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Wildlife of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden Gate Canyon State Park lies approximately 25 miles west of downtown Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park consists of 11,700 acres that lies across the boundary between the western edge of Jefferson County and the eastern edge of Gilpin County. Elevations range between ...more ↓

American Badger 1
Taxidea taxus
American Beaver 2
Castor canadensis
American Black Bear 3
Ursus americanus
American Coot 4
Fulica americana
American Crow 5
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Dipper 6
Cinclus mexicanus
American Goldfinch 7
Spinus tristis
American Kestrel 8
Falco sparverius
American Marten 9
Martes americana
American Mink 10
Neovison vison
American Red Squirrel 11
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
American Redstart 12
Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin 13
Turdus migratorius
American Tree Sparrow 14
Spizelloides arborea
American Water Shrew 15
Sorex palustris
Asian Rosy-Finch 16
Leucosticte arctoa
Baltimore Oriole 17
Icterus galbula
Band-tailed Pigeon 18
Patagioenas fasciata
Barn Swallow 19
Hirundo rustica
Belted Kingfisher 20
Megaceryle alcyon
Bewick's Wren 6
Thryomanes bewickii
Big Brown Bat 21
Eptesicus fuscus
Bighorn Sheep 22
Ovis canadensis
Black-billed Magpie 23
Pica hudsonia
Black-capped Chickadee 24
Poecile atricapillus
Black-headed Grosbeak 6
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Setophaga nigrescens
Blue-winged Teal 25
Spatula discors
Bobcat 26
Lynx rufus
Bohemian Waxwing 25
Bombycilla garrulus
Boreal Chorus Frog 27
Pseudacris maculata
Brewer's Blackbird 28
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 29
Selasphorus platycercus
Brook Trout 30
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Creeper 31
Certhia americana
Brown-headed Cowbird 32
Molothrus ater
Bufflehead 25
Bucephala albeola
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 33
Neotoma cinerea
Canada Goose 34
Branta canadensis
Canada Lynx 35
Lynx canadensis
Canyon Wren 36
Catherpes mexicanus
Cassin's Finch 6
Haemorhous cassinii
Cassin's Sparrow 6
Peucaea cassinii
Cedar Waxwing 37
Bombycilla cedrorum
Chipping Sparrow 38
Spizella passerina
Clark's Nutcracker 1
Nucifraga columbiana
Cliff Swallow 39
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Colorado Chipmunk 27
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Common Merganser 40
Mergus merganser
Common Nighthawk 32
Chordeiles minor
Common Porcupine 41
Erethizon dorsatum
Common Raccoon 42
Procyon lotor
Common Raven 43
Corvus corax
Common Shiner 44
Luxilus cornutus
Cooper's Hawk 45
Accipiter cooperii
Cordilleran Flycatcher 32
Empidonax occidentalis
Coyote 46
Canis latrans
Dark-eyed Junco 47
Junco hyemalis
Deer Mouse 48
Peromyscus maniculatus
Double-crested Cormorant 49
Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker 50
Dryobates pubescens
Dusky Flycatcher 32
Empidonax oberholseri
Dusky Grouse 32
Dendragapus obscurus
Dusky Shrew 51
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew 52
Sorex nanus
Eastern Screech-Owl 53
Megascops asio
Elk 54
Cervus canadensis
European Starling 55
Sturnus vulgaris
Evening Grosbeak 18
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Fathead Minnow 56
Pimephales promelas
Flammulated Owl 32
Psiloscops flammeolus
Fox Sparrow 20
Passerella iliaca
Fringed Myotis 57
Myotis thysanodes
Golden Eagle 32
Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-crowned Kinglet 58
Regulus satrapa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 27
Callospermophilus lateralis
Gray Fox 59
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Gray Jay 60
Perisoreus canadensis
Great Blue Heron 61
Ardea herodias
Great Horned Owl 2
Bubo virginianus
Green-tailed Towhee 32
Pipilo chlorurus
Hairy Woodpecker 62
Dryobates villosus
Hammond's Flycatcher 63
Empidonax hammondii
Heather Vole 15
Phenacomys intermedius
Hermit Thrush 28
Catharus guttatus
Hoary Bat 64
Lasiurus cinereus
House Finch 65
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Mouse 66
Mus musculus
House Sparrow 67
Passer domesticus
House Wren 32
Troglodytes aedon
Johnny Darter 68
Etheostoma nigrum
Killdeer 69
Charadrius vociferus
Lark Sparrow 8
Chondestes grammacus
Lazuli Bunting 70
Passerina amoena
Least Chipmunk 71
Neotamias minimus
Lincoln's Sparrow 72
Melospiza lincolnii
Little Brown Bat 73
Myotis lucifugus
Loggerhead Shrike 6
Lanius ludovicianus
Long-legged Myotis 21
Myotis volans
Long-tailed Vole 74
Microtus longicaudus

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