Bird Checklist for Lake Rathbun Reservoir - 262 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

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

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