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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 ↓

Chestnut-collared Longspur 1
Calcarius ornatus
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Junco hyemalis
Baird's Sparrow 3
Ammodramus bairdii
Grasshopper Sparrow 4
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 3
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 5
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 3
Calamospiza melanocorys
American Tree Sparrow 6
Spizelloides arborea
Cassin's Sparrow 7
Peucaea cassinii
Swamp Sparrow 8
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 9
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 2
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 10
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 3
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 11
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 12
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 13
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 14
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Harris's Sparrow 15
Zonotrichia querula
Green-tailed Towhee 3
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 16
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Spotted Towhee 17
Pipilo maculatus
Spurred Spotted Towhee 18
Pipilo maculatus montanus
Canyon Towhee 19
Melozone fusca
Black-throated Sparrow 20
Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow 21
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 22
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 23
Mimus polyglottos
Curve-billed Thrasher 24
Toxostoma curvirostre
Brown Thrasher 25
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 3
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 26
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 22
Passerina amoena
Blue Grosbeak 5
Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting 27
Passerina cyanea
Black-headed Grosbeak 4
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Dickcissel 3
Spiza americana
Hepatic Tanager 27
Piranga flava
Western Tanager 3
Piranga ludoviciana
American Pipit 3
Anthus rubescens
Wilson's Warbler 28
Cardellina pusilla
Ovenbird 29
Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Parula 30
Setophaga americana
Hooded Warbler 31
Setophaga citrina
Yellow-rumped Warbler 32
Setophaga coronata
Grace's Warbler 3
Setophaga graciae
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4
Setophaga nigrescens
Palm Warbler 33
Setophaga palmarum
Chestnut-sided Warbler 34
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 9
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 35
Setophaga ruticilla
Blackpoll Warbler 36
Setophaga striata
Townsend's Warbler 37
Setophaga townsendi
Black-throated Green Warbler 30
Setophaga virens
Black-and-white Warbler 38
Mniotilta varia
Worm-eating Warbler 3
Helmitheros vermivorum
MacGillivray's Warbler 39
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 16
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler 40
Leiothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 41
Leiothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler 8
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Virginia's Warbler 3
Leiothlypis virginiae
Golden-winged Warbler 3
Vermivora chrysoptera
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 42
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 43
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 44
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 45
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 46
Certhia americana
American Dipper 4
Cinclus mexicanus
California Scrub-Jay 23
Aphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 47
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 48
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 49
Corvus corax
Chihuahuan Raven 50
Corvus cryptoleucus
Blue Jay 51
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 52
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 53
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 54
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 55
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 56
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 57
Loxia curvirostra
Common Redpoll 58
Acanthis flammea
Pine Siskin 59
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 4
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 60
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 4
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 61
Haemorhous mexicanus
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 3
Leucosticte australis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 5
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Evening Grosbeak 62
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 19
Myiarchus cinerascens
Olive-sided Flycatcher 43
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 63
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 64
Empidonax hammondii
Least Flycatcher 8
Empidonax minimus
Dusky Flycatcher 3
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 3
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 23
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 3
Empidonax wrightii

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