CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 1 COMMON SUMMER BIRDS OF CHICAGO
Photos by: John Picken except where indicated. Produced by: Tyana Wachter, Josh Engel, Juliana Philipp & Douglas Stotz © Josh Engel [[email protected]]. With the support from Connie Keller and the Andrew Mellon Foundation © Science and Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605 USA. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [[email protected]] [593] version 1 6/2015
Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-heron Black-crowned Night-heron Canada Goose Ardea herodias Nycticorax nycticorax (adult) Nycticorax nycticorax (juv.) Branta canadensis ARDEIDAE ARDEIDAE ARDEIDAE ANATIDAE
Mallard Mallard Cooper’s Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Anas platyrhynchos (male) Anas platyrhynchos (female) Accipiter cooperii Accipiter cooperii (juv.) ANATIDAE ANATIDAE ACCIPITRIDAE Photo: J. Goldner ACCIPITRIDAE Photo: F. Morel
Red-tailed Hawk Peregrine Falcon Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Buteo jamaicensis Falco peregrinus Charadrius vociferus Larus delawarensis (adult) ACCIPITRIDAE Photo: J. Goldner FALCONIDAE Photo: S. Ware CHARADRIIDAE LARIDAE
Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Herring Gull Caspian Tern Larus argentatus (juv.) Larus delaw arensis (juv.) Larus argentatus (adult) Hydroprogne caspia LARIDAE Photo: J. Engel LARIDAE Photo: A. Ayyash LARIDAE Photo: A. Ayyash LARIDAE Photo: C. Coen CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 2 COMMON SUMMER BIRDS OF CHICAGO
Photos by: John Picken except where indicated. Produced by: Tyana Wachter, Josh Engel, Juliana Philipp & Douglas Stotz © Josh Engel [[email protected]]. With the support from Connie Keller and Andrew Mellon Foundation © Science and Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605 USA. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [[email protected]] [593] version 1 6/2015
Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Downy Woodpecker Columba livia Zenaida macroura Chaetura pelagica Picoides pubescens COLUMBIDAE COLUMBIDAE APODIDAE Photo: F. Morel PICIDAE Photo: J. Skrentny
Northern Flicker American Crow Blue Jay Barn Swallow Colaptes auratus Corvus brachyrhynchos Cyanocitta cristata Hirundo rustica PICIDAE CORVIDAE CORVIDAE Photo: M. Cvetas HIRUNDINIDAE
Black-capped Chickadee American Robin European Starling European Starling Poecile atricapillus Turdus migratorius Sturnus vulgaris (adult) Sturnus vulgaris (juv.) PARIDAE TURDIDAE STURNIDAE STURNIDAE Photo: S. Ware
Northern Cardinal Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Cardinalis cardinalis (male) Cardinalis cardinalis (female) Agelaius phoeniceus (male) Agelaius phoeniceus (female) CARDINALIDAE CARDINALIDAE ICTERIDAE ICTERIDAE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 3 COMMON SUMMER BIRDS OF CHICAGO
Photos by: John Picken except where indicated. Produced by: Produced by: Tyana Wachter, Josh Engel, Juliana Philipp & Douglas Stotz © Josh Engel [[email protected]]. With the support from Connie Keller and the Andrew Mellon Foundation © Science and Education, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605 USA. [fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org] [[email protected]] [593] version 1 6/2015
Common Grackle Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Brown-headed Cowbird Quiscalus quiscula (adult) Quiscalus quiscula (juv.) Molothrus ater (adult) Molothrus ater (juv.) ICTERIDAE Photo: J. Engel ICTERIDAE ICTERIDAE Photo: C. Coen ICTERIDAE Photo: J. Bruchman
House Finch House Finch American Goldfinch American Goldfinch Haemorhous mexicanus (male) Haemorhous mexicanus (female) Spinus tristis (male) Spinus tristis (female) FRINGILLIDAE FRINGILLIDAE Photo: C. Coen FRINGILLIDAE FRINGILLIDAE
House Sparrow House Sparrow Montrose Beach Passer domesticus (male) Passer domesticus (female) PASSERIDAE PASSERIDAE This guide is meant to help identify the most common birds that inhabit the Chicago area in summer. These are birds that are found in parks, neighborhoods, gardens, and beaches; even parking lots, athletic fields, and in dense urban areas. This field guide is not comprehensive, and you may see birds that are not included. In that case, it is best to consult other resources to find the correct identification. City Park