IBA Species Data for Volga River State Recreation Area

These two tables show the data collected on criteria species and species concentrations as defined by the IBA technical committee. The data comes from the original IBA data collection process, Iowa Seasonal Field Reports, and the recent Breeding Bird Atlas project (2008-2012).

Criteria Species

SpeciesDateNumberBreeding StatusComments
Black-billed Cuckoo6/22/20051PO-H
Black-billed Cuckoo6/18/20041PR-N
Northern Harrier9/20/20101 
Bald Eagle6/18/20042OB-O
Red-shouldered Hawk5/29/20101 
Red-shouldered Hawk6/22/20051PO-H
Broad-winged Hawk9/20/20107 
Pileated Woodpecker4/17/20101 
Pileated Woodpecker3/21/20091 
Pileated Woodpecker5/19/20081 
Pileated Woodpecker7/6/20062PO-H heard on opposite ends (E,W) of the vast property
Pileated Woodpecker6/18/20043PO-X
White-eyed Vireo6/25/20201 
Wood Thrush5/19/20081 
Wood Thrush7/6/20067CO-FL 7 singing males plus a group of 4 young
Wood Thrush9/11/20051OB-O
Wood Thrush6/22/20057PR-M
Grasshopper Sparrow6/25/20201 
Grasshopper Sparrow7/7/20061PO-X singing male
Grasshopper Sparrow6/18/20041PO-X
Henslow's Sparrow5/15/20072 
Henslow's Sparrow7/7/20061PO-X singing
Henslow's Sparrow6/18/20041PO-X
Yellow-breasted Chat7/6/20061PO-X singing and calling

Species Concentrations

No records found
Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

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