Bird AlbumUnited States · Illinois
Jackson Park, Chicago
310 species and 262,591 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 230 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Rock DoveColumba livia
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jackson Park, Chicago – Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow area0 km291 species
- Lincoln Park, Chicago – North Pond17 km248 species
- Lincoln Park, Chicago – Jarvis Bird Sanctuary19 km251 species
- Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago21 km356 species
- LaBagh Woods Forest Preserve26 km216 species
- Greene Valley Forest Preserve41 km261 species
All 310 species recorded here
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- California Gull Larus californicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jackson Park, Chicago?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 230 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jackson Park, Chicago?
310 species, from 262,591 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jackson Park, Chicago in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-billed Gull, Mallard, American Crow, Common Starling and Bufflehead.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.