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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Castlewood Canyon State Park is located in central Douglas County, one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. It lies east of Interstate 25 and is equidistant between the two largest metropolitan areas within Colorado - Denver and Colorado Springs. The park lies at the intersection of ...more ↓

Great Plains Toad ¹
Anaxyrus cognatus

Woodhouse's Toad ²
Anaxyrus woodhousii

Boreal Chorus Frog ³
Pseudacris maculata

Western Chorus Frog ⁴
Pseudacris triseriata

American Bullfrog ⁵
Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog ⁶
Lithobates pipiens

Plains Spadefoot ⁷
Spea bombifrons

Western Tiger Salamander ⁸
Ambystoma mavortium

Prairie Lizard ⁹
Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard ¹⁰
Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard ¹¹
Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard ¹²
Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink ¹³
Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner ¹
Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Lined Snake ¹⁴
Tropidoclonion lineatum

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ³
Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake ⁸
Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Plains Garter Snake ¹⁵
Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake ¹⁶
Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer ⁸
Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Plains Black-headed Snake ¹⁰
Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake ³
Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake ¹⁷
Pituophis catenifer sayi

Smooth Greensnake ¹⁸
Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake ¹⁹
Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake ³
Crotalus viridis

Spiny Softshell ²⁰
Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle ²¹
Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle ³
Chrysemys picta

Lewis's Woodpecker ²²
Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker ²³
Colaptes auratus

Downy Woodpecker ²⁴
Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ²⁵
Dryobates villosus

Great Horned Owl ²⁶
Bubo virginianus

Barn Owl ²⁷
Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher ²⁸
Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon ²⁹
Columba livia

Mourning Dove ³⁰
Zenaida macroura

Sora ³¹
Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail ³²
Rallus limicola

Turkey Vulture ³³
Cathartes aura

Wild Turkey ³⁴
Meleagris gallopavo

Spotted Sandpiper ³⁵
Actitis macularius

Killdeer ³⁶
Charadrius vociferus

Great Blue Heron ³¹
Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron ³⁷
Nycticorax nycticorax

Prairie Falcon ³⁸
Falco mexicanus

American Kestrel ⁹
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ¹⁰
Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill ³⁹
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ⁴⁰
Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ¹⁰
Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift ⁴¹
Aeronautes saxatalis

Mallard ⁴²
Anas platyrhynchos

Canada Goose ⁴³
Branta canadensis

Golden Eagle ¹⁰
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ⁴⁴
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ⁴⁵
Accipiter gentilis

Northern Harrier ⁴⁶
Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk ⁴⁷
Buteo jamaicensis

Broad-winged Hawk ⁴⁸
Buteo platypterus

Swainson's Hawk ⁴⁹
Buteo swainsoni

Barn Swallow ⁵⁰
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ⁵¹
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ⁵²
Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ¹⁰
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁵³
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ⁵⁴
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ¹⁰
Molothrus ater

Baltimore Oriole ⁵⁵
Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark ⁹
Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle ⁵⁶
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ⁵⁷
Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike ⁹
Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee ⁵⁸
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ¹⁰
Poecile gambeli

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁵⁹
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ²⁴
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ⁶⁰
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ⁶¹
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁶²
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ¹⁰
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ¹⁰
Troglodytes aedon

American Robin ⁶³
Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush ⁵⁴
Catharus guttatus

Mountain Bluebird ³²
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ⁵⁴
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ⁶⁴
Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo ⁶⁵
Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo ⁶⁶
Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo ⁹
Vireo olivaceus

Plumbeous Vireo ¹⁰
Vireo plumbeus

Blue-headed Vireo ⁶⁷
Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁶⁸
Regulus calendula

Dark-eyed Junco ⁶⁹
Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper Sparrow ⁹
Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow ¹⁰
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ³²
Chondestes grammacus

Lark Bunting ¹⁰
Calamospiza melanocorys

Song Sparrow ⁶⁹
Melospiza melodia

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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Great Plains Toad 1 Anaxyrus cognatus

Woodhouse's Toad 2 Anaxyrus woodhousii

Boreal Chorus Frog 3 Pseudacris maculata

Western Chorus Frog 4 Pseudacris triseriata

American Bullfrog 5 Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog 6 Lithobates pipiens

Plains Spadefoot 7 Spea bombifrons

Western Tiger Salamander 8 Ambystoma mavortium

Prairie Lizard 9 Sceloporus consobrinus

Eastern Fence Lizard 10 Sceloporus undulatus

Greater Short-horned Lizard 11 Phrynosoma hernandesi

Western Earless Lizard 12 Holbrookia maculata

Many-lined Skink 13 Plestiodon multivirgatus

Six-lined Racerunner 1 Aspidoscelis sexlineata

Lined Snake 14 Tropidoclonion lineatum

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 3 Thamnophis elegans

Wandering Garter Snake 8 Thamnophis elegans vagrans

Plains Garter Snake 15 Thamnophis radix

Plains Hognose Snake 16 Heterodon nasicus

Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer 8 Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Plains Black-headed Snake 10 Tantilla nigriceps

Gopher Snake 3 Pituophis catenifer

Bullsnake 17 Pituophis catenifer sayi

Smooth Greensnake 18 Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake 19 Lampropeltis triangulum

Prairie Rattlesnake 3 Crotalus viridis

Spiny Softshell 20 Apalone spinifera

Common Snapping Turtle 21 Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle 3 Chrysemys picta

Lewis's Woodpecker 22 Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker 23 Colaptes auratus

Downy Woodpecker 24 Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker 25 Dryobates villosus

Great Horned Owl 26 Bubo virginianus

Barn Owl 27 Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher 28 Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon 29 Columba livia

Mourning Dove 30 Zenaida macroura

Sora 31 Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail 32 Rallus limicola

Turkey Vulture 33 Cathartes aura

Wild Turkey 34 Meleagris gallopavo

Spotted Sandpiper 35 Actitis macularius

Killdeer 36 Charadrius vociferus

Great Blue Heron 31 Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron 37 Nycticorax nycticorax

Prairie Falcon 38 Falco mexicanus

American Kestrel 9 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 10 Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill 39 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 40 Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 10 Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift 41 Aeronautes saxatalis

Mallard 42 Anas platyrhynchos

Canada Goose 43 Branta canadensis

Golden Eagle 10 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 44 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 45 Accipiter gentilis

Northern Harrier 46 Circus cyaneus

Red-tailed Hawk 47 Buteo jamaicensis

Broad-winged Hawk 48 Buteo platypterus

Swainson's Hawk 49 Buteo swainsoni

Barn Swallow 50 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 51 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 52 Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 53 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 54 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Molothrus ater

Baltimore Oriole 55 Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark 9 Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle 56 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 57 Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike 9 Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee 58 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 10 Poecile gambeli

Red-breasted Nuthatch 59 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 24 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 60 Sitta pygmaea