Bird Checklist for Yellow River Forest/Effigy Mounds National Mounument BCA - 172 Species Recorded

These species have been recorded at this site.  If you have additions, please consider adding your data to the Field Reports of the Iowa Ornithologists' Union, the on-going source for our data. Species of conservation concern (IBA criteria species) are indicated in red.

Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

  • Common Yellowthroat
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  • Dickcissel
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  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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  • Black-billed Magpie
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  • Mourning Dove
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  • Eastern Towhee
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  • Great Blue Heron
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  • Lesser Scaup
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  • Eastern Bluebird
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  • Sora
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  • Tufted Titmouse
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  • Common Gallinule
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  • House Finch
    © Doug Harr
  • Gray Partridge
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  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
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  • Broad-winged Hawk
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  • Northern Shoveler
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  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
    © Doug Harr
  • Cedar Waxwing
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  • Winter Wren
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  • Hermit Thrush
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  • Fox Sparrow
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  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
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  • Lark Sparrow
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  • Lesser Yellowlegs
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  • Northern Pintail
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  • Pine Warbler
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  • Downy Woodpecker
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  • Pine Siskin
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  • Yellow Warbler
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  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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  • Turkey Vulture
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  • Red-eyed Vireo
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  • Tree Swallow
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat
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  • Prairie Warbler
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  • Barred Owl
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  • Ring-necked Pheasant
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  • Belted Kingfisher
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  • Common Nighthawk
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  • Indigo Bunting
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  • Blue Jay
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  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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  • White-breasted Nuthatch
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  • Western Meadowlark
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  • Merlin
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  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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  • American Redstart
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  • Pied-billed Grebe
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  • Eastern Kingbird
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  • Scarlet Tanager
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  • Least Sandpiper
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  • Blue-winged Teal
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  • Mississippi Kite
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  • American Goldfinch
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  • Northern Cardinal
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  • Ring-billed Gull
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  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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  • American White Pelican
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  • Song Sparrow
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  • Northern House Wren
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  • American Bittern
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  • Trumpeter Swan
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