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REGULAR SPECIES
(recorded in at least 8 o last 10
years)
ANATIDAE
_____ Greater White-ronted Goose
_____ Snow Goose
_____ Rosss Goose
_____ Cackling Goose
_____ Canada Goose
_____ *Mute Swan
_____ *Trumpeter Swan
_____ Tundra Swan_____ Wood Duck
_____ Gadwall
_____ American Wigeon
_____ American Black Duck
_____ Mallard
_____ Blue-winged Teal
_____ Cinnamon Teal
_____ Northern Shoveler
_____ Northern Pintail
_____ Green-winged Teal
_____ Canvasback
_____ Redhead
_____ Ring-necked Duck
_____ *Greater Scaup
_____ Lesser Scaup
_____ Sur Scoter
_____ White-winged Scoter
_____ Black Scoter
_____ Long-tailed Duck
_____ Buehead
_____ Common Goldeneye
_____ Hooded Merganser
_____ Common Merganser
_____ Red-breasted Merganser
_____ Ruddy Duck
PHASIANIDAE
_____ Gray Partridge
_____ Ring-necked Pheasant
_____ Rued Grouse
_____ #Greater Prairie-Chicken_____ Wild Turkey
_____ Northern Bobwhite
GAVIIDAE
_____ *Red-throated Loon
_____ *Pacifc Loon
_____ Common Loon
PODICIPEDIDAE
_____ Pied-billed Grebe
_____ Horned Grebe
_____ Red-necked Grebe
_____ Eared Grebe
_____ Western Grebe
PELECANIDAE_____ American White Pelican
ACROCORACIDAE
_____ Double-crested Cormorant
ARDEIDAE
_____ #American Bittern
_____ #Least Bittern
_____ Great Blue Heron
_____ Great Egret
_____ Snowy Egret
_____ Little Blue Heron
_____ Cattle Egret
_____ Green Heron
_____ #Black-crowned Night-Heron
_____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
THRESKIORNITHIDAE
_____ White-aced Ibis
CATHARTIDAE
_____ Turkey Vulture
ACCIPITRIDAE
_____ Osprey
_____ Mississippi Kite
_____ #Bald Eagle
_____ #Northern Harrier
_____ Sharp-shinned Hawk
_____ Coopers Hawk
_____ Northern Goshawk_____ #Red-shouldered Hawk
_____ #Broad-winged Hawk
_____ Swainsons Hawk
_____ Red-tailed Hawk
_____ *Ferruginous Hawk
_____ Rough-legged Hawk
_____ Golden Eagle
FALCONIDAE
_____ American Kestrel
_____ Merlin
_____ #Peregrine Falcon
_____ *Prairie Falcon
RALLIDAE_____ *Yellow Rail
_____ Virginia Rail
_____ Sora
_____ #Common Moorhen
_____ American Coot
GRUIDAE
_____ Sandhill Crane
CHARADRIIDAE
_____ Black-bellied Plover
_____ American Golden-Plover
_____ Semipalmated Plover
_____ #Piping Plover
_____ Killdeer
RECURVIROSTRIDAE
_____ Black-necked Stilt
_____ American Avocet
SCOLOPACIDAE
_____ Spotted Sandpiper
_____ Solitary Sandpiper
_____ Greater Yellowlegs
_____ Willet
_____ Lesser Yellowlegs
_____ Upland Sandpiper
_____ Hudsonian Godwit
_____ Marbled Godwit
_____ Ruddy Turnstone
_____ Red Knot_____ Sanderling
_____ Semipalmated Sandpiper
FIELD CHECKLIST OF IOWA BIRDSIowa Ornithologists Union, Revised
2008, 419 Total Species
Copyright 2008 by Iowa Ornithologists Union. All rights
reserved.
This checklist conforms to The American Ornithologists Union
Check-list ofNorth American Birds, 7th ed. and its supplements to
date.
Date ________________________________ Time _________ to
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Location(s)
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Weather: Temp.: ____________ Wind: _____ _____ mph rom ____
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Observer(s)
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Species______________________________________________________
MEMBERSHIP: Access ormembership inormation. The IOU is a
state-wide organization oranyone who enjoys birds.
IA-BIRD LISTSERV: Reports on current bird sightings are
postedalmost daily on the IA-BIRD listserv. Post to
[email protected] at .
REPORTING SIGHTINGS: Observers are encouraged to
submitsignifcant records to the IOU seasonal feld reports editors.
These maybe entered on the IOU web site or by sending sightings to
the seasonal editor (see inside ront cover oIowa Bird Life or
deadlines and addresses).
Unusual sightings should always be substantiated by notes taken
atthe time o observation and, i possible, with photographs. Species
orwhich details are desirable are indicated with an asterisk (*) on
thischecklist. Birds listed as Casual or those not on this
checklist shouldalways be documented. Documentations may be
completed on-line at or sent to the seasonalfeld reports editor.
Also document species seen out o season.Documentations will be
reviewed by the feld reports editors or the IOURecords
Committee.
The IOU, in partnership with Iowa Audubon, is actively
involvedin identiying Iowas Important Bird Areas (IBA) and
monitoringbird populations in these areas. IBA criteria
speciesendangered,threatened, or o conservation concernare
indicated on the checklistby a pound sign (#). Please report your
encounters with these species.
