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Wildlife of Roxborough State Park
Roxborough State Park is located approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Denver in Douglas County. Over 105,000 people visit this day-use park each year. Local schools, scouting groups, and clubs make up a significant portion of park visitation. Families and groups of international ...more ↓
Roxborough State Park is located approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Denver in Douglas County. Over 105,000 people visit this day-use park each year. Local schools, scouting groups, and clubs make up a significant portion of park visitation. Families and groups of international visitors are also part of the visitor population.
Roxborough State Park became a state park in 1975, was designated a Colorado Natural Area in 1979, was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1980, and as a National Archaeological District in 1983. These designations are a testament to the diverse biological, geological, and historic resources that make up Roxborough State Park.
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- All 261
- 1. class
- Amphibians 4
- Birds 183
- Mammals 63
- Reptiles 11
- 2. order
- Bats 8
- Carnivores 15
- Cormorants 1
- Cranes 4
- Cuckoos 1
- Falcons and Kestrels 4
- Frogs and Toads 3
- Grebes 2
- Grouses Turkeys and Pheasants 2
- Hawks Eagle and Ospreys 12
- Hummingbirds Nighthawks and Swifts 7
- Kingfishers 1
- Lizards and Snakes 9
- Loons 2
- Owls 4
- Pelicans Herons and Ibises 3
- Perching Birds 105
- Pigeons and Doves 2
- Rabbits 4
- Rodents 31
- Salamanders 1
- Shorebirds 8
- Shrews and Moles 2
- Turtles and Tortoises 2
- Ungulates 3
- Vultures 1
- Waterfowl 18
- Woodpeckers 6
- Park
- Roxborough 261
- Color
- black 136
- blue 25
- brown 171
- green 28
- grey 131
- orange 26
- pink 3
- purple 7
- red 27
- white 132
- yellow 43
- Taxonomy
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Birds
Class Aves
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Perching Birds
Order Passeriformes
- 1 Long-tailed Tits Family Aegithalidae
- 1 Larks Family Alaudidae
- 2 Waxwings Family Bombycillidae
- 6 Cardinals and Allies Family Cardinalidae
- 1 Treecreepers Family Certhiidae
- 8 Crows, Jays, and Magpies Family Corvidae
- 8 Finches, Euphonias, and Allies Family Fringillidae
- 5 Swallows and Martins Family Hirundinidae
- 6 New World Blackbirds and Orioles Family Icteridae
- 1 Yellow-breasted Chats Family Icteriidae
- 2 Shrikes Family Laniidae
- 3 Mockingbirds and Thrashers Family Mimidae
- 3 Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice Family Paridae
- 12 New World Warblers Family Parulidae
- 15 New World Sparrows Family Passerellidae
- 1 Old World Sparrows Family Passeridae
- 1 Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens Family Polioptilidae
- 2 Kinglets Family Regulidae
- 2 Nuthatches Family Sittidae
- 1 Starlings Family Sturnidae
- 4 Wrens Family Troglodytidae
- 6 Thrushes Family Turdidae
- 11 Tyrant Flycatchers Family Tyrannidae
- 3 Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis Family Vireonidae
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Perching Birds
Order Passeriformes
Willow Flycatcher
1
Empidonax traillii
Eastern Kingbird
2
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird
3
Tyrannus verticalis
Eastern Phoebe
3
Sayornis phoebe
Say's Phoebe
1
Sayornis saya
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