Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Mexican Violetear - 2006-43
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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. Until older (pre-2000) records have all been entered, you may need to check this PDF of older records to get a complete count. Select a species to get started and then explore some of the other reports in the menu bar.

4 total accepted records; current status is Accidental
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and the news icon provides further details on the record.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
2000-10 Common Raven29 Apr 2000Spirit LakeDickinson1
2003-05 Common Raven26 Apr 2003Pammel SPMadison1
2004-08 Common Raven22 Feb 2004west of ChurchtownAllamakee1
2016-AA Common Raven3 Jan 2004WhitingMonona1
2005-51 Common Raven23 Sep 2005n. of Storm LakeBuena Vista1
2007-49 Common Raven9 Nov 2007Hitchcock NAPottawattamie1
2007-63 Common Raven14 Dec 2007AmesStory1
2010-07 Common Raven22 May 2010Intersection of Hwy 2 and M16Fremont1
2014-50 Common Raven8-25 Nov 2014Big Creek Spillway on Saylorville ReservoirPolk6
2017-35 Common Raven24 Oct 2017Broken Kettle GrasslandsPlymouth1
2020-48 Common Raven28 Sep 2020Palisades ParkWinneshiek1
2023-10 Common Raven20 Jul 2023Magnolia Rd. & 315th St. 41°53'46.8"N 93°53'45.2"WBoone1
2023-12 Common Raven6 Aug 2023Liberty Cemetery, 315th St. & Magnolia Ave.Boone1