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

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

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