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The following is a list of 317 birds that people have observed in the Chicago area at least 10 times in the last 30 years.
Acadian Flycatcher
Franklin’s Gull
Purple Finch
Alder Flycatcher
Gadwall
Purple Martin
American Avocet
Glaucous Gull
Purple Sandpiper
American Bittern
Golden Eagle
Red Crossbill
American Black Duck
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red Knot
American Coot
Golden-winged Warbler
Red Phalarope
American Crow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Golden-Plover
Gray Catbird
Red-breasted Merganser
American Goldfinch
Gray Partridge
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Kestrel
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Red-eyed Vireo
American Pipit
Great Black-backed Gull
Redhead
American Redstart
Great Blue Heron
Red-headed Woodpecker
American Robin
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-necked Grebe
American Tree Sparrow
Great Egret
Red-necked Phalarope
American White Pelican
Great Horned Owl
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Red-tailed Hawk
American Woodcock
Greater White-fronted Goose
Red-throated Loon
Baird’s Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-winged Blackbird
Bald Eagle
Green Heron
Ring-billed Gull
Baltimore Oriole
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bank Swallow
Hairy Woodpecker
Ring-necked Pheasant
Barn Owl
Harlequin Duck
Rock Dove
Barn Swallow
Harris's Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Barred Owl
Henslow’s Sparrow
Ross's Goose
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hermit Thrush
Rough-legged Hawk
Bay-breasted Warbler
Herring Gull
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bell’s Vireo
Hoary Redpoll
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Black Rail
Hooded Warbler
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Scoter
Horned Grebe
Ruff (Reeve)
Black Tern
Horned Lark
Rusty Blackbird
Black-and-White Warbler
House Finch
Sabine's Gull
Black-bellied Plover
House Sparrow
Sanderling
Black-billed Cuckoo
House Wren
Sandhill Crane
Blackburnian Warbler
Hudsonian Godwit
Savannah Sparrow
Black-capped Chickadee
Iceland Gull
Scarlet Tanager
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Indigo Bunting
Sedge Wren
Black-headed Gull
Kentucky Warbler
Semipalmated Plover
Black-legged Kittiwake
Killdeer
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Blackpoll Warbler
King Eider
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Black-throated Blue Warbler
King Rail
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black-throated Green Warbler
Lapland Longspur
Short-eared Owl
Blue Grosbeak
Lark Bunting
Smith's Longspur
Blue Jay
Lark Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Laughing Gull
Snow Goose
Blue-headed Vireo
Le Conte’s Sparrow
Snowy Egret
Blue-winged Teal
Least Bittern
Snowy Owl
Blue-winged Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Solitary Sandpiper
Bobolink
Least Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Bohemian Waxwing
Least Tern
Sora
Bonaparte’s Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Spotted Sandpiper
Brant
Lesser Scaup
Spotted Towhee
Brewer’s Blackbird
Lesser Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
Broad-winged Hawk
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Brown Creeper
Little Blue Heron
Surf Scoter
Brown Thrasher
Little Gull
Swainson’s Hawk
Brown-headed Cowbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Swainson’s Thrush
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Swamp Sparrow
Bufflehead
Long-eared Owl
Tennessee Warbler
California Gull
Long-tailed Jaeger
Thayer’s Gull
Canada Goose
Louisiana Waterthrush
Tree Swallow
Canada Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Tricolored Heron
Canvasback
Mallard
Tufted Titmouse
Cape May Warbler
Marbled Godwit
Tundra Swan
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
Turkey Vulture
Caspian Tern
Merlin
Upland Sandpiper
Cattle Egret
Mew Gull
Varied Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Monk Parakeet
Veery
Cerulean Warbler
Mourning Dove
Vesper Sparrow
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Virginia Rail
Chimney Swift
Mute Swan
Warbling Vireo
Chipping Sparrow
Nashville Warbler
Western Grebe
Chuck-will's-widow
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Western Kingbird
Clay-colored Sparrow
Northern Bobwhite
Western Meadowlark
Cliff Swallow
Northern Cardinal
Western Sandpiper
Common Goldeneye
Northern Flicker
Western Tanager
Common Grackle
Northern Goshawk
Whimbrel
Common Loon
Northern Harrier
Whip-poor-will
Common Merganser
Northern Mockingbird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Common Moorhen
Northern Parula
White-crowned Sparrow
Common Nighthawk
Northern Pintail
White-eyed Vireo
Common Redpoll
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Northern Saw-whet Owl
White-throated Sparrow
Common Tern
Northern Shoveler
White-winged Crossbill
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Shrike
White-winged Scoter
Connecticut Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Wild Turkey
Cooper’s Hawk
Oldsquaw
Willet
Dark-eyed Junco
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Dickcissel
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Phalarope
Double-crested Cormorant
Orchard Oriole
Wilson’s Warbler
Downy Woodpecker
Osprey
Winter Wren
Dunlin
Ovenbird
Wood Duck
Eared Grebe
Palm Warbler
Wood Thrush
Eastern Bluebird
Parasitic Jaeger
Worm-eating Warbler
Eastern Kingbird
Pectoral Sandpiper
Yellow Rail
Eastern Meadowlark
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow Warbler
Eastern Phoebe
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Eastern Screech-Owl
Pied-billed Grebe
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Towhee
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Pine Grosbeak
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eurasian Wigeon
Pine Siskin
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
European Starling
Pine Warbler
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
Piping Plover
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Pomarine Jaeger
Yellow-throated Vireo
Forster’s Tern
Prairie Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Prothonotary Warbler