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.

34 total accepted records; current status is Regular
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   
2002-25 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck5 Oct 2002Cedar RapidsLinn1
2005-17 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck18 Apr 2005W. OkobojiDickinson2
2005-18 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck19 Apr 2005AldenHardin5
2005-19 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck20 Apr 2005Iowa CityJohnson1
2005-32 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck22 Jun 2005Mississippi R.Lee1
2005-40 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck26 Jul - 5 Aug 2005Lake AnitaCass4
2007-30 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck27 May - 4 Jun 2007near Mt. PleasantHenry1
2007-32 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck6 May 2007L. ManawaPottawattamie1
2008-20 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck10 Jun 2008BeamanGrundy1
2009-12 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck30 April 2009Diamond LakePoweshiek2
2009-25 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck1 May 2009Hobbs PitsCarroll3
2009-31 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck23 Sep 2009near Fort MadisonLee1
2010-39 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck12 Aug 2010Rathbun WAAppanoose1
2013-30 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck20 Aug 2013Lake PonderosaPoweshiek1
2014-27 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck10 May 2014Backyard, SpencerClay1
2014-30 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck3 Jul 2014Green Island WMAJackson1
2014-36 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck2 Jun 2014Crow Creek WMAScott1
2015-10 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck13 May 2015T69N R40W Sec. 15Fremont1
2015-16 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck18 Jun 2015Wapsi River Environmental CenterScott2
2015-20 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck7 Sep 2015Union Slough NWRKossuth1
2017-19 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck2 May 20178th Street and Avenue G in Council BluffsPottawattamie1
2018-27 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck2 Jul 2018Saddleback Ridge Golf Course near Solon Johnson1
2018-40 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck9 Jun 2018 Polk1
2019-21 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck13 Jul - 7 Aug 2019Lake ManawaPottawattamie3
2019-26 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck26 Jun 2019rural area east of Missouri RiverMills1
2019-27 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck9 Aug 2019 Mills1
2019-28 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck13 Jul - 7 Aug 2019Cedar LakeLinn6
2020-29 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck12 Jun 202015 West Lake Village, Lake Manawa, Council Bluffs, IowaPottawattamie1
2020-51 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck12 Oct 2020Grand Mound Sewage PondsClinton2
2020-52 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck31 Oct 2020Deere DikeDubuque2
2021-19 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck27 Apr 2021Hawkeye WMA Johnson4
2021-38 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck6 Jun 2021Muscatine Muscatine2
2021-39 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck8 Jun 2021Prairie Lakes in Cedar FallsBlack Hawk1
2021-44 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck28 Jul 2021private wetland adjacent to Bob Pyle M.Story1
2021-46 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck2 Aug 2021Kettleson-Hogsback Waterfowl Production AreaDickinson1