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.

9 total accepted records; current status is Accidental
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   
1980-17 Lark Bunting29 Jul 1980south of ThurmanFremont1
1994-20 Lark Bunting30 Apr 1994n. of BurlingtonDes Moines1
2001-01 Lark Bunting1-8 Jan 2001PerryDallas5
2001-AA Lark Bunting19 Sep 1997Bacon CreekWoodbury1
2005-22 Lark Bunting7 May 2005Gitchie ManitouLyon1
2006-02 Lark Bunting19 Jan 2006near Davis CityDecatur1
2014-21 Lark Bunting4 Jun 2014LansingAllamakee1
2014-37 Lark Bunting25 Jun 2014HospersSioux1
2016-15 Lark Bunting14 May 2016Hallett PittsSac1
2016-26 Lark Bunting1 Sep 2016140th St. / Kingbird Ave.Audubon1
2017-02 Lark Bunting10 Feb 2017feeder 3 mile west of Centerville IaAppanoose2
2021-40 Lark Bunting15 Jun 2021DeSoto NWR (IA), Harrison, Iowa, USHarrison1
2024-08 Lark Bunting17 Jul 2024Raccoon River ParkPolk1