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.

6 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-AB Magnificent FrigatebirdAug 1903south of BurlingtonDes Moines0
1988-11 Magnificent Frigatebird25-26 Sep 1988Clear L.Cerro Gordo0
1988-12 Magnificent Frigatebird2 Oct 1988Red Rock Res.Marion0
1988-13 Magnificent Frigatebird3 Oct 1988Red Rock Res.Marion0
2005-53 Magnificent Frigatebird4-5 Sep 2005L. MacbrideJohnson5
2007-41 Magnificent Frigatebird2-3 Sep 2007Spirit LakeDickinson6