Welcome to the Illinois Audubon Society’s Migration Dashboard. Formerly know as the “Spring Migration Dashboard” we will continue to track the arrival of new species into the state this year.
After a two month drought, we have finally picked up another two species. The two new species are White Ibis, seen in Brown County on 8/4, and Swallow-tailed Kite, seen in Coles County on 8/5. The two are the first new species for the state this year since 30 May.
This is the first time over the last 6 years (2015-2020) that we have not seen a new species during June and July.
The two bring the state total to 322 species for the year, which is three species behind the 325 mark we were at in both 2019 and 2018 on this date and ahead of the 320 we were at in 2017 at this time of year. Over the last few years we have seen 336 to 342 species in Illinois on an annual basis, so we should have 15-20 more species to go yet this year.
First Date Species Was Reported in Illinois (2020)
| Species# | Species |
|---|---|
| 322 | Gyrfalcon |
| 321 | Swallow-tailed Kite |
| 320 | White Ibis |
| 319 | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
| 318 | Brown Pelican |
| 317 | Red Knot |
| 316 | Red Crossbill |
| 315 | Kirtland's Warbler |
| 314 | Ruddy Turnstone |
| 313 | Least Tern |
| 312 | Swainson's Warbler |
| 311 | Red-necked Phalarope |
| 310 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| 309 | Western Tanager |
| 308 | King Rail |
| 307 | Snowy Plover |
| 306 | White-winged Dove |
| 305 | Connecticut Warbler |
| 304 | Alder Flycatcher |
| 303 | Willow Flycatcher |
| 302 | Painted Bunting |
| 301 | Canada Warbler |
| 300 | Cape May Warbler |
| 299 | Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| 298 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| 297 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| 296 | Black Tern |
| 295 | Black-billed Cuckoo |
| 294 | Mourning Warbler |
| 293 | Bay-breasted Warbler |
| 292 | Common Nighthawk |
| 291 | Western Sandpiper |
| 290 | Western Kingbird |
| 289 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
| 288 | Philadelphia Vireo |
| 287 | Cinnamon Teal |
| 286 | Bobolink |
| 285 | Black-bellied Plover |
| 284 | Glossy Ibis |
| 283 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| 282 | Yellow Rail |
| 281 | Veery |
| 280 | Magnolia Warbler |
| 279 | Mississippi Kite |
| 278 | Common Gallinule |
| 277 | Least Flycatcher |
| 276 | Blackburnian Warbler |
| 275 | Gray-cheeked Thrush |
| 274 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
| 273 | Chuck-will's-widow |
| 272 | Bell's Vireo |
| 271 | Golden-winged Warbler |
| 270 | Acadian Flycatcher |
| 269 | Western Grebe |
| 268 | Sanderling |
| 267 | Franklin's Gull |
| 266 | Common Tern |
| 265 | Orchard Oriole |
| 264 | Stilt Sandpiper |
| 263 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
| 262 | Wilson's Phalarope |
| 261 | Willet |
| 260 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
| 259 | White-rumped Sandpiper |
| 258 | Blackpoll Warbler |
| 257 | Piping Plover |
| 256 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
| 255 | Whimbrel |
| 254 | Semipalmated Plover |
| 253 | Tennessee Warbler |
| 252 | American Redstart |
| 251 | Red-eyed Vireo |
| 250 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| 249 | Blue Grosbeak |
| 248 | Blue-winged Warbler |
| 247 | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| 246 | Summer Tanager |
| 245 | Townsend's Warbler |
| 244 | White-faced Ibis |
| 243 | Blue-headed Vireo |
| 242 | Spotted Towhee |
| 241 | Hudsonian Godwit |