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_____ Snowy Owl
_____ Barred Owl
_____ #Long-eared Owl
_____ #Short-eared Owl
_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl
CAPRIMULGIDAE
_____ Common Nighthawk
_____ #Chuck-wills-widow
_____ Whip-poor-will
APODIDAE
_____ Chimney Swit
TROCHILIDAE
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird
ALCEDINIDAE
_____ Belted Kingfsher
PICIDAE
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
_____ Downy Woodpecker
_____ Hairy Woodpecker
_____ Northern Flicker
_____ #Pileated Woodpecker
TYRANNIDAE
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
_____ Acadian Flycatcher
_____ Alder Flycatcher
_____ Willow Flycatcher
_____ Least Flycatcher
_____ Eastern Phoebe
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher
_____ Western Kingbird
_____ Eastern Kingbird
_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
LANIIDAE_____ #Loggerhead Shrike
_____ Northern Shrike
VIREONIDAE
_____ #White-eyed Vireo
_____ #Bells Vireo
_____ Yellow-throated Vireo
_____ Blue-headed Vireo
_____ Warbling Vireo
_____ Philadelphia Vireo
_____ Red-eyed Vireo
CORVIDAE
_____ Blue Jay
_____ *Black-billed Magpie
_____ American Crow
ALAUDIDAE
_____ Horned Lark
HIRUNDINIDAE
_____ Purple Martin
_____ Tree Swallow
_____ Northern Rough-winged
Swallow
_____ Bank Swallow
_____ Cli Swallow
_____ Barn Swallow
PARIDAE
_____ Black-capped Chickadee
_____ Tuted Titmouse
SITTIDAE
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch
CERTHIIDAE
_____ Brown Creeper
TROGLODYTIDAE
_____ Carolina Wren
_____ House Wren
_____ Winter Wren
_____ Sedge Wren
_____ Marsh Wren
REGULIDAE
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet
SYLVIIDAE
_____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
TURDIDAE
_____ Eastern Bluebird
_____ Townsends Solitaire
_____ #Veery
_____ Gray-cheeked Thrush
_____ Swainsons Thrush
_____ Hermit Thrush
_____ #Wood Thrush
_____ American Robin
_____ Varied Thrush
MIMIDAE
_____ Gray Catbird
_____ Northern Mockingbird
_____ Brown Thrasher
STURNIDAE
_____ European Starling
MOTACILLIDAE
_____ American Pipit
BOMBYCILLIDAE
_____ Bohemian Waxwing
_____ Cedar Waxwing
PARULIDAE
_____ Blue-winged Warbler
_____ Golden-winged Warbler
_____ Tennessee Warbler
_____ Orange-crowned Warbler
_____ Nashville Warbler
_____ Northern Parula
_____ Yellow Warbler
_____ Chestnut-sided Warbler
_____ Magnolia Warbler
_____ Cape May Warbler
_____ Black-throated Blue Warbler
_____ Yellow-rumped Warbler
_____ Black-throated Green War-
bler_____ Blackburnian Warbler
_____ Yellow-throated Warbler
_____ Pine Warbler
_____ Palm Warbler
_____ Bay-breasted Warbler
_____ Blackpoll Warbler
_____ #Cerulean Warbler
_____ Black-and-white Warbler
_____ American Redstart
_____ #Prothonotary Warbler
_____ #Worm-eating Warbler
_____ Ovenbird
_____ Northern Waterthrush
_____ Louisiana Waterthrush
_____ #Kentucky Warbler_____ Connecticut Warbler
_____ Mourning Warbler
_____ Common Yellowthroat
_____ #Hooded Warbler
_____ Wilsons Warbler
_____ Canada Warbler
_____ #Yellow-breasted Chat
THRAUPIDAE
_____ Summer Tanager
_____ Scarlet Tanager
EMBERIZIDAE
_____ Spotted Towhee
_____ Eastern Towhee
_____ American Tree Sparrow
_____ Chipping Sparrow
_____ Clay-colored Sparrow
_____ Field Sparrow
_____ Vesper Sparrow
_____ Lark Sparrow
_____ Savannah Sparrow
_____ #Grasshopper Sparrow
_____ #Henslows Sparrow
_____ Le Contes Sparrow
_____ Nelsons Sharp-tailed
Sparrow
_____ Fox Sparrow
_____ Song Sparrow
_____ Lincolns Sparrow
_____ Swamp Sparrow_____ White-throated Sparrow
_____ Harriss Sparrow
_____ White-crowned Sparrow
_____ Dark-eyed Junco
_____ Lapland Longspur
_____ Smiths Longspur
_____ Snow Bunting
CARDINALIDAE
_____ Northern Cardinal
_____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak
_____ Blue Grosbeak
_____ Indigo Bunting
_____ Dickcissel
ICTERIDAE
_____ #Bobolink
_____ Red-winged Blackbird
_____ Eastern Meadowlark
_____ Western Meadowlark
_____ Yellow-headed Blackbird
_____ Rusty Blackbird
_____ Brewers Blackbird
_____ Common Grackle
_____ Great-tailed Grackle
_____ Brown-headed Cowbird
_____ Orchard Oriole
_____ Baltimore Oriole
FRINGILLIDAE
_____ Purple Finch
_____ House Finch
_____ Red Crossbill
_____ White-winged Crossbill
_____ Common Redpoll
_____ Pine Siskin
_____ American Goldfnch
PASSERIDAE
_____ House Sparrow
_____ Eurasian Tree Sparrow
CASUAL SPECIES
(recorded in 3 to 7 o last 10 years)
_____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck_____ Brant
_____ Clarks Grebe
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