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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 ↓

Chipping Sparrow ¹
Spizella passerina

Green-tailed Towhee ²
Pipilo chlorurus

Spotted Towhee ³
Pipilo maculatus

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁴
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ⁵
Mimus polyglottos

Gray Catbird ²
Dumetella carolinensis

Lazuli Bunting ⁴
Passerina amoena

Lazuli × Indigo Bunting ⁶
Passerina amoena × cyanea

Blue Grosbeak ⁷
Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting ⁸
Passerina cyanea

Black-headed Grosbeak ⁹
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Dickcissel ¹⁰
Spiza americana

Western Tanager ²
Piranga ludoviciana

Ovenbird ¹¹
Seiurus aurocapilla

Yellow-rumped Warbler ¹²
Setophaga coronata

Yellow Warbler ¹³
Setophaga petechia

Black-and-white Warbler ¹⁴
Mniotilta varia

Virginia's Warbler ²
Oreothlypis virginiae

Common Yellowthroat ¹⁵
Geothlypis trichas

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ²
Polioptila caerulea

Bushtit ¹⁶
Psaltriparus minimus

Horned Lark ¹⁷
Eremophila alpestris

Cedar Waxwing ¹⁸
Bombycilla cedrorum

Brown Creeper ¹⁹
Certhia americana

American Dipper ⁹
Cinclus mexicanus

Florida Scrub-Jay ²⁰
Aphelocoma coerulescens

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ²¹
Aphelocoma woodhouseii

American Crow ²²
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ²³
Corvus corax

Chihuahuan Raven ²⁴
Corvus cryptoleucus

Blue Jay ²⁵
Cyanocitta cristata

Steller's Jay ²⁶
Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie ²⁷
Pica hudsonia

Pinyon Jay ²⁸
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill ²⁹
Loxia curvirostra

Pine Siskin ³⁰
Spinus pinus

Lesser Goldfinch ⁹
Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch ³¹
Spinus tristis

House Finch ³²
Haemorhous mexicanus

Olive-sided Flycatcher ¹⁷
Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee ³³
Contopus sordidulus

Hammond's Flycatcher ³⁴
Empidonax hammondii

Dusky Flycatcher ²
Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher ²
Empidonax occidentalis

Eastern Kingbird ³⁵
Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird ⁴
Tyrannus verticalis

Say's Phoebe ⁵
Sayornis saya

Desert Cottontail ³⁶
Sylvilagus audubonii

Fox Squirrel ³⁷
Sciurus niger

Least Chipmunk ³⁸
Neotamias minimus

Rock Squirrel ³⁹
Otospermophilus variegatus

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel ²
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Black-tailed Prairie Dog ⁴⁰
Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver ⁴¹
Castor canadensis

Common Porcupine ⁴²
Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse ⁴³
Mus musculus

Prairie Vole ⁴⁴
Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole ⁴⁵
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse ⁴⁶
Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse ⁴⁷
Reithrodontomys megalotis

White-throated Woodrat ⁴⁷
Neotoma albigula

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse ⁴⁸
Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer ⁴⁹
Odocoileus hemionus

Elk ⁵⁰
Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn ⁵¹
Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat ²⁴
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat ⁵²
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat ⁵³
Lasiurus cinereus

Western Small-footed Myotis ⁵⁴
Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis ⁵⁵
Myotis evotis

Long-legged Myotis ⁵⁶
Myotis volans

American Black Bear ⁵⁷
Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon ⁵⁸
Procyon lotor

Ringtail ⁵⁹
Bassariscus astutus

Bobcat ⁶⁰
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁶¹
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁶²
Canis latrans

Red Fox ⁵
Vulpes vulpes

Donkey ⁶³
Equus asinus

Black Bullhead ⁶⁴
Ameiurus melas

Bigmouth Shiner ⁶⁵
Notropis dorsalis

Fathead Minnow ⁶⁶
Pimephales promelas

Longnose Dace ⁶⁷
Rhinichthys cataractae

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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Chipping Sparrow 1 Spizella passerina

Green-tailed Towhee 2 Pipilo chlorurus

Spotted Towhee 3 Pipilo maculatus

Yellow-breasted Chat 4 Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird 5 Mimus polyglottos

Gray Catbird 2 Dumetella carolinensis

Lazuli Bunting 4 Passerina amoena

Lazuli × Indigo Bunting 6 Passerina amoena × cyanea

Blue Grosbeak 7 Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting 8 Passerina cyanea

Black-headed Grosbeak 9 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Dickcissel 10 Spiza americana

Western Tanager 2 Piranga ludoviciana

Ovenbird 11 Seiurus aurocapilla

Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 Setophaga coronata

Yellow Warbler 13 Setophaga petechia

Black-and-white Warbler 14 Mniotilta varia

Virginia's Warbler 2 Oreothlypis virginiae

Common Yellowthroat 15 Geothlypis trichas

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Polioptila caerulea

Bushtit 16 Psaltriparus minimus

Horned Lark 17 Eremophila alpestris

Cedar Waxwing 18 Bombycilla cedrorum

Brown Creeper 19 Certhia americana

American Dipper 9 Cinclus mexicanus

Florida Scrub-Jay 20 Aphelocoma coerulescens

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 21 Aphelocoma woodhouseii

American Crow 22 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 23 Corvus corax

Chihuahuan Raven 24 Corvus cryptoleucus

Blue Jay 25 Cyanocitta cristata

Steller's Jay 26 Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie 27 Pica hudsonia

Pinyon Jay 28 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill 29 Loxia curvirostra

Pine Siskin 30 Spinus pinus

Lesser Goldfinch 9 Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch 31 Spinus tristis

House Finch 32 Haemorhous mexicanus

Olive-sided Flycatcher 17 Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee 33 Contopus sordidulus

Hammond's Flycatcher 34 Empidonax hammondii

Dusky Flycatcher 2 Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher 2 Empidonax occidentalis

Eastern Kingbird 35 Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird 4 Tyrannus verticalis

Say's Phoebe 5 Sayornis saya

Desert Cottontail 36 Sylvilagus audubonii

Fox Squirrel 37 Sciurus niger

Least Chipmunk 38 Neotamias minimus

Rock Squirrel 39 Otospermophilus variegatus

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 2 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Black-tailed Prairie Dog 40 Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver 41 Castor canadensis

Common Porcupine 42 Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse 43 Mus musculus

Prairie Vole 44 Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow Vole 45 Microtus pennsylvanicus

Deer Mouse 46 Peromyscus maniculatus

Western Harvest Mouse 47 Reithrodontomys megalotis

White-throated Woodrat 47 Neotoma albigula

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse 48 Zapus hudsonius preblei

Mule Deer 49 Odocoileus hemionus

Elk 50 Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn 51 Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat 24 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired Bat 52 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Hoary Bat 53 Lasiurus cinereus

Western Small-footed Myotis 54 Myotis ciliolabrum

Miller's Myotis 55 Myotis evotis

Long-legged Myotis 56 Myotis volans

American Black Bear 57 Ursus americanus

Common Raccoon 58 Procyon lotor

Ringtail 59 Bassariscus astutus

Bobcat 60 Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion 61 Puma concolor

Coyote 62 Canis latrans

Red Fox 5 Vulpes vulpes

Donkey 63 Equus asinus