FIELD CHECKLIST OF IOWA BIRDS REGULAR SPECIES
(recorded in at least 8 of last 10
GAVIIDAE
_____ *Red-throated Loon
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Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
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Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Iowa Ornithologists’ Union, Revised 2008, 419 Total Species
Copyright © 2008 by Iowa Ornithologists’ Union. All rights reserved. years) _____ *Pacific Loon _____ *Ferruginous Hawk _____ White-rumped Sandpiper
_____ Common Loon _____ Rough-legged Hawk _____ Baird’s Sandpiper
This checklist conforms to The American Ornithologists’ Union Check-list of ANATIDAE _____ Golden Eagle _____ Pectoral Sandpiper
North American Birds, 7th ed. and its supplements to date. _____ Greater White-fronted Goose PODICIPEDIDAE _____ Dunlin
_____ Snow Goose _____ Pied-billed Grebe FALCONIDAE _____ Stilt Sandpiper
Date_________________________________ Time__________ to_______
_____ Ross’s Goose _____ Horned Grebe _____ American Kestrel _____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper
_____ Cackling Goose _____ Red-necked Grebe _____ Merlin _____ *Short-billed Dowitcher
Location(s)___________________________________________________
_____ Canada Goose _____ Eared Grebe _____ #Peregrine Falcon _____ *Long-billed Dowitcher
_____ *Mute Swan _____ Western Grebe _____ *Prairie Falcon _____ Wilson’s Snipe
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_____ *Trumpeter Swan _____ #American Woodcock
_____ Tundra Swan PELECANIDAE RALLIDAE _____ Wilson’s Phalarope
Weather: Temp.:_____________ Wind:_ _____ –______ mph from_____
_____ Wood Duck _____ American White Pelican _____ *Yellow Rail _____ Red-necked Phalarope
_____ Gadwall _____ Virginia Rail
Sky__________________________________________________________
_____ American Wigeon ACROCORACIDAE _____ Sora LARIDAE
_____ American Black Duck _____ Double-crested Cormorant _____ #Common Moorhen _____ Franklin’s Gull
Observer(s)___________________________________________________
_____ Mallard _____ American Coot _____ *Black-headed Gull
_____ Blue-winged Teal ARDEIDAE _____ Bonaparte’s Gull
Species______________________________________________________
_____ Cinnamon Teal _____ #American Bittern GRUIDAE _____ Ring-billed Gull
MEMBERSHIP: Access <[Link] for _____ Northern Shoveler _____ #Least Bittern _____ Sandhill Crane _____ Herring Gull
membership information. The IOU is a state-wide organization for _____ Northern Pintail _____ Great Blue Heron _____ Thayer’s Gull
anyone who enjoys birds. _____ Green-winged Teal _____ Great Egret CHARADRIIDAE _____ *Lesser Black-backed Gull
_____ Canvasback _____ Snowy Egret _____ Black-bellied Plover _____ Glaucous Gull
IA-BIRD LISTSERV: Reports on current bird sightings are posted _____ Redhead _____ Little Blue Heron _____ American Golden-Plover _____ Sabine’s Gull
almost daily on the IA-BIRD listserv. Post to iabird@[Link]. _____ Ring-necked Duck _____ Cattle Egret _____ Semipalmated Plover _____ #Least Tern
Subscribe at <[Link]
_____ *Greater Scaup _____ Green Heron _____ #Piping Plover _____ Caspian Tern
REPORTING SIGHTINGS: Observers are encouraged to submit _____ Lesser Scaup _____ #Black-crowned Night-Heron _____ Killdeer _____ #Black Tern
significant records to the IOU seasonal field reports editors. These may _____ Surf Scoter _____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron _____ *Common Tern
be entered on the IOU web site <[Link] _____ White-winged Scoter RECURVIROSTRIDAE _____ #Forster’s Tern
or by sending sightings to the seasonal editor (see inside front cover of _____ Black Scoter THRESKIORNITHIDAE _____ Black-necked Stilt
Iowa Bird Life for deadlines and addresses). _____ Long-tailed Duck _____ White-faced Ibis _____ American Avocet COLUMBIDAE
