Common Birds in Iowa
Our list for Iowa has 83 common birds recorded regularly there: 24 residents, 22 summer visitors, 21 winter visitors and 16 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Iowa in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 83, most common first
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made