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. 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.

12 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   
1993-BH Black Vulture17 Sep 19333 miles south of PerryDallas1
1993-BI Black Vulture29 Aug 1959rural farmWinnebago1
1993-BJ Black Vulture28 May 1961Ledges SPBoone1
2002-24 Black Vulture22 Sep 2002Hitchcock Nature AreaPottawattamie1
2005-46 Black Vulture20 Aug 2005Hitchcock NAPottawattamie2
2005-62 Black Vulture21 Nov 2005HazeltonBuchanan1
2006-29 Black Vulture18 Jun 2006near North LibertyJohnson1
2007-46 Black Vulture3-4 Oct 2007Jester ParkPolk4
2007-AB Black Vulture5 Aug 2007Effigy MoundsAllamakee1
2008-21 Black Vulture12 Jul 2008Port Louisa NWRLouisa1
2009-02 Black Vulture24 Feb 2009Des MoinesPolk1
2015-11 Black Vulture22 May 2015Jester ParkPolk1
2016-42 Black Vulture31 Aug 2016DeSoto NWRPottawattamie1
2017-32 Black Vulture21 Oct 2017Between West Union and FayetteFayette1
2019-25 Black Vulture2 Apr 2019Ada Hayden Heritage ParkStory1
2024-03 Black Vulture14 Apr 2023Polk City Wildlife Area/Prairie Flower Recreation AreaPolk1