_____ Bufflehead _____ Rock Pigeon
Unusual sightings should always be substantiated by notes taken at _____ Common Goldeneye CATHARTIDAE SCOLOPACIDAE _____ *Eurasian Collared-Dove
the time of observation and, if possible, with photographs. Species for
_____ Hooded Merganser _____ Turkey Vulture _____ Spotted Sandpiper _____ Mourning Dove
which details are desirable are indicated with an asterisk (*) on this
checklist. Birds listed as Casual or those not on this checklist should _____ Common Merganser _____ Solitary Sandpiper
always be documented. Documentations may be completed on-line at _____ Red-breasted Merganser ACCIPITRIDAE _____ Greater Yellowlegs CUCULIDAE
<[Link] or sent to the seasonal _____ Ruddy Duck _____ Osprey _____ Willet _____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo
field reports editor. Also document species seen out of season. _____ Mississippi Kite _____ Lesser Yellowlegs _____ #Black-billed Cuckoo
Documentations will be reviewed by the field reports editors or the IOU PHASIANIDAE _____ #Bald Eagle _____ Upland Sandpiper
Records Committee. _____ Gray Partridge _____ #Northern Harrier _____ Hudsonian Godwit TYTONIDAE
_____ Ring-necked Pheasant _____ Sharp-shinned Hawk _____ Marbled Godwit _____ #Barn Owl
The IOU, in partnership with Iowa Audubon, is actively involved
_____ Ruffed Grouse _____ Cooper’s Hawk _____ Ruddy Turnstone
in identifying Iowa’s Important Bird Areas (IBA) and monitoring
bird populations in these areas. IBA criteria species––endangered, _____ #Greater Prairie-Chicken _____ Northern Goshawk _____ Red Knot STRIGIDAE
threatened, or of conservation concern––are indicated on the checklist _____ Wild Turkey _____ #Red-shouldered Hawk _____ Sanderling _____ Eastern Screech-Owl
by a pound sign (#). Please report your encounters with these species. _____ Northern Bobwhite _____ #Broad-winged Hawk _____ Semipalmated Sandpiper _____ Great Horned Owl
_____ Snowy Owl VIREONIDAE SYLVIIDAE _____ Pine Warbler _____ White-crowned Sparrow _____ #King Rail
_____ Barred Owl _____ #White-eyed Vireo _____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher _____ Palm Warbler _____ Dark-eyed Junco _____ Snowy Plover
_____ #Long-eared Owl _____ #Bell’s Vireo _____ Bay-breasted Warbler _____ Lapland Longspur _____ Whimbrel
_____ #Short-eared Owl _____ Yellow-throated Vireo TURDIDAE _____ Blackpoll Warbler _____ Smith’s Longspur _____ Ruff
_____ Northern Saw-whet Owl _____ Blue-headed Vireo _____ Eastern Bluebird _____ #Cerulean Warbler _____ Snow Bunting _____ Red Phalarope
_____ Warbling Vireo _____ Townsend’s Solitaire _____ Black-and-white Warbler _____ Laughing Gull
CAPRIMULGIDAE _____ Philadelphia Vireo _____ #Veery _____ American Redstart CARDINALIDAE _____ Little Gull
_____ Common Nighthawk _____ Red-eyed Vireo _____ Gray-cheeked Thrush _____ #Prothonotary Warbler _____ Northern Cardinal _____ Mew Gull
_____ #Chuck-will’s-widow _____ Swainson’s Thrush _____ #Worm-eating Warbler _____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak _____ California Gull
_____ Whip-poor-will CORVIDAE _____ Hermit Thrush _____ Ovenbird _____ Blue Grosbeak _____ Iceland Gull
_____ Blue Jay _____ #Wood Thrush _____ Northern Waterthrush _____ Indigo Bunting _____ Great Black-backed Gull
APODIDAE _____ *Black-billed Magpie _____ American Robin _____ Louisiana Waterthrush _____ Dickcissel _____ Black-legged Kittiwake
_____ Chimney Swift _____ American Crow _____ Varied Thrush _____ #Kentucky Warbler _____ White-winged Dove
_____ Connecticut Warbler ICTERIDAE _____ Burrowing Owl
ALAUDIDAE
TROCHILIDAE MIMIDAE _____ Mourning Warbler _____ #Bobolink _____ #Bewick’s Wren
_____ Horned Lark
_____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird _____ Gray Catbird _____ Common Yellowthroat _____ Red-winged Blackbird _____ Mountain Bluebird
_____ Northern Mockingbird _____ #Hooded Warbler _____ Eastern Meadowlark _____ Prairie Warbler
HIRUNDINIDAE
