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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
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  • Franklin’s Gull
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  • 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