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 ↓

Common Poorwill ¹
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ²
Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ³
Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift ⁴
Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift ⁵
Chaetura pelagica

American Wigeon ⁶
Mareca americana

Gadwall ⁵
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ⁷
Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal ⁸
Spatula cyanoptera

Cinnamon × Blue-winged Teal ⁹
Spatula cyanoptera × discors

Blue-winged Teal ⁶
Spatula discors

Tundra Swan ⁵
Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail ¹⁰
Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal ¹¹
Anas crecca

Mallard × Mexican Duck ¹²
Anas diazi × platyrhynchos

Mallard ¹³
Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead ⁶
Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye ¹⁴
Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye ¹⁴
Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser ¹⁵
Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser ¹⁶
Mergus serrator

Greater White-fronted Goose ¹⁷
Anser albifrons

Snow Goose ¹⁸
Anser caerulescens

Ross's Goose ¹⁹
Anser rossii

Black Scoter ²⁰
Melanitta americana

White-winged Scoter ⁶
Melanitta fusca

Surf Scoter ⁶
Melanitta perspicillata

Lesser Scaup ²¹
Aythya affinis

Redhead ²²
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ⁶
Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup ²³
Aythya marila

Canvasback ²⁴
Aythya valisineria

Ross's Goose ¹⁹
Chen rossii

Ruddy Duck ²⁵
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ²⁶
Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose ²⁷
Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck ²⁸
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ²⁹
Lophodytes cucullatus

Long-tailed Duck ³⁰
Clangula hyemalis

Osprey ³¹
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ²⁴
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ³²
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ³³
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ³⁴
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ³⁵
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ³⁶
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ³⁷
Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk ³⁸
Buteo platypterus

Ferruginous Hawk ²⁴
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ³⁹
Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle ⁴⁰
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ⁴¹
Phalacrocorax auritus

Barn Swallow ⁴²
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ⁶
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ⁴³
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ⁴⁴
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ²⁴
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁴⁵
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Rusty Blackbird ⁴⁶
Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's Blackbird ²⁷
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ²⁴
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ⁴⁷
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole ²⁴
Icterus bullockii

Orchard Oriole ⁴⁸
Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark ⁵
Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle ⁴⁹
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle ⁵⁰
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ⁵¹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ⁵²
Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike ⁵
Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee ⁵³
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ²⁴
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ⁵⁴
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁵⁵
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁵⁶
Sitta carolinensis

European Starling ⁵⁷
Sturnus vulgaris

Rock Wren ²⁴
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ²⁴
Troglodytes aedon

Marsh Wren ⁶
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ⁵⁸
Turdus migratorius

Veery ⁵⁹
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ²⁷
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁶⁰
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ⁶¹
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ²⁷
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ⁵²
Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo ⁶²
Vireo gilvus

Red-eyed Vireo ⁵
Vireo olivaceus

Blue-headed Vireo ⁶³
Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁴⁸
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁶⁴
Regulus satrapa

Snow Bunting ⁶²
Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur ⁵
Calcarius lapponicus

Dark-eyed Junco ⁶⁵
Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper Sparrow ⁵
Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow ²⁴
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ⁶¹
Chondestes grammacus

Lark Bunting ²⁴
Calamospiza melanocorys

Nelson's Sparrow ⁶⁶
Ammospiza nelsoni

American Tree Sparrow ⁶⁷
Spizelloides arborea

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Birds of Cherry Creek State Park

Common Poorwill 1 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 3 Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift 4 Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift 5 Chaetura pelagica

American Wigeon 6 Mareca americana

Gadwall 5 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 7 Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal 8 Spatula cyanoptera

Cinnamon × Blue-winged Teal 9 Spatula cyanoptera × discors

Blue-winged Teal 6 Spatula discors

Tundra Swan 5 Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail 10 Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal 11 Anas crecca

Mallard × Mexican Duck 12 Anas diazi × platyrhynchos

Mallard 13 Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead 6 Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye 14 Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye 14 Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser 15 Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser 16 Mergus serrator

Greater White-fronted Goose 17 Anser albifrons

Snow Goose 18 Anser caerulescens

Ross's Goose 19 Anser rossii

Black Scoter 20 Melanitta americana

White-winged Scoter 6 Melanitta fusca

Surf Scoter 6 Melanitta perspicillata

Lesser Scaup 21 Aythya affinis

Redhead 22 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 6 Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup 23 Aythya marila

Canvasback 24 Aythya valisineria

Ross's Goose 19 Chen rossii

Ruddy Duck 25 Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose 26 Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose 27 Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck 28 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 29 Lophodytes cucullatus

Long-tailed Duck 30 Clangula hyemalis

Osprey 31 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 24 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 32 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 33 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 35 Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 36 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 37 Buteo lagopus

Broad-winged Hawk 38 Buteo platypterus

Ferruginous Hawk 24 Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk 39 Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle 40 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant 41 Phalacrocorax auritus

Barn Swallow 42 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 6 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 43 Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow 44 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 24 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 45 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Rusty Blackbird 46 Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's Blackbird 27 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 24 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 47 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole 24 Icterus bullockii

Orchard Oriole 48 Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark 5 Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle 49 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle 50 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 51 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 52 Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike 5 Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee 53 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 24 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 54 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 55 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 56 Sitta carolinensis

European Starling 57 Sturnus vulgaris

Rock Wren 24 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 24 Troglodytes aedon

Marsh Wren 6 Cistothorus palustris