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Illinois Ornithology: Field Guides to Illinois Birds

A finding aid for Illinois Ornithology resources, historical and current, including publications of the Illinois Natural History Survey.

Select guides from WorldCat are shown below. Find more field guides in WorldCat and the University Library Catalog from these sample search links:

Bird Field Guides covering Illinois in the University Library Catalog
Finds field guides or other identification aids for birds in Illinois and the surrounding region.
Bird field guides in WorldCat: find guides in a Library near you
Sample search for bird field guides and identification aids for Illinois and the surrounding region in WorldCat. Add your location to find items in libraries near you.

Books in the University Library

All about Birds Midwest

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 2022

American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Illinois

by Michael L. P. Retter; Brian E. Small, 2017

A Birder's Guide to the Chicago Region

Joel Greenberg, 1999

Birding Illinois

Sheryl DeVore, Steven Bailey, and Gregory Kennedy, 2004

Illinois Birds: Forest Species

Tara Beveroth, Illinois Natural History Survey, 2016

The Illinois Breeding Bird Atlas

Vernon M. Kleen, Liane Cordle, and Robert A. Montgomery, 2004

Midwest Birding Companion

Stan Tekiela, 2021

Southern Illinois Birds

W. Douglas Robinson, 2016

A Guide to Finding Birds along the Illinois River Flyway

Joseph Steensma and Colin Dobson, 2018