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The northern cardinal is the state bird of Illinois. This list of birds of Illinois includes species documented in the U.S. state of Illinois and accepted by the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee (IORC). As of March 2024, there are 455 species and two species pairs included in the official list.
The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis.It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California, and south through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state 's, district's or territory's government. The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926. It continued when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was ...
Northern League 1993–2010 Southern Illinois Miners: Baseball Frontier League 2007–2021 Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Basketball National Basketball League 1946−1951 The team played 13 games as the Buffalo Bison during the 1946–47 season before moving to Moline, Illinois.
The Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), or “Redbird," gets its name from the Latin, cardinalis, meaning “important."
The Cardinals have played Northern Illinois six times in football since the launch of the Bronze Stalk Trophy. The trophy depicts several cornstalks in tribute to the prevalence of maize around the respective home states of the rivals. Northern Illinois holds a 24–21–2 lead in the series through the 2019 season.
George Bork, quarterback for NIU 1962-63, first NCAA player to pass for more than 3,000 yards, College Football Hall of Fame. Joel Bouagnon, running back for Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. Larry Brink, NFL defensive lineman, two-time Pro Bowler [47] Da'Ron Brown, wide receiver for Kansas City Chiefs.
List of Northern Illinois Huskies in the NFL draft. ... This is a list of NIU Huskies football players in the NFL Draft. Key ... St. Louis Cardinals: G 1990 8 18 211