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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 ↓

Gray Jay ¹
Perisoreus canadensis

Clark's Nutcracker ²
Nucifraga columbiana

Pinyon Jay ³
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill ⁴
Loxia curvirostra

Common Redpoll ⁵
Acanthis flammea

Pine Siskin ⁶
Spinus pinus

Lesser Goldfinch ⁷
Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch ⁸
Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch ⁷
Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch ⁹
Haemorhous mexicanus

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch ¹⁰
Leucosticte australis

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch ¹¹
Leucosticte tephrocotis

Evening Grosbeak ¹²
Coccothraustes vespertinus

Ash-throated Flycatcher ¹³
Myiarchus cinerascens

Olive-sided Flycatcher ¹⁴
Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee ¹⁵
Contopus sordidulus

Hammond's Flycatcher ¹⁶
Empidonax hammondii

Least Flycatcher ¹⁷
Empidonax minimus

Dusky Flycatcher ¹⁰
Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher ¹⁰
Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher ¹⁸
Empidonax traillii

Gray Flycatcher ¹⁰
Empidonax wrightii

Western Kingbird ¹⁹
Tyrannus verticalis

Cassin's Kingbird ²⁰
Tyrannus vociferans

Eastern Phoebe ¹⁹
Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe ¹⁸
Sayornis saya

Common Opossum ²¹
Didelphis marsupialis

Desert Cottontail ²²
Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail ²³
Sylvilagus floridanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ²⁴
Lepus californicus

Fox Squirrel ²⁵
Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel ²⁶
Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel ²⁷
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rock Squirrel ²⁸
Otospermophilus variegatus

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel ¹⁰
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Spotted ground squirrel ²⁹
Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Black-tailed Prairie Dog ³⁰
Cynomys ludovicianus

Plains Pocket Gopher ³¹
Geomys bursarius

Hispid Pocket Mouse ³²
Chaetodipus hispidus

Plains Pocket Mouse ³³
Perognathus flavescens flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse bunkeri ssp. ³⁴
Perognathus flavus bunkeri

Ord's Kangaroo Rat ³⁵
Dipodomys ordii

House Mouse ³⁶
Mus musculus

White-footed Mouse ³⁷
Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse ³⁸
Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse ³⁹
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse ⁴⁰
Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse ⁴¹
Onychomys leucogaster

Mule Deer ⁴²
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer ⁴³
Odocoileus virginianus

Elk ⁴⁴
Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn ²
Antilocapra americana

Townsend's Big-eared Bat ⁴⁵
Corynorhinus townsendii

Fringed Myotis ⁴⁶
Myotis thysanodes

American Black Bear ⁴⁷
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ⁴⁸
Procyon lotor

Long-tailed Weasel ⁴⁹
Mustela frenata

American Badger ²
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ⁵⁰
Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat ⁵¹
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁵²
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁵³
Canis latrans

Swift Fox ⁷
Vulpes velox

Red Fox ¹⁸
Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox ⁵⁴
Urocyon cinereoargenteus

North American Least Shrew ⁵⁵
Cryptotis parva

Northern Short-tailed Shrew ⁵⁶
Blarina brevicauda

Masked Shrew ⁵⁷
Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew ⁴¹
Sorex merriami

Dusky Shrew ⁴¹
Sorex monticolus

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Wildlife of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Gray Jay 1 Perisoreus canadensis

Clark's Nutcracker 2 Nucifraga columbiana

Pinyon Jay 3 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill 4 Loxia curvirostra

Common Redpoll 5 Acanthis flammea

Pine Siskin 6 Spinus pinus

Lesser Goldfinch 7 Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch 8 Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch 7 Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch 9 Haemorhous mexicanus

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 10 Leucosticte australis

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 11 Leucosticte tephrocotis

Evening Grosbeak 12 Coccothraustes vespertinus

Ash-throated Flycatcher 13 Myiarchus cinerascens

Olive-sided Flycatcher 14 Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee 15 Contopus sordidulus

Hammond's Flycatcher 16 Empidonax hammondii

Least Flycatcher 17 Empidonax minimus

Dusky Flycatcher 10 Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher 10 Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher 18 Empidonax traillii

Gray Flycatcher 10 Empidonax wrightii

Western Kingbird 19 Tyrannus verticalis

Cassin's Kingbird 20 Tyrannus vociferans

Eastern Phoebe 19 Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe 18 Sayornis saya

Common Opossum 21 Didelphis marsupialis

Desert Cottontail 22 Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail 23 Sylvilagus floridanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 24 Lepus californicus

Fox Squirrel 25 Sciurus niger

Southwestern Red Squirrel 26 Tamiasciurus fremonti

American Red Squirrel 27 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Rock Squirrel 28 Otospermophilus variegatus

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 10 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Spotted ground squirrel 29 Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Black-tailed Prairie Dog 30 Cynomys ludovicianus

Plains Pocket Gopher 31 Geomys bursarius

Hispid Pocket Mouse 32 Chaetodipus hispidus

Plains Pocket Mouse 33 Perognathus flavescens flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse bunkeri ssp. 34 Perognathus flavus bunkeri

Ord's Kangaroo Rat 35 Dipodomys ordii

House Mouse 36 Mus musculus

White-footed Mouse 37 Peromyscus leucopus

Deer Mouse 38 Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse 39 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains Harvest Mouse 40 Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern Grasshopper Mouse 41 Onychomys leucogaster

Mule Deer 42 Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed Deer 43 Odocoileus virginianus

Elk 44 Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn 2 Antilocapra americana

Townsend's Big-eared Bat 45 Corynorhinus townsendii

Fringed Myotis 46 Myotis thysanodes

American Black Bear 47 Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon 48 Procyon lotor

Long-tailed Weasel 49 Mustela frenata

American Badger 2 Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk 50 Mephitis mephitis

Bobcat 51 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 52 Puma concolor

Coyote 53 Canis latrans

Swift Fox 7 Vulpes velox

Red Fox 18 Vulpes vulpes

Gray Fox 54 Urocyon cinereoargenteus

North American Least Shrew 55 Cryptotis parva

Northern Short-tailed Shrew 56 Blarina brevicauda

Masked Shrew 57 Sorex cinereus

Merriam's Shrew 41 Sorex merriami

Dusky Shrew 41 Sorex monticolus