Reports of Rare Birds

One of the most frequent questions to the Records Commitee is simply "How many records of XXX have been accepted?" The answer to that is easy to see in this report. Select a species to get started and then explore some of the other reports in the menu bar. Note that many regularly seen species may have only a few records for out-of-season sightings.

11 total accepted records; current status is Casual
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and this icon provides further details on the record. links to published articles from Iowa Bird Life.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs   
1985-20 Black-billed Magpie6 Oct 1985NW Lyon CoLyon0
1990-40 Black-billed Magpie29 Dec 1990nr. Sioux CityWoodbury0
1993-IF Black-billed Magpie29 Dec 1990Sioux CityWoodbury0
1995-72 Black-billed Magpie19 Nov 1995Lineberry's RanchPlymouth0
1997-13 Black-billed Magpie8 May 1997s. of WestfieldPlymouth0
1998-17 Black-billed Magpie24 Jan 1998northwest Plymouth CoPlymouth0
1998-18 Black-billed Magpie30 Apr 1998234th St., east of Highway 12Plymouth0
1999-27 Black-billed Magpie27 Sep 1999Hitchcock WA.Pottawattamie0
1999-28 Black-billed Magpie9 Oct 1999Broken Kettle GrasslandsPlymouth0
2000-37 Black-billed Magpie7 Dec 2000Hitchcock Nature AreaPottawattamie1
2002-06 Black-billed Magpie27 Feb 2002west of OsceolaClarke1
2005-12 Black-billed Magpie5 Mar 2005HudsonBlack Hawk1
2009-36 Black-billed Magpie19 Oct 2009Hitchcock WAPottawattamie1
2010-01 Black-billed Magpie12 January 2010Guthrie CenterGuthrie1
2017-29 Black-billed Magpie24 Sep 2017Rt 18Clayton1
2018-20 Black-billed Magpie21 Jul 2018north east of new sharonMahaska1
2019-16 Black-billed Magpie4 Jun 2019Big Creek State ParkPolk1