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.

13 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   
1985-19 Parasitic Jaeger13-17 Oct 1985Saylorville Res.Polk6
1990-30 Parasitic Jaeger3 Sep 1990Saylorville Res.Polk1
1993-EI Parasitic Jaeger6 Oct 1896near KeokukLee1
1993-EJ Parasitic Jaeger20 Sep 1905Eagle LakeHancock1
1993-EK Parasitic Jaeger28 May 1934RuthvenPalo Alto1
1993-EN Parasitic Jaeger15 May 1971Sweet MarshBremer1
2004-46 Parasitic Jaeger1 Nov 2004Lake ManawaPottawattamie1
2010-23 Parasitic Jaeger17 Sep -2 Oct 2010Lake ManawaPottawattamie2
2010-40 Parasitic Jaeger19-21 Sep 2010Red RockMarion1
2014-56 Parasitic Jaeger1 Nov 2014Saylorville ReservoirPolk1
2015-24 Parasitic Jaeger3 Oct 2015Red Rock Resevoir White Breast PointMarion1
2018-19 Parasitic Jaeger13-14 Jun 2018Hawkeye Wildlife AreaJohnson3
2018-34 Parasitic Jaeger28 Aug 2018Saylorville ReservoirPolk4
2019-31 Parasitic Jaeger18-19 Sep 2019Whitebreast PointMarion2
2021-62 Parasitic Jaeger4 Sep 2021Red Rock ReservoirMarion1
2023-26 Parasitic Jaeger9 Sep 2023Red Rock ReservoirMarion1