IBA Species Data for Raccoon River Savanna BCA

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 Cuckoo5/25/2008 PO-X
Black-billed Cuckoo8/2/20051 
American Woodcock5/2/2012 PO-X
American Woodcock3/24/2008 PO-X
Black Tern5/25/2008 PO-H
Forster's Tern4/25/20254  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier9/14/20241  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier9/30/20221  CHECKLIST
Northern Harrier7/23/2009 CO-AY
Northern Harrier3/25/2008 OB-O
Northern Harrier3/24/2008 OB-O
Bald Eagle4/26/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle4/25/20252  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle11/30/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle10/18/20241  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle7/1/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle1/1/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle9/30/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/1/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/1/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/1/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/1/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/1/20222  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/1/20222  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/1/20222  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle4/30/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle4/29/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle5/3/2012 OB-O
Bald Eagle3/25/2008 OB-O
Bald Eagle3/24/2008 OB-O
Red-shouldered Hawk5/2/2012 PO-H
Broad-winged Hawk6/17/2010 PR-P
Broad-winged Hawk7/21/2009 CO-FL
Broad-winged Hawk6/3/2008 PR-A
Pileated Woodpecker1/1/20231  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker6/3/2008 PR-A
Peregrine Falcon5/4/2012 OB-O
Bell's Vireo7/13/20221  CHECKLIST
Loggerhead Shrike8/10/20051 
Wood Thrush7/13/20221  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush5/13/20221  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush5/8/20221  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush7/10/2012 PO-X
Wood Thrush6/21/2012 PR-T
Wood Thrush6/28/2010 PO-X
Wood Thrush6/17/2010 PO-H
Wood Thrush7/13/2008 PO-X
Wood Thrush6/3/2008 PO-X
Wood Thrush5/25/2008 PO-X
Wood Thrush5/24/2008 PO-H
Grasshopper Sparrow7/13/20223  CHECKLIST
Grasshopper Sparrow5/10/20222  CHECKLIST
Grasshopper Sparrow7/11/20181 
Grasshopper Sparrow7/8/20171 
Grasshopper Sparrow6/2/20172 
Grasshopper Sparrow6/2/20172  Although we surveyed many areas that seemed to hold suitable habitat, this presumed pair was our only sighting of this species in Guthrie County. Is it declining statewide?
Grasshopper Sparrow7/22/20162 
Grasshopper Sparrow6/21/2012 CO-FL
Grasshopper Sparrow6/5/2012 PR-M
Grasshopper Sparrow5/29/2012 CO-NE
Grasshopper Sparrow7/23/2010 PO-X
Grasshopper Sparrow7/6/2010 PR-M
Grasshopper Sparrow6/17/2010 PO-H
Grasshopper Sparrow7/13/2008 PO-X
Grasshopper Sparrow6/3/2008 PO-X
Grasshopper Sparrow5/25/2008 PR-M
Grasshopper Sparrow5/28/20051PO-H
Yellow-breasted Chat5/25/2008 PO-H
Yellow-breasted Chat5/24/20081 
Bobolink5/14/20223  CHECKLIST
Bobolink6/21/2012 CO-FL
Bobolink6/5/2012 PR-M
Bobolink5/29/2012 PR-P
Bobolink7/6/2010 PR-P
Bobolink6/28/2010 PO-X
Bobolink6/3/2008 PO-X
Bobolink6/3/2008 PR-P
Bobolink5/25/2008 PR-M
Bobolink5/28/200520PR-M
Cerulean Warbler5/25/2008 PO-H
Cerulean Warbler5/24/20081 

Species Concentrations

No records found
Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

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

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