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 ↓

Taxonomy
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- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Family Laridae
  - 15 Gulls Subfamily Larinae
  - 4 Terns and Noddies Subfamily Sterninae

Caspian Tern ¹
Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern ²
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ³
Sterna hirundo

Black Tern ⁴
Chlidonias niger

Larus philadelphia ⁵
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Herring Gull ⁶
Larus argentatus

American Herring Gull ⁷
Larus argentatus smithsonianus

California Gull ⁸
Larus californicus

Mew Gull ⁹
Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull ¹⁰
Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull ¹¹
Larus fuscus

Glaucous-winged Gull ¹²
Larus glaucescens

Iceland Gull ¹³
Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull ¹⁴
Larus hyperboreus

Thayer's Gull ¹⁵
Larus thayeri

Black-legged Kittiwake ¹⁶
Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull ¹⁷
Xema sabini

Larus atricilla ¹⁷
Leucophaeus atricilla

Larus pipixcan ¹⁸
Leucophaeus pipixcan

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Birds of Cherry Creek State Park

Caspian Tern 1 Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern 2 Sterna forsteri

Common Tern 3 Sterna hirundo

Black Tern 4 Chlidonias niger

Larus philadelphia 5 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Herring Gull 6 Larus argentatus

American Herring Gull 7 Larus argentatus smithsonianus

California Gull 8 Larus californicus

Mew Gull 9 Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull 10 Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull 11 Larus fuscus

Glaucous-winged Gull 12 Larus glaucescens

Iceland Gull 13 Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull 14 Larus hyperboreus

Thayer's Gull 15 Larus thayeri

Black-legged Kittiwake 16 Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull 17 Xema sabini

Larus atricilla 17 Leucophaeus atricilla

Larus pipixcan 18 Leucophaeus pipixcan