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.

7 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   
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