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.

27 total accepted records; current status is Casual
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   
1988-21 Red Phalarope30 Sep - 3 Oct 1988Saylorville Res.Polk0
1991-27 Red Phalarope4 Aug 1991Saylorville Res.Polk0
1991-28 Red Phalarope25 Sep 1991Saylorville Res.Polk0
1991-29 Red Phalarope26 Oct 1991Saylorville Res.Polk0
1992-36 Red Phalarope8 Nov 1992Rathbun Res.Appanoose0
1994-35 Red Phalarope29 Nov 1994Spirit L.Dickinson0
1995-44 Red Phalarope19 Sep 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1995-45 Red Phalarope22-26 Oct 1995Saylorville Res.Polk0
1996-50 Red Phalarope6 Sep 1996Union Slough N.W.R.Kossuth0
1996-51 Red Phalarope13 Oct 1996Saylorville Res.Polk0
1996-52 Red Phalarope3 Nov 1996Spirit L.Dickinson0
1998-26 Red Phalarope7 Oct 1998Coralville Res.Johnson0
2001-22 Red Phalarope8 Sep 2001Coralville Res.Johnson1
2003-21 Red Phalarope14 Sep 2003Owego MeadowsWoodbury1
2006-44 Red Phalarope13-16 Sep 2006Union Slough NWRKossuth5
2006-52 Red Phalarope14 Oct 2006Lake RathbunAppanoose1
2007-44 Red Phalarope18-19 Sep 2007Oak Grove, SaylorvillePolk3
2007-55 Red Phalarope20 Oct 2007Saylorville Res.Polk2
2008-32 Red Phalarope25 Oct 2008Red Rock Res.Marion1
2008-39 Red Phalarope26 Sep 2008Saylorville Res.Polk1
2010-26 Red Phalarope10-19 Oct 2010Rock Creek SPJasper4
2010-41 Red Phalarope5 Oct 2010SaylorvillePolk1
2014-41 Red Phalarope29-30 Aug 2014Oak Grove SaylorvillePolk4
2016-41 Red Phalarope5 Aug 2016Saylorville ReservoirPolk1
2020-28 Red Phalarope7 Jun 2020Eagle LakeHancock1
2020-56 Red Phalarope31 Oct - 7 Nov 2020Saylorville ReservoirPolk5
2021-63 Red Phalarope2 Oct 2021Saylorville ReservoirPolk1