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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 ↓

Northern Flicker ¹
Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker ²
Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Williamson's Sapsucker ³
Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Downy Woodpecker ⁴
Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ⁵
Dryobates villosus

Eastern Screech-Owl ⁶
Megascops asio

Northern Pygmy-Owl ⁷
Glaucidium gnoma

Great Horned Owl ⁸
Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ⁹
Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl ¹⁰
Psiloscops flammeolus

Belted Kingfisher ¹¹
Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon ¹²
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ¹³
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ¹⁴
Zenaida macroura

American Coot ¹⁵
Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture ¹⁶
Cathartes aura

Dusky Grouse ¹⁰
Dendragapus obscurus

Wild Turkey ¹⁷
Meleagris gallopavo

Spotted Sandpiper ¹⁸
Actitis macularius

Killdeer ¹⁹
Charadrius vociferus

Great Blue Heron ²⁰
Ardea herodias

Peregrine Falcon ²¹
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ²²
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ¹⁰
Chordeiles minor

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ²³
Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird ²⁴
Selasphorus rufus

Blue-winged Teal ⁹
Spatula discors

Mallard ²⁵
Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead ⁹
Bucephala albeola

Common Merganser ²⁶
Mergus merganser

Canada Goose ²⁷
Branta canadensis

Osprey ²⁰
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ¹⁰
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ²⁸
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ²⁹
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ³⁰
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ³¹
Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk ³²
Buteo jamaicensis

Double-crested Cormorant ³³
Phalacrocorax auritus

Barn Swallow ³⁴
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ⁹
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ³⁵
Tachycineta thalassina

Cliff Swallow ³⁶
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ³⁷
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ¹⁰
Molothrus ater

Baltimore Oriole ³⁸
Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark ³⁹
Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird ⁴⁰
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ⁴¹
Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike ³⁹
Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee ⁴²
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ¹⁰
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ⁴³
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁴⁴
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁴
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ⁴⁵
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ⁴⁶
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁴⁷
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ¹⁰
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ¹⁰
Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren ³⁹
Thryomanes bewickii

American Robin ⁴⁸
Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush ³⁷
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁴⁹
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ²²
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ³⁷
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ⁴¹
Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo ³
Vireo gilvus

Plumbeous Vireo ¹⁰
Vireo plumbeus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁵⁰
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁵¹
Regulus satrapa

Dark-eyed Junco ⁵²
Junco hyemalis

Lark Sparrow ²²
Chondestes grammacus

American Tree Sparrow ⁵³
Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's Sparrow ³⁹
Peucaea cassinii

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁵⁴
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁵²
Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow ⁵⁵
Spizella passerina

Fox Sparrow ¹¹
Passerella iliaca

White-crowned Sparrow ⁵⁶
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Green-tailed Towhee ¹⁰
Pipilo chlorurus

Savannah Sparrow ²⁰
Passerculus sandwichensis

Lazuli Bunting ⁵⁷
Passerina amoena

Black-headed Grosbeak ³⁹
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Western Tanager ¹⁰
Piranga ludoviciana

Wilson's Warbler ⁵⁸
Cardellina pusilla

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁵⁹
Setophaga coronata

Black-throated Green Warbler ³⁹
Setophaga nigrescens

Yellow Warbler ⁵⁴
Setophaga petechia

American Redstart ⁶⁰
Setophaga ruticilla

Virginia's Warbler ¹⁰
Oreothlypis virginiae

MacGillivray's Warbler ⁶¹
Geothlypis tolmiei

Cedar Waxwing ⁶²
Bombycilla cedrorum

Bohemian Waxwing ⁹
Bombycilla garrulus

Brown Creeper ⁶³
Certhia americana

American Dipper ³⁹
Cinclus mexicanus

American Crow ⁶⁴
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁶⁵
Corvus corax

Steller's Jay ⁶⁶
Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie ⁶⁷
Pica hudsonia

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Wildlife of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Northern Flicker 1 Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker 2 Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Williamson's Sapsucker 3 Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Downy Woodpecker 4 Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker 5 Dryobates villosus

Eastern Screech-Owl 6 Megascops asio

Northern Pygmy-Owl 7 Glaucidium gnoma

Great Horned Owl 8 Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 9 Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl 10 Psiloscops flammeolus

Belted Kingfisher 11 Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon 12 Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon 13 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 14 Zenaida macroura

American Coot 15 Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture 16 Cathartes aura

Dusky Grouse 10 Dendragapus obscurus

Wild Turkey 17 Meleagris gallopavo

Spotted Sandpiper 18 Actitis macularius

Killdeer 19 Charadrius vociferus

Great Blue Heron 20 Ardea herodias

Peregrine Falcon 21 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 22 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 10 Chordeiles minor

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 23 Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird 24 Selasphorus rufus

Blue-winged Teal 9 Spatula discors

Mallard 25 Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead 9 Bucephala albeola

Common Merganser 26 Mergus merganser

Canada Goose 27 Branta canadensis

Osprey 20 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 10 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 28 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 29 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 30 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 31 Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk 32 Buteo jamaicensis

Double-crested Cormorant 33 Phalacrocorax auritus

Barn Swallow 34 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 9 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 35 Tachycineta thalassina

Cliff Swallow 36 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 37 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Molothrus ater

Baltimore Oriole 38 Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark 39 Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird 40 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 41 Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike 39 Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee 42 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 10 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 43 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 44 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 45 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 46 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 47 Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren 10 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 10 Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren 39 Thryomanes bewickii

American Robin 48 Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush 37 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 49 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 22 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 37 Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire 41 Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo 3 Vireo gilvus

Plumbeous Vireo 10 Vireo plumbeus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 51 Regulus satrapa

Dark-eyed Junco 52 Junco hyemalis

Lark Sparrow 22 Chondestes grammacus

American Tree Sparrow 53 Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's Sparrow 39 Peucaea cassinii

Lincoln's Sparrow 54 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 52 Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow 55 Spizella passerina

Fox Sparrow 11 Passerella iliaca