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Wildlife of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Great Plains Toad ¹
Anaxyrus cognatus

Red-spotted Toad ²
Anaxyrus punctatus

Woodhouse's Toad ³
Anaxyrus woodhousii

Boreal Chorus Frog ⁴
Pseudacris maculata

Plains leopard Frog ⁵
Lithobates blairi

American Bullfrog ⁶
Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog ⁷
Lithobates pipiens

Plains Spadefoot ⁸
Spea bombifrons

Mexican Spadefoot ⁴
Spea multiplicata

Western Tiger Salamander ⁹
Ambystoma mavortium

Prairie Lizard ⁹
Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard ¹⁰
Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard ¹¹
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Six-lined Racerunner ¹²
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ¹³
Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake ¹⁴
Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake ¹⁵
Heterodon nasicus

Racer ¹⁶
Coluber constrictor

Gopher Snake ⁴
Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake ¹
Pituophis catenifer sayi

Western Milksnake ¹⁷
Lampropeltis gentilis

Prairie Rattlesnake ⁴
Crotalus viridis

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ¹⁸
Coccyzus americanus

Black-billed Cuckoo ¹⁰
Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Red-headed Woodpecker ¹⁹
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker ²⁰
Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker ²¹
Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker ²²
Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ¹⁰
Sphyrapicus varius

Downy Woodpecker ²³
Dryobates pubescens

Ladder-backed Woodpecker ²⁴
Dryobates scalaris

Hairy Woodpecker ²⁵
Dryobates villosus

American Three-toed Woodpecker ²⁶
Picoides dorsalis

Western screech owl ²⁷
Megascops kennicottii

Northern Pygmy-Owl ²⁸
Glaucidium gnoma

Mexican Spotted Owl ²⁹
Strix occidentalis lucida

Burrowing Owl ³⁰
Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl ³¹
Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl ³²
Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl ¹⁰
Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ³²
Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl ¹⁰
Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl ³³
Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher ³⁴
Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon ³⁵
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ²⁰
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ³⁶
Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture ³⁷
Cathartes aura

Scaled Quail ³⁸
Callipepla squamata

Wild Turkey ³⁹
Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant ⁴⁰
Phasianus colchicus

Mountain Plover ⁴¹
Charadrius montanus

Merlin ⁴²
Falco columbarius

Prairie Falcon ³⁸
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon ⁴³
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ⁴¹
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ¹⁰
Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill ⁴⁴
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird ⁴⁵
Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ⁴⁶
Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird ⁴⁷
Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ¹⁰
Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift ⁴⁸
Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift ⁴¹
Chaetura pelagica

Black Swift ⁴⁹
Cypseloides niger

Golden Eagle ¹⁰
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ⁵⁰
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ⁵¹
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ⁵²
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ²⁹
Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk ⁵³
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ⁵⁴
Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk ⁵⁵
Buteo platypterus

Ferruginous Hawk ¹⁰
Buteo regalis

Bald Eagle ⁵⁶
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Mississippi Kite ⁴⁹
Ictinia mississippiensis

Barn Swallow ⁵⁷
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ³²
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ⁵⁸
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ⁵⁹
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ¹⁰
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁶⁰
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ⁶¹
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ¹⁰
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ⁶²
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink ²⁹
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole ⁶³
Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole ⁶⁴
Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole ⁶⁵
Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark ⁴¹
Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird ⁶⁶
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ⁶⁷
Lanius excubitor

Black-capped Chickadee ⁶⁸
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ¹⁰
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ⁶⁹
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁷⁰
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ²³
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ⁷¹
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ⁷²
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁷³
Catherpes mexicanus

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Wildlife of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Great Plains Toad 1 Anaxyrus cognatus

Red-spotted Toad 2 Anaxyrus punctatus

Woodhouse's Toad 3 Anaxyrus woodhousii

Boreal Chorus Frog 4 Pseudacris maculata

Plains leopard Frog 5 Lithobates blairi

American Bullfrog 6 Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog 7 Lithobates pipiens

Plains Spadefoot 8 Spea bombifrons

Mexican Spadefoot 4 Spea multiplicata

Western Tiger Salamander 9 Ambystoma mavortium

Prairie Lizard 9 Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard 10 Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard 11 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Six-lined Racerunner 12 Aspidoscelis sexlineatus

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 13 Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake 14 Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake 15 Heterodon nasicus

Racer 16 Coluber constrictor

Gopher Snake 4 Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake 1 Pituophis catenifer sayi

Western Milksnake 17 Lampropeltis gentilis

Prairie Rattlesnake 4 Crotalus viridis

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18 Coccyzus americanus

Black-billed Cuckoo 10 Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Red-headed Woodpecker 19 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker 20 Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker 21 Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker 22 Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10 Sphyrapicus varius

Downy Woodpecker 23 Dryobates pubescens

Ladder-backed Woodpecker 24 Dryobates scalaris

Hairy Woodpecker 25 Dryobates villosus

American Three-toed Woodpecker 26 Picoides dorsalis

Western screech owl 27 Megascops kennicottii

Northern Pygmy-Owl 28 Glaucidium gnoma

Mexican Spotted Owl 29 Strix occidentalis lucida

Burrowing Owl 30 Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl 31 Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl 32 Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl 10 Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 32 Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl 10 Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl 33 Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher 34 Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon 35 Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon 20 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 36 Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture 37 Cathartes aura

Scaled Quail 38 Callipepla squamata

Wild Turkey 39 Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant 40 Phasianus colchicus

Mountain Plover 41 Charadrius montanus

Merlin 42 Falco columbarius

Prairie Falcon 38 Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon 43 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 41 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 10 Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill 44 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird 45 Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 46 Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird 47 Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 10 Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift 48 Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift 41 Chaetura pelagica

Black Swift 49 Cypseloides niger

Golden Eagle 10 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 50 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 51 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 52 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 29 Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk 53 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 54 Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk 55 Buteo platypterus

Ferruginous Hawk 10 Buteo regalis

Bald Eagle 56 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Mississippi Kite 49 Ictinia mississippiensis

Barn Swallow 57 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 32 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 58 Tachycineta thalassina