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.

4 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   
1981-EZ Golden-crowned SparrowSep 1872Lake MillsWinnebago1
1981-FB Golden-crowned Sparrow3 - 7 May 1977JamaicaGuthrie1
1995-24 Golden-crowned Sparrow4 May 1995near Little Wall LakeHamilton1
2004-05 Golden-crowned Sparrow24 Jan -15 Feb 2004Lake Meyer NCWinneshiek6
2025-01 Golden-crowned Sparrow1 Jan 2025 Union1