| 240 | Kentucky Warbler |
| 239 | Marbled Godwit |
| 238 | Scarlet Tanager |
| 237 | Northern Waterthrush |
| 236 | Yellow Warbler |
| 235 | Wilson's Warbler |
| 234 | Hooded Warbler |
| 233 | American Avocet |
| 232 | Nashville Warbler |
| 231 | Swainson's Thrush |
| 230 | Least Bittern |
| 229 | Eastern Kingbird |
| 228 | Say's Phoebe |
| 227 | Neotropic Cormorant |
| 226 | Red-necked Grebe |
| 225 | Swainson's Hawk |
| 224 | Cerulean Warbler |
| 223 | Lark Sparrow |
| 222 | Snowy Egret |
| 221 | Long-billed Dowitcher |
| 220 | Henslow's Sparrow |
| 219 | Wood Thrush |
| 218 | Worm-eating Warbler |
| 217 | Baltimore Oriole |
| 216 | Green Heron |
| 215 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
| 214 | Prothonotary Warbler |
| 213 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
| 212 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| 211 | Broad-winged Hawk |
| 210 | Little Blue Heron |
| 209 | Baird's Sandpiper |
| 208 | Least Sandpiper |
| 207 | Prairie Warbler |
| 206 | Bank Swallow |
| 205 | Warbling Vireo |
| 204 | Dunlin |
| 203 | White-eyed Vireo |
| 202 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| 201 | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
| 200 | Sora |
| 199 | Solitary Sandpiper |
| 198 | Cattle Egret |
| 197 | Upland Sandpiper |
| 196 | Cliff Swallow |
| 195 | Smith's Longspur |
| 194 | Black-necked Stilt |
| 193 | Chimney Swift |
| 192 | American Bittern |
| 191 | Northern Parula |
| 190 | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| 189 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
| 188 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
| 187 | Black-and-white Warbler |
| 186 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
| 185 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
| 184 | Eared Grebe |
| 183 | American Golden-Plover |
| 182 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
| 181 | House Wren |
| 180 | Purple Martin |
| 179 | Barn Swallow |
| 178 | Caspian Tern |
| 177 | Greater Yellowlegs |
| 176 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
| 175 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
| 174 | Lazuli Bunting |
| 173 | Osprey |
| 172 | Tree Swallow |
| 171 | Spotted Sandpiper |
| 170 | Vesper Sparrow |
| 169 | Palm Warbler |
| 168 | Western Meadowlark |
| 167 | American Woodcock |
| 166 | Northern Goshawk |
| 165 | California Gull |
| 164 | Common Yellowthroat |
| 163 | Townsend's Solitaire |
| 162 | Wilson's Snipe |
| 161 | African Collared-Dove |
| 160 | Common Redpoll |
| 159 | Forster's Tern |
| 158 | Dickcissel |
| 157 | Sedge Wren |
| 156 | Marsh Wren |
| 155 | Brewer's Blackbird |
| 154 | Indigo Bunting |
| 153 | Black Scoter |
| 152 | Laughing Gull |
| 151 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
| 150 | Ovenbird |
| 149 | Barn Owl |
| 148 | Prairie Falcon |
| 147 | Loggerhead Shrike |
| 146 | Long-tailed Duck |
| 145 | Gray Catbird |
| 144 | LeConte's Sparrow |
| 143 | Golden Eagle |
| 142 | Surf Scoter |
| 141 | Greater Prairie-Chicken |
| 140 | Glaucous Gull |
| 139 | Monk Parakeet |
| 138 | Merlin |
| 137 | Harris's Sparrow |
| 136 | Long-eared Owl |
| 135 | Red-throated Loon |
| 134 | European Goldfinch |
| 133 | Tundra Swan |
| 132 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
| 131 | Common Loon |
| 130 | Horned Grebe |
| 129 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
| 128 | White-winged Scoter |
| 127 | Canvasback |
| 126 | Harlequin Duck |
| 125 | Double-crested Cormorant |
| 124 | Snow Bunting |
| 123 | American Pipit |
