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.

3 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   
1989-11 Slaty-backed Gull12-21 Feb 1989BettendorfScott0
2006-63 Slaty-backed Gull16-24 Dec 2006Lake ManawaPottawattamie5
2016-47 Slaty-backed Gull23 Dec 2016Morningstar airport pitsPolk3
2024-19 Slaty-backed Gull3 Dec 2024Hotspot A.Y. McDonald ParkDubuque1