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CHICAGO, , USA 1 COMMON WINTER OF CHICAGO

Photos by: John Picken except where indicated. Produced by: Tyana Wachter, Josh Engel, J. 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] Rapid Color Guide #723 version 1 06/2016

Canada Goose Mallard (male) Mallard (female) Red-breasted Merganser (male) Branta canadensis Anas platyrhynchos Anas platyrhynchos serrator (Photo: J. Engel) ANATIDAE ANATIDAE ANATIDAE

Red-breasted Merganser (female) (male) Common Merganser (female) Common (male) Mergus serrator Mergus merganser Mergus merganser Bucephala clangula ANATIDAE ANATIDAE ANATIDAE ANATIDAE

Common Goldeneye (female) Herring Gull (adult) Herring Gull (juvenile) Ring-billed Gull (adult) Bucephala clangula Larus argentatus Larus argentatus Larus delawarensis ANATIDAE LARIDAE LARIDAE (Photo: A. Ayyash) LARIDAE

Ring-billed Gull (juvenile) Cooper’s (adult) Cooper’s Hawk (juvenile) Red-tailed Hawk (juvenile) Larus delawarensis cooperii Accipiter cooperii jamaicensis LARIDAE (Photo: A. Ayyash) (Photo: J. Goldner) ACCIPITRIDAE (Photo: F. Morel) ACCIPITRIDAE (Photo: J. Goldner)

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 2 COMMON WINTER BIRDS OF CHICAGO

Photos by: John Picken except where indicated. Produced by: Tyana Wachter, Josh Engel, J. 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] Rapid Color Guide #723 version 1 06/2016

Red-tailed Hawk (adult) Rock Pigeon Downy Woodpecker (male) Buteo jamaicensis Zenaida macroura livia Picoides pubescens ACCIPITRIDAE COLUMBIDAE COLUMBIDAE PICIDAE (Photo: J. Skrentny)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (male) (male) Peregrine (adult) Melanerpes carolinus monachus Falco sparverius Falco peregrinus PICIDAE PSITTACIDAE FALCONIDAE (Photo: J. Engel) FALCONIDAE (Photo: S.Ware)

Peregrine Falcon (juvenile) -breasted Red-breasted Nuthatch Black-capped Chickadee Falco peregrinus Sitta carolinensis Sitta canadensis Poecile atricapillus FALCONIDAE (Photo: Field Museum) SITTIDAE SITTIDAE PARIDAE

American Robin European Starling American Crow Turdus migratorius Sturnus vulgaris Cyanocitta cristata brachyrhynchos TURDIDAE STURNIDAE CORVIDAE

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 3 COMMON WINTER BIRDS OF CHICAGO

Photos by: John Picken except where indicated. Produced by: Tyana Wachter, Josh Engel, J. 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] Rapid Color Guide #723 version 1 05/2016

Dark-eyed Junco (male) Dark-eyed Junco (female) (male) House Sparrow (female) Junco hyemalis Junco hyemalis Passer domesticus Passer domesticus EMBERIZIDAE EMBERIZIDAE PASSERIDAE PASSERIDAE

American Tree Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern (male) (female) Spizelloides arborea Zonotrichia albicollis cardinalis Cardinalis cardinalis EMBERIZIDAE EMBERIZIDAE CARDINALIDAE CARDINALIDAE

American Goldfinch Pine Siskin (male) House Finch (female) Spinus tristis Spinus pinus Haemorhous mexicanus Haemorhous mexicanus FRINGILLIDAE FRINGILLIDAE FRINGILLIDAE FRINGILLIDAE

This guide is meant to help identify most of the birds that inhabit the Chicago area in winter. These are birds that live in parks, neighborhoods, gardens, beaches, and open water, including Lake Michigan. It should cover the birds you see at your feeders. However, the guide is not comprehensive, and you may see birds that are not included. In that case, it is best to consult a field guide such as The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern to find the correct identification.