Iowa Birds Reporting

The Early-Late Dates are updated four times each year after each seasonal report has been published.  This list is intended to give birders a guideline for providing details and perhaps documenting birds observed outside of the know time frames.  Print a copy for your car.

The following species always require documentation, reviewed by the seven member Records Committee, to archive the details of birds rare in Iowa.  This list is subject to change annually as we learn more about distribution and as records ebb and flow.  Check back often to see those changes.

These species, although meeting criteria to be regular in the state, should be documented when they are observed away from known locations:

• Ferruginous Hawk - Hitchcock Hawkwatch in fall, Pottawattamie County
• Black-billed Magpie - Broken Kettle Grassland, Plymouth County
• Bewick's Wren - Argyle junkyard, Lee County

DEFINITIONS
Casual - seen many years but not all, at least 3 and less than 9 of last 10 years.
Accidental - seen once to several times, but less than 4 of last 10 years.
Extirpated - No wild birds recorded in the state in recent years

Other (new to Iowa) Accidental Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Casual Fulvous Whistling-Duck Accidental Taiga Bean-Goose Accidental Brant Casual Eurasian Wigeon Accidental Mottled Duck Accidental Garganey Accidental King Eider Accidental Common Eider Accidental Harlequin Duck Accidental Barrow's Goldeneye Casual Sharp-tailed Grouse Extirpated Yellow-billed Loon Accidental Clark's Grebe Casual Wood Stork Accidental Magnificent Frigatebird Accidental Neotropic Cormorant Casual Anhinga Accidental Brown Pelican Casual Tricolored Heron Accidental Reddish Egret Accidental White Ibis Accidental Glossy Ibis Casual Roseate Spoonbill Accidental Black Vulture Casual Swallow-tailed Kite Accidental Black Rail Accidental King Rail Casual Purple Gallinule Accidental Whooping Crane Accidental Snowy Plover Casual Eskimo Curlew Extirpated Long-billed Curlew Accidental Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Accidental Curlew Sandpiper Accidental Ruff Casual Red Phalarope Casual Black-legged Kittiwake Casual Ivory Gull Accidental Black-headed Gull Accidental Little Gull Casual Ross's Gull Accidental Black-tailed Gull Accidental Mew Gull Casual California Gull Casual Slaty-backed Gull Accidental Great Black-backed Gull Casual Arctic Tern Accidental Royal Tern Accidental Pomarine Jaeger Accidental Parasitic Jaeger Accidental Long-tailed Jaeger Accidental Thick-billed Murre Accidental Long-billed Murrelet Accidental Ancient Murrelet Accidental Common Ground-Dove Accidental Groove-billed Ani Accidental Northern Hawk Owl Accidental Burrowing Owl Casual Great Gray Owl Accidental Boreal Owl Accidental Green Violetear Accidental Anna's Hummingbird Accidental Rufous Hummingbird Accidental Broad-billed Hummingbird Accidental Lewis's Woodpecker Accidental Acorn Woodpecker Accidental Red-breasted Sapsucker Accidental Black-backed Woodpecker Accidental Crested Caracara Accidental Gyrfalcon Accidental Western Wood-Pewee Accidental "Western" Flycatcher Accidental Say's Phoebe Accidental Vermilion Flycatcher Accidental Fork-tailed Flycatcher Accidental Gray Jay Accidental Pinyon Jay Accidental Clark's Nutcracker Accidental Fish Crow Accidental Common Raven Accidental Violet-green Swallow Accidental Cave Swallow Accidental Boreal Chickadee Accidental Pygmy Nuthatch Accidental Rock Wren Accidental Pacific Wren Accidental Mountain Bluebird Casual Sage Thrasher Accidental Curve-billed Thrasher Accidental Sprague's Pipit Casual Bohemian Waxwing Casual Chestnut-collared Longspur Accidental MacGillivray's Warbler Accidental Prairie Warbler Casual Black-throated Gray Warbler Accidental Townsend's Warbler Accidental Green-tailed Towhee Accidental Black-throated Sparrow Accidental Lark Bunting Accidental Baird's Sparrow Accidental Golden-crowned Sparrow Accidental Western Tanager Casual Black-headed Grosbeak Casual Lazuli Bunting Casual Painted Bunting Casual Hooded Oriole Accidental Bullock's Oriole Accidental Scott's Oriole Accidental Brambling Accidental Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Accidental Pine Grosbeak Accidental White-winged Crossbill Casual Hoary Redpoll Accidental Lesser Goldfinch Accidental Evening Grosbeak Accidental