Sandpiper

U

U

Greater Yellowlegs

U

U

Lesser Yellowlegs

U

U

Wilson's Phalarope*

R

R

Bonaparte's Gull

U

R

Franklin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

U

U

U

U

Herring Gull

U

•

U

U

Caspian Tern

R

•

R

Black Tern*

U

R

U

Common Tern

R

•

Forster's Tern

R

R

Common Loon

Double-crested Cormorant*

U

U

American White Pelican

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

Turkey Vulture*

C

U

C

Osprey*

U

R

U

Bald Eagle*

U

U

U

Northern Harrier

U

U

R

Sharp-shinned Hawk

C

C

U

Cooper's Hawk*

C

U

C

C

Northern Goshawk

R

R

Red-shouldered Hawk*

R

R

U

R

Broad-winged Hawk*

U

R

C

Swainson's Hawk*

R

R

Red-tailed Hawk*

C

C

C

C

Rough-legged Hawk

•

R

U

Golden Eagle

R

Eastern Screech- Owl*

U

U

U

U

Great Horned Owl*

U

U

U

U

Barred Owl*

R

R

R

R

Long-eared Owl

R

R

R

Short-eared Owl

R

R

Belted Kingfisher

U

U

U

R

Red-headed Woodpecker*

U

R

U

R

Red-bellied Woodpecker*

C

C

C

C

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

U

U

R

Downy Woodpecker*

C

C

C

C

Hairy Woodpecker*

U

U

U

U

Northern Flicker*

C

U

C

R

American Kestrel*

U

U

U

U

Merlin

R

U

Peregrine Falcon

R

R

Olive-sided Flycatcher

U

U

Eastern Wood-peewee*

C

C

C

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

U

U

Acadian Flycatcher*

R

Willow Flycatcher*

U

U

U

Least Flycatcher*

U

R

R

Eastern Phoebe*

C

U

Great Crested Flycatcher*

C

C

C

Eastern Kingbird*

C

C

C

Loggerhead Shrike*

R

•

Northern Shrike

V

White-eyed Vireo*

R

R

R

Bell's Vireo*

R

R

Yellow-throated Vireo*

R

R

R

Blue-headed Vireo

U

U

Philadelphia Vireo

R

R

Warbling Vireo*

C

C

C

Red-eyed Vireo*

C

C

U

Blue Jay*

C

C

C

U

American Crow*

C

C

C

C

Horned Lark*

C

C

C

C

Purple Martin*

U

U

C

Tree Swallow*

C

C

A

Northern Rough-winged Swallow*

U

U

C

Bank Swallow*

U

U

A

Cliff Swallow*

U

U

C

Barn Swallow*

C

C

A

Black-capped Chickadee*

C

C

C

C

Tufted Titmouse*

U

U

U

U

Red-breasted Nuthatch*

V

R

V

V

White-breasted Nuthatch*

C

C

C

C

Brown Creeper*

C

R

C

R

House Wren*

C

C

C

Winter Wren

R

R

Sedge Wren*

R

U

R

Marsh Wren*

U

R

R

Carolina Wren*

R

R

R

R

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*

C

C

Golden-crowned Kinglet

C

C

R

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

C

C

Eastern Bluebird*

C

U

C

R

Veery*

U

R

R

Gray-cheeked Thrush

U

U

Swainson's Thrush

U

U

Hermit Thrush

C

C

Wood Thrush*

U

U

C

American Robin*

A

C

A

U

Gray Catbird*

C

C

C

Brown Thrasher*

U

U

U

R

Northern Mockingbird*

R

R

R

European Starling*

A

C

A

C

Cedar Waxwing*

C

U

A

U

House Sparrow*

C

C

C

C

American Pipit

U

U

House Finch*

C

C

C

C

Purple Finch

U

U

R

Red Crossbill

V

V

V

White-winged Crossbill

V

V

Common Redpoll

R

R

Pine Siskin*

U

American Goldfinch*

C

C

A

C

Evening Grosbeak

Lapland Longspur

U

U

Snow Bunting

U

U

Ovenbird*

C

R

C

Worm-eating Warbler

V

•

Louisiana Waterthrush*

R

Northern Waterthrush

U

R

Golden-winged Warbler

U

R

Blue-winged Warbler*

U

R

R

Black and White Warbler*

U

R

U

Prothonotary Warbler*

R

R

R

Tennessee Warbler

C

C

Orange-crowned Warbler

R

R

Nashville Warbler

C

U

Connecticut Warbler

R

R

Mourning Warbler

R

R

Kentucky Warbler

R

Common Yellowthroat*

C

C

C

Hooded Warbler*

U

American Redstart*

C

R

C

Cape May Warbler

U

C

Cerulean Warbler*

U

Northern Parula*

U

U

Magnolia Warbler

C

C

Bay-breasted Warbler

U

U

Blackburnian Warbler

U

U

Yellow Warbler*

C

U

U

Chestnut-sided Warbler*

U

R

U

Blackpoll Warbler

U

U

Black-throated Blue Warbler

R

R

Palm Warbler

C

C

Pine Warbler

R

•

Yellow-rumped Warbler

C

A

R

Yellow-throated Warbler*

R

•

Prairie Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

C

U

Canada Warbler

U

U

Wilson's Warbler

U

U

Yellow-breasted Chat*

R

R

•

Spotted Towhee

•

V

V

Eastern Towhee*

U

U

U

American Tree Sparrow

C

A

C

Chipping Sparrow*

C

C

C

Clay-colored Sparrow*

R

•

Field Sparrow*

U

U

U

R

Vesper Sparrow*

U

U

U

Lark Sparrow*

Savannah Sparrow*

U

U

U

Grasshopper Sparrow*

U

U

U

Henslow's Sparrow*

U

U

U

Nelson's Sparrow

R

R

Fox Sparrow

C

C

U

Song Sparrow*

C

C

C

U

Lincoln's Sparrow

U

U

Swamp Sparrow*

U

U

U

White-throated Sparrow

C

A

C

Harris's Sparrow

V

R

•

White-crowned Sparrow

C

C

U

Dark-eyed Junco

A

A

C

Summer Tanager*

R

R

Scarlet Tanager*

U

U

U

Northern Cardinal*

C

C

C

C

Rose-breasted Grosbeak*

C

U

C

Indigo Bunting*

C

C

U

Dickcissel*

U

U

U

Bobolink*

U

U

U

Red-winged Blackbird*

A

A

A

Eastern Meadowlark*

U

U

U

R

Western Meadowlark*

R

R

R

Yellow-headed Blackbird*

R

R

R

Rusty Blackbird

U

U

Brewer's Blackbird

R

R

Common Grackle*

C

C

A

U

Brown-headed Cowbird*

C

C

A

U

Orchard Oriole*

U

U

Baltimore Oriole*

C

C

C