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Birds of Cherry Creek State Park

Comprised of an 880-acre reservoir and 3305 acres of upland, Cherry Creek State Park is the largest regional park and recreation area in the southeast Denver area. it was also the first park in the state park system. Located in the High Plains section of the Great Plains, the park sits on a ...more ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Lewis's Woodpecker 3
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 4
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 5
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Downy Woodpecker 6
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 7
Dryobates villosus
Burrowing Owl 8
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 9
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 10
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 11
Asio otus
Barn Owl 12
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 13
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 14
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 15
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
Sora 17
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 18
Rallus limicola
American Coot 19
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 20
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 21
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 22
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 23
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 24
Calidris alba
Dunlin 25
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 26
Calidris bairdii
White-rumped Sandpiper 11
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 27
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 28
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 29
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 30
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 31
Calidris pusilla
Tryngites subruficollis 11
Calidris subruficollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 32
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 33
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 34
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 35
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 11
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 35
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 17
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 36
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 37
Gallinago delicata
Common Snipe 38
Gallinago gallinago
Marbled Godwit 39
Limosa fedoa
Red-necked Phalarope 17
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 40
Phalaropus tricolor
Actitis macularia 41
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 42
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 43
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 44
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 45
Chlidonias niger
Larus philadelphia 35
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 46
Larus argentatus
American Herring Gull 47
Larus argentatus smithsonianus
California Gull 48
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 49
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 50
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 51
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 52
Larus glaucescens
Iceland Gull 53
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 54
Larus hyperboreus
Thayer's Gull 55
Larus thayeri
Black-legged Kittiwake 56
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 11
Xema sabini
Larus atricilla 11
Leucophaeus atricilla
Larus pipixcan 57
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish Plover 58
Charadrius alexandrinus
Semipalmated Plover 59
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 60
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden-Plover 61
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 35
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 3
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 62
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic Jaeger 51
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 63
Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Loon 11
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 35
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 64
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 35
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 65
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 66
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 35
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 17
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 67
Podilymbus podiceps
White Ibis 68
Eudocimus albus
White-faced Ibis 69
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 70
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 6
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 71
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 30
Egretta thula
Casmerodius albus 17
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 17
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 38
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 72
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 73
Butorides virescens
Merlin 74
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 75
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 76
Falco sparverius
American Peregrine Falcon 77
Falco peregrinus anatum
Common Nighthawk 11
Chordeiles minor

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