CHECKLIST
Iowa Checklist - 325 species
Podicipedidae - Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Acrocoracidae - Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelecanidae - Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Anatidae – Ducks, Swans, Geese
Ruddy Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Ardeidae – Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Least Bittern
American Bittern
Threskiornithidae - Ibis
White Ibis
Cathartidae - Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Accipitridae – Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson'sHawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Falconidae - Falcons
American Kestrel
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Phaianidae – Pheasants, Grouse, Quail and Turkeys
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Rallidae – Rails and Coots
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Gruidae - Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Scolopacidae - Sandpipers
American Woodcock
Common Snipe
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Upland Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Recurvirostridae – Avocets and Stilts
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Charadriidae – Plovers
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
Laridae – Gulls and Terns
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Thayer's Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Ivory Gull
Ross's Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Gaviidae – Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Columbidae – Pigeons and Doves
Rock Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuculidae – Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Tytonidae – Barn Owls
Barn Owl
Strigidae – Owls
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Caprimulgidae – Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will
Apodidae - Swifts
Chimney Swift
Trochilidae – Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Alcedinidae – Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Picidae – Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Corvidae – Crows and Jays
Blue Jay
American Crow
Vireonidae – Vireos
Bell's Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Laniidae – Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Bombycillidae – Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Turdidae – Thrushes
Varied Thrush
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson'sThrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Mimidae – Mockingbirds and Thrashes
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Sturnidae – Starlings
European Starling
Sittidae – Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Certhiidae – Creepers
Brown Creeper
Troglodytidae – Wrens
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
House Wren
Sylviidae – Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hirundinidae – Swallows
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Regulidae – Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Paridae – Chickadees and Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Alaudidae Larks
Horned Lark
Passeridae – Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Motacillidae - Pipits
American Pipit
Fringillidae – Siskins, Crossbills and Finches
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Hoary Redpoll
Common Redpoll
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Evening Grosbeak
Parulidae – Warblers
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 Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie 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
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Thraupidae - Tanagers
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Emberizidae - Sparrows
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Snow Bunting
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Cardinalidae – Cardinals and Buntings
Dickcissel
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Icteridae – Blackbirds, Grackles and Orioles
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
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