Birds of La Selva and Iowa

List provided by Shane Patterson

Species of regular occurrence in both Iowa and at La Selva

  • Anas discors -- Blue-winged Teal
  • Ardea herodias -- Great Blue Heron
  • Ardea alba -- Great Egret
  • Egretta thula -- Snowy Egret
  • Egretta caerulea -- Little Blue Heron
  • Bubulcus ibis -- Cattle Egret
  • Butorides striatus – Green Heron
  • Nycticorax nycticorax -- Black-crowned Night-Heron
  • Nycticorax violaceus -- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
  • Cathartes aura -- Turkey Vulture
  • Pandion haliaetus -- Osprey
  • Ictinia mississippiensis -- Mississippi Kite
  • Circus cyaneus -- Northern Harrier
  • Buteo platypterus -- Broad-winged Hawk
  • B. swainsoni -- Swainson's Hawk
  • B. jamaicensis -- Red-tailed Hawk
  • Falco sparverius -- American Kestrel
  • F. peregrinus -- Peregrine Falcon
  • Charadrius vociferus -- Killdeer
  • T. solitaria -- Solitary Sandpiper
  • Actitis macularia -- Spotted Sandpiper
  • Coccyzus erythropthalmus – Black-billed Cuckoo
  • C. americanus – Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Tyto alba – Barn Owl
  • Chordeiles minor -- Common Nighthawk
  • Caprimulgus carolinensis -- Chuck-will's-widow
  • Chaetura pelagica -- Chimney Swift
  • Ceryle alcyon -- Belted Kingfisher
  • Contopus cooperi -- Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • C. sordidulus -- Western Wood-Pewee
  • C. virens -- Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Empidonax flaviventris -- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • E. virescens -- Acadian Flycatcher
  • E. alnorum – Alder Flycatcher
  • E. traillii -- Willow Flycatcher
  • E. minimus -- Least Flycatcher
  • Myiarchus crinitus -- Great Crested Flycatcher
  • T. tyrannus -- Eastern Kingbird
  • Vireo flavifrons -- Yellow-throated Vireo
  • V. philadelphicus -- Philadelphia Vireo
  • V. olivaceus -- Red-eyed Vireo
  • Progne subis -- Purple Martin
  • Stelgidopteryx serripennis -- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Riparia riparia -- Bank Swallow
  • Petrochelidon pyrrhonota -- Cliff Swallow
  • Hirundo rustica -- Barn Swallow
  • Troglodytes aedon -- House Wren
  • Catharus fuscescens – Veery
  • C. minimus -- Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • C. ustulatus -- Swainson’s Thrush
  • C. mustelinus -- Wood Thrush
  • Dumetella carolinensis -- Gray Catbird
  • Vermivora pinus -- Blue-winged Warbler
  • V. chrysoptera -- Golden-winged Warbler
  • V. peregrina -- Tennessee Warbler
  • Dendroica petechia -- Yellow Warbler
  • D. pensylvanica -- Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • D. magnolia -- Magnolia Warbler
  • D. tigrina -- Cape May Warbler
  • D. coronata -- Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • D. virens -- Black-throated Green Warbler
  • D. fusca -- Blackburnian Warbler
  • D. dominica -- Yellow-throated Warbler
  • D. castanea -- Bay-breasted Warbler
  • D. cerulea -- Cerulean Warbler
  • Mniotilta varia -- Black-and-white Warbler
  • Setophaga ruticilla -- American Redstart
  • Protonotaria citrea -- Prothonotary Warbler
  • Helmitheros vermivorus -- Worm-eating Warbler
  • Seiurus aurocapillus -- Ovenbird
  • S. noveboracensis -- Northern Waterthrush
  • S. motacilla -- Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Oporornis formosus -- Kentucky Warbler
  • O. Philadelphia -- Mourning Warbler
  • Wilsonia citrina -- Hooded Warbler
  • W. pusilla -- Wilson’s Warbler
  • W. canadensis -- Canada Warbler
  • Icteria virens -- Yellow-breasted Chat
  • Piranga rubra -- Summer Tanager
  • P. olivacea -- Scarlet Tanager
  • Pheucticus ludovicianus -- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Guiraca caerulea -- Blue Grosbeak
  • Passerina cyanea -- Indigo Bunting
  • Sturnella magna -- Eastern Meadowlark
  • Quiscalus mexicanus -- Great-tailed Grackle
  • Icterus spurius -- Orchard Oriole
  • I. galbula -- Baltimore Oriole

Species of regular occurrence at La Selva but only accidental* occurrence in Iowa

  • Dendrocygna autumnalis -- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Phalacrocorax brasilianus -- Neotropic Cormorant (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Anhinga anhinga -- Anhinga (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Egretta tricolor -- Tricolored Heron (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Mycteria americana -- Wood Stork (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Coragyps atratus -- Black Vulture (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Porphyrio martinica -- Purple Gallinule (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Crotophaga sulcirostris -- Groove-billed Ani (Accidental in Iowa)
  • Oporornis tolmiei -- MacGillivray’s Warbler (Accidental in Iowa)

*Recorded once to several times, but in less than five of last ten years

Species of regular occurrence in Iowa but only accidental^ occurrence at La Selva

  • Ixobrychus exilis -- Least Bittern (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Accipiter striatus -- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Falco columbarius -- Merlin (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Gallinula chloropus -- Common Moorhen (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Tringa melanoleuca -- Greater Yellowlegs (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Bartramia longicauda -- Upland Sandpiper (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Zenaida macroura -- Mourning Dove (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Archilochus colubris -- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Tyrannus verticalis -- Western Kingbird (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Vireo griseus -- White-eyed Vireo (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Vireo gilvus -- Warbling Vireo (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Dendroica palmarum -- Palm Warbler (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Geothlypis trichas -- Common Yellowthroat (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Spiza americana -- Dickcissel (Accidental at La Selva)
  • Dolichonyx oryzivorus -- Bobolink (Accidental at La Selva)

^Fewer than five records total

Species of only accidental occurrence in Iowa and at La Selva

  • Platalea ajaja -- Roseate Spoonbill (Accidental in Iowa and at La Selva)
  • Caracara plancus -- Crested Caracara (Accidental in Iowa and at La Selva)
  • Fregata magnificens -- Magnificent Frigatebird (Accidental in Iowa and at La Selva)
  • Stercorarius pomarinus -- Pomarine Jaeger (Accidental in Iowa and at La Selva)
  • Zenaida asiatica -- White-winged Dove (Accidental in Iowa and at La Selva)