Checklist for Iowa, US

eBird Field Checklist

Iowa, US

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447 species (+177 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose

Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)

Snow/Ross's Goose

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow x Greater White-fronted Goose (hybrid)

Taiga Bean-Goose

Tundra Bean-Goose

Taiga/Tundra Bean-Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Brant

Cackling Goose

Greater White-fronted x Cackling Goose (hybrid)

Canada Goose

Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)

Cackling/Canada Goose

Snow/Ross's x Cackling/Canada Goose (hybrid)

Mute Swan

Black Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Trumpeter/Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan

swan sp.

goose sp.

Egyptian Goose

Ruddy Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

Ringed Teal

Wood Duck

Mandarin Duck

Garganey

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)

Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)

Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)

Gadwall

Northern Shoveler x Gadwall (hybrid)

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)

Eurasian/American Wigeon

Mallard

Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)

Northern Shoveler x Mallard (hybrid)

Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)

American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)

American Black Duck

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)

Mallard/American Black Duck

Mottled Duck

Northern Pintail

Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Green-winged Teal

Blue-winged x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)

Gadwall x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)

Anas sp.

teal sp.

dabbling duck sp.

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Ring-necked Duck x scaup sp. (hybrid)

Greater/Lesser Scaup

Aythya sp.

King Eider

Common Eider

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Common/Black Scoter

scoter sp.

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (hybrid)

Barrow's Goldeneye

Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)

Common/Barrow's Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Bufflehead x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)

Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common/Red-breasted Merganser

merganser sp.

Ruddy Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Northern Bobwhite

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Gray Partridge

Ring-necked Pheasant

Ring-necked/Green Pheasant

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Chukar

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Passenger Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Inca Dove

Common Ground Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Groove-billed Ani

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk

Chuck-will's-widow

Eastern Whip-poor-will

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Chimney Swift

Hummingbirds

Mexican Violetear

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird

Selasphorus sp.

Broad-billed Hummingbird

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

King Rail

Virginia Rail

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

Yellow Rail

Black Rail

rail/crake sp.

Limpkin

Cranes

Sandhill Crane

Whooping Crane

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Snowy Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Eskimo Curlew

Long-billed Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Hudsonian/Marbled Godwit

godwit sp.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

American Woodcock

Wilson's Snipe

Common/Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

phalarope sp.

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Ruff

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Dunlin

Baird's Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

large shorebird sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

Alcids

Long-billed Murrelet

Thick-billed Murre

Ancient Murrelet

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Ross's Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Ivory Gull

Sabine's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Laughing/Franklin's Gull

Black-tailed Gull

Heermann's Gull

Short-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

American Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)

Herring complex/Lesser Black-backed Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Iceland Gull

American Herring/Iceland Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Least Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Arctic Tern

Common Tern

Forster's/Common Tern

Common/Arctic Tern

Sterna sp.

Royal Tern

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Horned/Eared Grebe

Western Grebe

Clark's Grebe

Western x Clark's Grebe (hybrid)

Western/Clark's Grebe

grebe sp.

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Yellow-billed Loon

loon sp.

Storks

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Brown Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Double-crested Cormorant

Neotropic Cormorant

Double-crested x Neotropic Cormorant (hybrid)

Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant

cormorant sp.

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis

Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)

Glossy/White-faced Ibis

ibis sp.

Roseate Spoonbill

American Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Green Heron

Western Cattle-Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

White-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Golden Eagle

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

American Goshawk

Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)

Northern Harrier

Bald Eagle

Mississippi Kite

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo sp.

Buteo/eagle sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

American Barn Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Snowy Owl

Great Horned Owl

Northern Hawk Owl

Burrowing Owl

Barred Owl

Great Gray Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Boreal Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

owl sp.

Kingfishers

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Lewis's Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy/Hairy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Crested Caracara

American Kestrel

Merlin

Gyrfalcon

Peregrine Falcon

Prairie Falcon

large falcon sp.

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Budgerigar

Monk Parakeet

Carolina Parakeet

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood-Pewee

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

Least Flycatcher

Western Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Eastern Phoebe

Say's Phoebe

Vermilion Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

White-eyed Vireo

Bell's Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

solitary vireo sp.

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

vireo sp.

Shrikes

Loggerhead Shrike

Northern Shrike

Loggerhead/Northern Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Canada Jay

Pinyon Jay

Blue Jay

Black-billed Magpie

Clark's Nutcracker

American Crow

Fish Crow

American/Fish Crow

crow sp.

Common Raven

crow/raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Black-capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Larks

Horned Lark

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Purple Martin

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

Cliff/Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Kinglets

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet

Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

nuthatch sp.

Treecreepers

Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Rock Wren

Northern House Wren

Pacific Wren

Winter Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Sedge/Marsh Wren

Carolina Wren

Bewick's Wren

wren sp.

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Curve-billed Thrasher

Brown Thrasher

Sage Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Eastern Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Townsend's Solitaire

Varied Thrush

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

American Robin

thrush sp.

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

House x Eurasian Tree Sparrow (hybrid)

House/Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer sp.

Wagtails and Pipits

American Pipit

Sprague's Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Brambling

Evening Grosbeak

Pine Grosbeak

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

House Finch

Purple Finch

House/Purple Finch

Redpoll

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Lesser Goldfinch

American Goldfinch

Spinus sp.

finch sp.

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Smith's Longspur

longspur sp.

Snow Bunting

New World Sparrows

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Spizella sp.

Black-throated Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lark Bunting

American Tree Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)

Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)

Vesper Sparrow

LeConte's Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

LeConte's/Nelson's Sparrow

Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)

Ammospiza sp.

Savannah Sparrow

Baird's Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Green-tailed Towhee

Spotted Towhee

Eastern Towhee

Spotted x Eastern Towhee (hybrid)

Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee)

towhee sp.

new world sparrow sp.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Bobolink

Western Meadowlark

Eastern Meadowlark

Western/Eastern Meadowlark

Orchard Oriole

Hooded Oriole

Bullock's Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole (hybrid)

Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole

Scott's Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

grackle sp.

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)

Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)

Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Swainson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis sp.

Connecticut Warbler

MacGillivray's Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Connecticut/MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler

MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Cape May Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Northern Parula

Cerulean Warbler x Northern Parula (hybrid)

Magnolia Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Northern Parula x Yellow-throated Warbler (hybrid)

Prairie Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

Northern Cardinal

Yellow Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-headed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.