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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 ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ¹
Coccyzus americanus

Black-billed Cuckoo ²
Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Red-headed Woodpecker ³
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker ⁴
Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker ⁵
Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker ⁶
Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ²
Sphyrapicus varius

Downy Woodpecker ⁷
Dryobates pubescens

Ladder-backed Woodpecker ⁸
Dryobates scalaris

Hairy Woodpecker ⁹
Dryobates villosus

American Three-toed Woodpecker ¹⁰
Picoides dorsalis

Western screech owl ¹¹
Megascops kennicottii

Northern Pygmy-Owl ¹²
Glaucidium gnoma

Mexican Spotted Owl ¹³
Strix occidentalis lucida

Burrowing Owl ¹⁴
Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl ¹⁵
Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl ¹⁶
Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl ²
Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ¹⁶
Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl ²
Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl ¹⁷
Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher ¹⁸
Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon ¹⁹
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ⁴
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ²⁰
Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture ²¹
Cathartes aura

Scaled Quail ²²
Callipepla squamata

Wild Turkey ²³
Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant ²⁴
Phasianus colchicus

Mountain Plover ²⁵
Charadrius montanus

Merlin ²⁶
Falco columbarius

Prairie Falcon ²²
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon ²⁷
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ²⁵
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ²
Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill ²⁸
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird ²⁹
Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ³⁰
Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird ³¹
Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ²
Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift ³²
Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift ²⁵
Chaetura pelagica

Black Swift ³³
Cypseloides niger

Golden Eagle ²
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ³⁴
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ³⁵
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ³⁶
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ¹³
Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk ³⁷
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ³⁸
Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk ³⁹
Buteo platypterus

Ferruginous Hawk ²
Buteo regalis

Bald Eagle ⁴⁰
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Mississippi Kite ³³
Ictinia mississippiensis

Barn Swallow ⁴¹
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ¹⁶
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ⁴²
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ⁴³
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ²
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁴⁴
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ⁴⁵
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ²
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ⁴⁶
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink ¹³
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole ⁴⁷
Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole ⁴⁸
Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole ⁴⁹
Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark ²⁵
Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird ⁵⁰
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ⁵¹
Lanius excubitor

Black-capped Chickadee ⁵²
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ²
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ⁵³
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁵⁴
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁷
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ⁵⁵
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ⁵⁶
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁵⁷
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ²
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ²
Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren ²⁵
Thryomanes bewickii

Marsh Wren ¹⁶
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ⁵⁸
Turdus migratorius

Veery ⁵⁹
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ⁴⁵
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁶⁰
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ⁶¹
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ⁴⁵
Sialia mexicana

Eastern Bluebird ⁶²
Sialia sialis

Townsend's Solitaire ³³
Myadestes townsendi

Cassin's Vireo ²
Vireo cassinii

Warbling Vireo ⁶³
Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo ⁶⁴
Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo ²⁵
Vireo olivaceus

Plumbeous Vireo ²
Vireo plumbeus

Blue-headed Vireo ⁶⁵
Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁴⁹
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁶⁶
Regulus satrapa

McCown's Longspur ²
Rhynchophanes mccownii

Lapland Longspur ²⁵
Calcarius lapponicus

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Wildlife of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Coccyzus americanus

Black-billed Cuckoo 2 Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Red-headed Woodpecker 3 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker 4 Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker 5 Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker 6 Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Sphyrapicus varius

Downy Woodpecker 7 Dryobates pubescens

Ladder-backed Woodpecker 8 Dryobates scalaris

Hairy Woodpecker 9 Dryobates villosus

American Three-toed Woodpecker 10 Picoides dorsalis

Western screech owl 11 Megascops kennicottii

Northern Pygmy-Owl 12 Glaucidium gnoma

Mexican Spotted Owl 13 Strix occidentalis lucida

Burrowing Owl 14 Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl 15 Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl 16 Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl 2 Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 16 Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl 2 Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl 17 Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher 18 Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon 19 Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon 4 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 20 Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture 21 Cathartes aura

Scaled Quail 22 Callipepla squamata

Wild Turkey 23 Meleagris gallopavo

Ring-necked Pheasant 24 Phasianus colchicus

Mountain Plover 25 Charadrius montanus

Merlin 26 Falco columbarius

Prairie Falcon 22 Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon 27 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 25 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 2 Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill 28 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird 29 Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 30 Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird 31 Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 2 Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift 32 Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift 25 Chaetura pelagica

Black Swift 33 Cypseloides niger

Golden Eagle 2 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 34 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 35 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 36 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 13 Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk 37 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 38 Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk 39 Buteo platypterus

Ferruginous Hawk 2 Buteo regalis

Bald Eagle 40 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Mississippi Kite 33 Ictinia mississippiensis

Barn Swallow 41 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 16 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 42 Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow 43 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 44 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 45 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 46 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink 13 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole 47 Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole 48 Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole 49 Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark 25 Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird 50 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 51 Lanius excubitor

Black-capped Chickadee 52 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 2 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 53 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 54 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 7 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 55 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 56 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 57 Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren 2 Salpinctes obsoletus