ALCEDINIDAE _____ Brown Thrasher _____ Wilson’s Warbler _____ Western Meadowlark _____ Western Tanager
_____ Purple Martin
_____ Belted Kingfisher _____ Canada Warbler _____ Yellow-headed Blackbird _____ Black-headed Grosbeak
_____ Tree Swallow
STURNIDAE _____ #Yellow-breasted Chat _____ Rusty Blackbird _____ Lazuli Bunting
_____ Northern Rough-winged
PICIDAE _____ European Starling _____ Brewer’s Blackbird
Swallow
_____ Red-headed Woodpecker THRAUPIDAE _____ Common Grackle ACCIDENTAL SPECIES
_____ Bank Swallow
_____ Red-bellied Woodpecker MOTACILLIDAE _____ Summer Tanager _____ Great-tailed Grackle (recorded in less than 4 of last 10
_____ Cliff Swallow
_____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker _____ American Pipit _____ Scarlet Tanager _____ Brown-headed Cowbird years)
_____ Barn Swallow
_____ Downy Woodpecker _____ Orchard Oriole
_____ Hairy Woodpecker BOMBYCILLIDAE EMBERIZIDAE _____ Baltimore Oriole _____________________________
PARIDAE
_____ Northern Flicker _____ Bohemian Waxwing _____ Spotted Towhee _____________________________
_____ Black-capped Chickadee
_____ #Pileated Woodpecker _____ Cedar Waxwing _____ Eastern Towhee FRINGILLIDAE _____________________________
_____ Tufted Titmouse
_____ American Tree Sparrow _____ Purple Finch _____________________________
TYRANNIDAE PARULIDAE _____ Chipping Sparrow _____ House Finch _____________________________
SITTIDAE
_____ Olive-sided Flycatcher _____ Blue-winged Warbler _____ Clay-colored Sparrow _____ Red Crossbill _____________________________
_____ Red-breasted Nuthatch
_____ Eastern Wood-Pewee _____ Golden-winged Warbler _____ Field Sparrow _____ White-winged Crossbill _____________________________
_____ White-breasted Nuthatch
_____ Yellow-bellied Flycatcher _____ Tennessee Warbler _____ Vesper Sparrow _____ Common Redpoll _____________________________
_____ Acadian Flycatcher _____ Orange-crowned Warbler _____ Lark Sparrow _____ Pine Siskin _____________________________
CERTHIIDAE
_____ Alder Flycatcher _____ Nashville Warbler _____ Savannah Sparrow _____ American Goldfinch _____________________________
_____ Brown Creeper
_____ Willow Flycatcher _____ Northern Parula _____ #Grasshopper Sparrow _____________________________
_____ Least Flycatcher _____ Yellow Warbler _____ #Henslow’s Sparrow PASSERIDAE _____________________________
TROGLODYTIDAE
_____ Eastern Phoebe _____ Chestnut-sided Warbler _____ Le Conte’s Sparrow _____ House Sparrow _____________________________
_____ Carolina Wren
_____ Great Crested Flycatcher _____ Magnolia Warbler _____ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed _____ Eurasian Tree Sparrow _____________________________
_____ House Wren
_____ Western Kingbird _____ Cape May Warbler Sparrow _____________________________
_____ Winter Wren
_____ Eastern Kingbird _____ Black-throated Blue Warbler _____ Fox Sparrow CASUAL SPECIES _____________________________
_____ Sedge Wren
_____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher _____ Yellow-rumped Warbler _____ Song Sparrow (recorded in 3 to 7 of last 10 years) _____________________________
_____ Marsh Wren
_____ Black-throated Green War- _____ Lincoln’s Sparrow _____________________________
LANIIDAE bler _____ Swamp Sparrow _____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck _____________________________
REGULIDAE
_____ #Loggerhead Shrike _____ Blackburnian Warbler _____ White-throated Sparrow _____ Brant _____________________________
_____ Golden-crowned Kinglet
_____ Northern Shrike _____ Yellow-throated Warbler _____ Harris’s Sparrow _____ Clark’s Grebe _____________________________
_____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet