This is the complete list of species seen or heard during the Tri-State Ornithologists' Union Meeting, 16, 17, and 18th of May 1997 in and around Sioux City, Iowa. This list is not divided by county; it's not even divided by state. It's the TOTAL list for the meeting. This list will be subdivided by the editors of the individual state ornithology publications: Iowa Bird Life, Nebraska Bird Review, and South Dakota Bird Notes.
| 1. | Pied-billed Grebe | 100. | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | |
| 2. | Horned Grebe | 101. | Bank Swallow | |
| 3. | Eared Grebe | 102. | Cliff Swallow | |
| 4. | American White Pelican | 103. | Barn Swallow | |
| 5. | Double-crested Cormorant | 104. | Blue Jay | |
| 6. | Least Bittern | 105. | Black-billed Magpie | |
| 7. | Great Blue Heron | 106. | American Crow | |
| 8. | Great Egret | 107. | Black-capped Chickadee | |
| 9. | Snowy Egret | 108. | White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| 10. | Cattle Egret | 109. | Brown Creeper | |
| 11. | Green Heron | 110. | House Wren | |
| 12. | Black-crowned Night Heron | 111. | Sedge Wren | |
| 13. | Snow Goose | 112. | Marsh Wren | |
| 14. | Canada Goose | 113. | Rock Wren | |
| 15. | Wood Duck | 114. | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | |
| 16. | Green-winged Teal | 115. | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
| 17. | Mallard | 116. | Eastern Bluebird | |
| 18. | Northern Pintail | 117. | Veery | |
| 19. | Blue-winged Teal | 118. | Gray-cheeked Thrush | |
| 20. | Northern Shoveler | 119. | Swainson's Thrush | |
| 21. | Gadwall | 120. | Wood Thrush | |
| 22. | American Wigeon | 121. | American Robin | |
| 23. | Canvasback | 122. | Gray Catbird | |
| 24. | Redhead | 123. | Brown Thrasher | |
| 25. | Ring-necked Duck | 124. | American Pipit | |
| 26. | Lesser Scaup | 125. | Cedar Waxwing | |
| 27. | Ruddy Duck | 126. | Loggerhead Shrike | |
| 28. | Turkey Vulture | 127. | European Starling | |
| 29. | Osprey | 128. | Bell's Vireo | |
| 30. | Northern Harrier | 129. | Solitary Vireo | |
| 31. | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 130. | Yellow-throated Vireo | |
| 32. | Cooper's Hawk | 131. | Warbling Vireo | |
| 33. | Broad-winged Hawk | 132. | Red-eyed Vireo | |
| 34. | Swainson's Hawk | 133. | Blue-winged Warbler | |
| 35. | Red-tailed Hawk | 134. | Golden-winged Warbler | |
| 36. | Rough-legged Hawk | 135. | Tennessee Warbler | |
| 37. | American Kestrel | 136. | Orange-crowned Warbler | |
| 38. | Ring-necked Pheasant | 137. | Nashville Warbler | |
| 39. | Wild Turkey | 138. | Northern Parula | |
| 40. | Northern Bobwhite | 139. | Yellow Warbler | |
| 41. | Virginia Rail | 140. | Chestnut-sided Warbler | |
| 42. | Sora | 141. | Magnolia Warbler | |
| 43. | American Coot | 142. | Cape May Warbler | |
| 44. | American Golden-Plover | 143. | Yellow-rumped Warbler | |
| 45. | Semipalmated Plover | 144. | Black-throated Green Warbler | |
| 46. | Piping Plover | 145. | Blackburnian Warbler | |
| 47. | Killdeer | 146. | Palm Warbler | |
| 48. | Upland Sandpiper | 147. | Bay-breasted Warbler | |
| 49. | Greater Yellowlegs | 148. | Blackpoll Warbler | |
| 50. | Lesser Yellowlegs | 149. | Cerulean Warbler | |
| 51. | Solitary Sandpiper | 150. | Black-and-white Warbler | |
| 52. | Willet | 151. | American Redstart | |
| 53. | Spotted Sandpiper | 152. | Ovenbird | |
| 54. | Hudsonian Godwit | 153. | Northern Waterthrush | |
| 55. | Marbled Godwit | 154. | Louisiana Waterthrush | |
| 56. | Sanderling | 155. | Kentucky Warbler | |
| 57. | Semipalmated Sandpiper | 156. | Mourning Warbler | |
| 58. | Least Sandpiper | 157. | Common Yellowthroat | |
| 59. | White-rumped Sandpiper | 158. | Wilson's Warbler | |
| 60. | Baird's Sandpiper | 159. | Yellow-breasted Chat | |
| 61. | Pectoral Sandpiper | 160. | Scarlet Tanager | |
| 62. | Dunlin | 161. | Northern Cardinal | |
| 63. | Stilt Sandpiper | 162. | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | |
| 64. | Short-billed Dowitcher | 163. | Indigo Bunting | |
| 65. | Common Snipe | 164. | Lazuli Bunting | |
| 66. | Ruddy Turnstone | 165. | Dickcissel | |
| 67. | Wilson's Phalarope | 166. | Eastern Towhee | |
| 68. | Franlin's Gull | 167. | Spotted Towhee | |
| 69. | Ring-billed Gull | 168. | Chipping Sparrow | |
| 70. | Forster's Tern | 169. | Clay-colored Sparrow | |
| 71. | Least Tern | 170. | Field Sparrow | |
| 72. | Black Tern | 171. | Vesper Sparrow | |
| 73. | Rock Dove | 172. | Lark Sparrow | |
| 74. | Mourning Dove | 173. | Savannah Sparrow | |
| 75. | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 174. | Grasshopper Sparrow | |
| 76. | Eastern Screech Owl | 175. | Le Conte's Sparrow | |
| 77. | Great Horned Owl | 176. | Song Sparrow | |
| 78. | Common Nighthawk | 177. | Lincoln's Sparrow | |
| 79. | Whip-poor-will | 178. | Swamp Sparrow | |
| 80. | Chimney Swift | 179. | White-throated Sparrow | |
| 81. | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 180. | White-crowned Sparrow | |
| 82. | Belted Kingfisher | 181. | Harris' Sparrow | |
| 83. | Red-headed Woodpecker | 182. | Bobolink | |
| 84. | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 183. | Red-winged Blackbird | |
| 85. | Downy Woodpecker | 184. | Eastern Meadowlark | |
| 86. | Hairy Woodpecker | 185. | Western Meadowlark | |
| 87. | Northern Flicker | 186. | Yellow-headed Blackbird | |
| 88. | Olive-sided Flycatcher | 187. | Common Grackle | |
| 89. | Eastern Wood-pewee | 188. | Great-tailed Grackle | |
| 90. | Alder Flycatcher | 189. | Brown-headed Cowbird | |
| 91. | Willow Flycatcher | 190. | Orchard Oriole | |
| 92. | Least Flycatcher | 191. | Baltimore Oriole | |
| 93. | Eastern Phoebe | 192. | House Finch | |
| 94. | Great-crested Flycatcher | 193. | Red Crossbill | |
| 95. | Western Kingbird | 194. | Pine Siskin | |
| 96. | Eastern Kingbird | 195. | American Goldfinch | |
| 97. | Horned Lark | 196. | House Sparrow | |
| 98. | Purple Martin | |||
| 99. | Tree Swallow |
