Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Townsend's Warbler - 2015-18
© Joe Jungers

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.

11 total accepted records; current status is Casual
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and the news icon provides further details on the record.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
2006-AC Swallow-tailed Kite5 May 1864Sioux CityWoodbury1
2007-AG Swallow-tailed Kite8 May 1878 Black Hawk1
2000-23 Swallow-tailed Kite14-15 Sep 2000Portland TownshipCerro Gordo3
2004-31 Swallow-tailed Kite3-4 Jun 2004north of Iowa CityJohnson6
2012-32 Swallow-tailed Kite25 Aug 2012Otter Creek MarshTama4
2014-42 Swallow-tailed Kite31 Aug 20143097 285th St. Stuart, IA 50250Guthrie1
2016-25 Swallow-tailed Kite21 Sep 2016Hitchcock Nature CenterPottawattamie1
2016-34 Swallow-tailed Kite21 Aug 2016Hawkeye Wildlife Area; Greencastle CausewayJohnson5
2017-26 Swallow-tailed Kite15 Sep 2017 Harrison1
2018-26 Swallow-tailed Kite29 Aug 201841.9404491,-90.1987884Clinton1
2022-47 Swallow-tailed Kite6 Sep 2021EarlhamMadison1