| 122 | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| 121 | Rough-legged Hawk |
| 120 | Wild Turkey |
| 119 | Pine Warbler |
| 118 | Fish Crow |
| 117 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
| 116 | Clay-colored Sparrow |
| 115 | Great Egret |
| 114 | Lesser Scaup |
| 113 | Chipping Sparrow |
| 112 | Iceland Gull |
| 111 | Pine Siskin |
| 110 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| 109 | Ring-necked Duck |
| 108 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
| 107 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| 106 | Snowy Owl |
| 105 | Whooping Crane |
| 104 | Eurasian Collared-Dove |
| 103 | Ruddy Duck |
| 102 | Mute Swan |
| 101 | Savannah Sparrow |
| 100 | Turkey Vulture |
| 99 | Black Vulture |
| 98 | American Coot |
| 97 | Northern Shoveler |
| 96 | Blue-winged Teal |
| 95 | Wood Duck |
| 94 | Peregrine Falcon |
| 93 | Great Black-backed Gull |
| 92 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| 91 | Purple Finch |
| 90 | Northern Shrike |
| 89 | American White Pelican |
| 88 | Sandhill Crane |
| 87 | Virginia Rail |
| 86 | Trumpeter Swan |
| 85 | Pied-billed Grebe |
| 84 | Northern Bobwhite |
| 83 | Northern Harrier |
| 82 | Greater Scaup |
| 81 | Cackling Goose |
| 80 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| 79 | Cedar Waxwing |
| 78 | Eastern Phoebe |
| 77 | Red-breasted Merganser |
| 76 | Hooded Merganser |
| 75 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| 74 | Rusty Blackbird |
| 73 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| 72 | Horned Lark |
| 71 | Bald Eagle |
| 70 | American Tree Sparrow |
| 69 | Black-capped Chickadee |
| 68 | Short-eared Owl |
| 67 | Common Grackle |
| 66 | Red-winged Blackbird |
| 65 | Eastern Meadowlark |
| 64 | Eastern Towhee |
| 63 | Swamp Sparrow |
| 62 | Song Sparrow |
| 61 | White-throated Sparrow |
| 60 | White-crowned Sparrow |
| 59 | Fox Sparrow |
| 58 | Field Sparrow |
| 57 | Lapland Longspur |
| 56 | Hermit Thrush |
| 55 | Northern Mockingbird |
| 54 | Brown Thrasher |
| 53 | European Starling |
| 52 | Carolina Wren |
| 51 | Winter Wren |
| 50 | Brown Creeper |
| 49 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
| 48 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| 47 | Tufted Titmouse |
| 46 | Carolina Chickadee |
| 45 | American Crow |
| 44 | Blue Jay |
| 43 | American Kestrel |
| 42 | Northern Flicker |
| 41 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 40 | Hairy Woodpecker |
| 39 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| 38 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
| 37 | Belted Kingfisher |
| 36 | Red-tailed Hawk |
| 35 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
| 34 | Cooper's Hawk |
| 33 | Great Blue Heron |
| 32 | Bonaparte's Gull |
| 31 | Killdeer |
| 30 | Mourning Dove |
| 29 | Rock Pigeon |
| 28 | Green-winged Teal |
| 27 | Northern Pintail |
| 26 | American Wigeon |
| 25 | Gadwall |
| 24 | Greater White-fronted Goose |
| 23 | Ross's Goose |
| 22 | Snow Goose |
| 21 | Eastern Bluebird |
| 20 | Barred Owl |
| 19 | Northern Saw-whet Owl |
| 18 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
| 17 | Dark-eyed Junco |
| 16 | American Goldfinch |
| 15 | House Finch |
| 14 | House Sparrow |
| 13 | American Robin |
| 12 | Downy Woodpecker |
| 11 | Herring Gull |
| 10 | Ring-billed Gull |
| 9 | Common Merganser |
| 8 | Common Goldeneye |
| 7 | Bufflehead |
| 6 | Redhead |
| 5 | American Black Duck |
| 4 | Mallard |
| 3 | Northern Cardinal |
| 2 | Canada Goose |
| 1 | Great Horned Owl |
