United States Ramsar wetland
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
302 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
105 species in January.120 species in February.138 species in March.232 species in April.250 species in May.207 species in June.183 species in July.200 species in August.218 species in September.178 species in October.149 species in November.123 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
302 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 302Speciesrecorded more than once
- 222Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 13ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 195,125Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 132 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 6Owls
- 36Waders
- 20Gulls & seabirds
- 34Ducks & geese
- 23Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 140Songbirds
- 28Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 302 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
Gulls & seabirds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Ducks & geese34 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- RedheadAythya americana
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
Herons, ibises & grebes23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds140 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaNT
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- American CootFulica americana
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Rallus elegansRallus elegans
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan1°/-8°49 mm
- Feb3°/-7°48 mm
- Mar10°/-1°65 mm
- Apr18°/5°100 mm
- May23°/12°117 mm
- Jun28°/17°113 mm
- Jul30°/19°92 mm
- Aug30°/18°91 mm
- Sep26°/14°85 mm
- Oct18°/6°81 mm
- Nov10°/0°61 mm
- Dec3°/-5°57 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge.
Wetland wildlife refuge in Fulton County, Illinois
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in United States.
302 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 195,125 open records.
The most recorded are the Agelaius phoeniceus, the Killdeer and the Canada Goose.
144 species come for the summer, 73 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
13 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher and Chimney Swift.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: sunrise-sunsetOfficial site↗
- Sycamore Motor Lodgeplace to stay · 4.6 km · 2 within 10 km
- Havananearest town · 3.8 km in a straight line
- General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 km in a straight lineCar hire at PIA airport (Peoria)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 15car parks within 3 km
- 2places to stay within 10 kmSycamore Motor Lodge, Red Lion Motor Lodge
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Other places nearby.
Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
United States
- 89Birdyas Score
- 302Species
- 222Migrants
- 13Threatened
Dixon Waterfowl Refuge
United States · 118 km
- 88Birdyas Score
- 286Species
- 207Migrants
- 11Threatened
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
United States · 275 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 354Species
- 261Migrants
- 14Threatened
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
United States · 297 km
- 71Birdyas Score
- 177Species
- 124Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5372516) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 195,125 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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