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 ↓

American Crow ¹
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ²
Corvus corax

Blue Jay ³
Cyanocitta cristata

Steller's Jay ⁴
Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie ⁵
Pica hudsonia

Red Crossbill ⁶
Loxia curvirostra

Common Redpoll ⁷
Acanthis flammea

Pine Siskin ⁸
Spinus pinus

Lesser Goldfinch ⁹
Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch ¹⁰
Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch ⁹
Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch ¹¹
Haemorhous mexicanus

Evening Grosbeak ¹²
Coccothraustes vespertinus

Ash-throated Flycatcher ¹³
Myiarchus cinerascens

Great Crested Flycatcher ¹⁴
Myiarchus crinitus

Olive-sided Flycatcher ¹⁵
Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee ¹⁶
Contopus sordidulus

Hammond's Flycatcher ¹⁷
Empidonax hammondii

Least Flycatcher ¹⁸
Empidonax minimus

Dusky Flycatcher ¹⁴
Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher ¹⁴
Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher ¹⁹
Empidonax traillii

Eastern Kingbird ²⁰
Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird ²¹
Tyrannus verticalis

Cassin's Kingbird ²²
Tyrannus vociferans

Eastern Phoebe ²¹
Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe ¹⁹
Sayornis saya

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Birds of Cherry Creek State Park

American Crow 1 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 2 Corvus corax

Blue Jay 3 Cyanocitta cristata

Steller's Jay 4 Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie 5 Pica hudsonia

Red Crossbill 6 Loxia curvirostra

Common Redpoll 7 Acanthis flammea

Pine Siskin 8 Spinus pinus

Lesser Goldfinch 9 Spinus psaltria

American Goldfinch 10 Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch 9 Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch 11 Haemorhous mexicanus

Evening Grosbeak 12 Coccothraustes vespertinus

Ash-throated Flycatcher 13 Myiarchus cinerascens

Great Crested Flycatcher 14 Myiarchus crinitus

Olive-sided Flycatcher 15 Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee 16 Contopus sordidulus

Hammond's Flycatcher 17 Empidonax hammondii

Least Flycatcher 18 Empidonax minimus

Dusky Flycatcher 14 Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher 14 Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher 19 Empidonax traillii

Eastern Kingbird 20 Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird 21 Tyrannus verticalis

Cassin's Kingbird 22 Tyrannus vociferans

Eastern Phoebe 21 Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe 19 Sayornis saya