Birds of El Paso County and Pikes Peak, Colorado

This guide contains birds that can be found in El Paso County and the Pikes Peak Area of Colorado.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ¹
Coccyzus americanus

Black-billed Cuckoo ²
Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Greater Roadrunner ³
Geococcyx californianus

Red-bellied Woodpecker ⁴
Melanerpes carolinus

Red-headed Woodpecker ⁵
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Acorn Woodpecker ⁶
Melanerpes formicivorus

Lewis's Woodpecker ⁷
Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker ⁸
Colaptes auratus

Yellow-shafted × Red-shafted Flicker ⁹
Colaptes auratus luteus × cafer

Red-naped Sapsucker ¹⁰
Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Red-breasted Sapsucker ⁷
Sphyrapicus ruber

Williamson's Sapsucker ¹¹
Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ¹²
Sphyrapicus varius

Downy Woodpecker ¹³
Dryobates pubescens

Ladder-backed Woodpecker ⁶
Dryobates scalaris

Hairy Woodpecker ¹⁴
Dryobates villosus

American Three-toed Woodpecker ¹⁵
Picoides dorsalis

Eastern Screech-Owl ¹⁶
Megascops asio

Western Screech-Owl ⁵
Megascops kennicottii

Northern Pygmy-Owl ¹⁷
Glaucidium gnoma

Mexican Spotted Owl ¹⁸
Strix occidentalis lucida

Burrowing Owl ¹⁹
Athene cunicularia

Snowy Owl ²⁰
Bubo scandiacus

Great Horned Owl ²¹
Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl ²²
Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl ²³
Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ²²
Aegolius acadicus

Boreal Owl ²⁴
Aegolius funereus

Flammulated Owl ²⁵
Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl ²⁶
Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher ²⁷
Megaceryle alcyon

Eurasian Collared-Dove ²⁸
Streptopelia decaocto

Rock Pigeon ²⁹
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ⁷
Patagioenas fasciata

White-winged Dove ³⁰
Zenaida asiatica

Mourning Dove ³¹
Zenaida macroura

Inca Dove ⁵
Columbina inca

Sora ³²
Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail ³³
Rallus limicola

American Coot ³⁴
Fulica americana

Common Gallinule ³⁵
Gallinula galeata

Sandhill Crane ⁵
Antigone canadensis

Whooping Crane ³⁶
Grus americana

Turkey Vulture ³⁷
Cathartes aura

Northern Bobwhite ³⁸
Colinus virginianus

Gambel's Quail ³⁹
Callipepla gambelii

Scaled Quail ⁴⁰
Callipepla squamata

Greater Prairie-Chicken ⁴¹
Tympanuchus cupido

Indian Peafowl ⁴²
Pavo cristatus

Dusky Grouse ¹¹
Dendragapus obscurus

Chukar ⁴³
Alectoris chukar

Red Junglefowl ⁴⁴
Gallus gallus

Wild Turkey ⁴⁵
Meleagris gallopavo

White-tailed Ptarmigan ⁴⁶
Lagopus leucura

Ring-necked Pheasant ⁴⁷
Phasianus colchicus

Sanderling ⁴⁸
Calidris alba

Dunlin ⁴⁹
Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper ⁵⁰
Calidris bairdii

White-rumped Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris fuscicollis

Stilt Sandpiper ⁵¹
Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper ⁵²
Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper ⁵³
Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ⁵⁴
Calidris pusilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper ⁵⁴
Calidris subruficollis

Short-billed Dowitcher ⁵⁵
Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher ⁵⁶
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs ⁵⁷
Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs ⁵⁸
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ¹¹
Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper ³⁴
Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew ³²
Numenius americanus

Whimbrel ⁵³
Numenius phaeopus

Wilson's Snipe ⁵⁹
Gallinago delicata

American Woodcock ⁶⁰
Scolopax minor

Marbled Godwit ⁶¹
Limosa fedoa

Hudsonian Godwit ⁶²
Limosa haemastica

Red Phalarope ⁵³
Phalaropus fulicarius

Red-necked Phalarope ³²
Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope ⁶³
Phalaropus tricolor

Upland Sandpiper ¹¹
Bartramia longicauda

Spotted Sandpiper ⁶⁴
Actitis macularius

Least Tern ⁵
Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern ⁶⁵
Hydroprogne caspia

Royal Tern ⁵⁵
Thalasseus maximus

Forster's Tern ⁶⁶
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ⁶⁷
Sterna hirundo

Black Tern ⁶⁸
Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull ⁶⁹
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull ⁷⁰
Hydrocoloeus minutus

Herring Gull ⁷¹
Larus argentatus

California Gull ⁷²
Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull ⁷³
Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull ⁷⁴
Larus fuscus

Iceland Gull ⁶⁷
Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull ⁷⁵
Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull ⁷⁶
Larus marinus

Slaty-backed Gull ⁷⁷
Larus schistisagus

Short-billed Gull ⁵
Larus canus brachyrhynchus

Sabine's Gull ¹¹
Xema sabini

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