Birds of Chatfield State Park

Chatfield reservoir is one of the largest bodies of water along the Front Range open to public recreation. The park offers water enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy fishing, boating, sailing, water-skiing, and swimming in the 1,500 surface acre reservoir. Nearly 3,900 acres of park land ...more ↓

Mountain Chickadee ¹
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ²
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ³
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁴
Sitta carolinensis

European Starling ⁵
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁶
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ¹
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ¹
Troglodytes aedon

Eurasian Wren ⁷
Troglodytes troglodytes

Marsh Wren ⁸
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ⁹
Turdus migratorius

Veery ¹⁰
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ¹¹
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ¹²
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ¹³
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ¹¹
Sialia mexicana

Eastern Bluebird ¹⁴
Sialia sialis

Townsend's Solitaire ¹⁵
Myadestes townsendi

Cassin's Vireo ¹
Vireo cassinii

Yellow-throated Vireo ¹⁶
Vireo flavifrons

Warbling Vireo ¹⁷
Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo ¹⁸
Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo ¹⁹
Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo ¹⁵
Vireo philadelphicus

Plumbeous Vireo ¹
Vireo plumbeus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ²⁰
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ²¹
Regulus satrapa

McCown's Longspur ¹
Rhynchophanes mccownii

Snow Bunting ²²
Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur ¹⁹
Calcarius lapponicus

Chestnut-collared Longspur ²³
Calcarius ornatus

Dark-eyed Junco ²⁴
Junco hyemalis

Baird's Sparrow ¹
Ammodramus bairdii

Saltmarsh Sparrow ²⁵
Ammodramus caudacutus

Grasshopper Sparrow ¹⁹
Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow ¹
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ¹³
Chondestes grammacus

Lark Bunting ¹
Calamospiza melanocorys

American Tree Sparrow ²⁶
Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's Sparrow ²⁷
Peucaea cassinii

Swamp Sparrow ²⁸
Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow ²⁹
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ²⁴
Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow ⁶
Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow ¹
Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow ³⁰
Spizella passerina

Field Sparrow ²⁹
Spizella pusilla

Fox Sparrow ³¹
Passerella iliaca

White-throated Sparrow ⁵
Zonotrichia albicollis

Golden-crowned Sparrow ³²
Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow ³³
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow ³⁴
Zonotrichia querula

Green-tailed Towhee ¹
Pipilo chlorurus

Eastern Towhee ³⁵
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Spotted Towhee ³⁶
Pipilo maculatus

Sage Sparrow ¹¹
Amphispiza belli

Black-throated Sparrow ³⁷
Amphispiza bilineata

Savannah Sparrow ³⁸
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ³⁹
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ¹⁶
Mimus polyglottos

Curve-billed Thrasher ⁴⁰
Toxostoma curvirostre

Long-billed Thrasher ¹
Toxostoma longirostre

Brown Thrasher ⁴¹
Toxostoma rufum

Gray Catbird ¹
Dumetella carolinensis

Sage Thrasher ⁴²
Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting ³⁹
Passerina amoena

Blue Grosbeak ¹³
Passerina caerulea

Painted Bunting ¹⁸
Passerina ciris

Indigo Bunting ¹⁸
Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁴³
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed Grosbeak ¹⁹
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Dickcissel ¹
Spiza americana

Western Tanager ¹
Piranga ludoviciana

Scarlet Tanager ⁴⁴
Piranga olivacea

Summer Tanager ⁴⁵
Piranga rubra

American Pipit ¹
Anthus rubescens

Canada Warbler ⁴⁶
Cardellina canadensis

Wilson's Warbler ⁴⁷
Cardellina pusilla

Ovenbird ⁴⁸
Seiurus aurocapilla

Northern Parula ²⁰
Setophaga americana

Black-throated Blue Warbler ⁴⁹
Setophaga caerulescens

Bay-breasted Warbler ⁵⁰
Setophaga castanea

Hooded Warbler ⁵¹
Setophaga citrina

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁵²
Setophaga coronata

Myrtle × Audubon's Warbler ¹⁵
Setophaga coronata coronata × auduboni

Prairie Warbler ⁵³
Setophaga discolor

Yellow-throated Warbler ⁵⁴
Setophaga dominica

Blackburnian Warbler ⁵⁵
Setophaga fusca

Magnolia Warbler ⁵⁶
Setophaga magnolia

Black-throated Gray Warbler ¹⁹
Setophaga nigrescens

Palm Warbler ⁵⁷
Setophaga palmarum

Chestnut-sided Warbler ⁵⁸
Setophaga pensylvanica

Yellow Warbler ²⁹
Setophaga petechia

Pine Warbler ¹⁹
Setophaga pinus

American Redstart ⁵⁹
Setophaga ruticilla

Blackpoll Warbler ⁶⁰
Setophaga striata

Cape May Warbler ⁶¹
Setophaga tigrina

Townsend's Warbler ⁶²
Setophaga townsendi

Black-throated Green Warbler ²⁰
Setophaga virens

Black-and-white Warbler ⁶³
Mniotilta varia

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Birds of Chatfield State Park

Mountain Chickadee 1 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 2 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Sitta carolinensis

European Starling 5 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 6 Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren 1 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 1 Troglodytes aedon

Eurasian Wren 7 Troglodytes troglodytes

Marsh Wren 8 Cistothorus palustris

American Robin 9 Turdus migratorius

Veery 10 Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush 11 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 12 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 13 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 11 Sialia mexicana

Eastern Bluebird 14 Sialia sialis

Townsend's Solitaire 15 Myadestes townsendi

Cassin's Vireo 1 Vireo cassinii

Yellow-throated Vireo 16 Vireo flavifrons

Warbling Vireo 17 Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo 18 Vireo griseus

Red-eyed Vireo 19 Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo 15 Vireo philadelphicus

Plumbeous Vireo 1 Vireo plumbeus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 21 Regulus satrapa

McCown's Longspur 1 Rhynchophanes mccownii

Snow Bunting 22 Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur 19 Calcarius lapponicus

Chestnut-collared Longspur 23 Calcarius ornatus

Dark-eyed Junco 24 Junco hyemalis

Baird's Sparrow 1 Ammodramus bairdii

Saltmarsh Sparrow 25 Ammodramus caudacutus

Grasshopper Sparrow 19 Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow 1 Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow 13 Chondestes grammacus

Lark Bunting 1 Calamospiza melanocorys

American Tree Sparrow 26 Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's Sparrow 27 Peucaea cassinii

Swamp Sparrow 28 Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow 29 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 24 Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow 6 Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow 30 Spizella passerina

Field Sparrow 29 Spizella pusilla

Fox Sparrow 31 Passerella iliaca

White-throated Sparrow 5 Zonotrichia albicollis

Golden-crowned Sparrow 32 Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow 33 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow 34 Zonotrichia querula

Green-tailed Towhee 1 Pipilo chlorurus

Eastern Towhee 35 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Spotted Towhee 36 Pipilo maculatus

Sage Sparrow 11 Amphispiza belli

Black-throated Sparrow 37 Amphispiza bilineata

Savannah Sparrow 38 Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat 39 Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird 16 Mimus polyglottos

Curve-billed Thrasher 40 Toxostoma curvirostre

Long-billed Thrasher 1 Toxostoma longirostre

Brown Thrasher 41 Toxostoma rufum

Gray Catbird 1 Dumetella carolinensis

Sage Thrasher 42 Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting 39 Passerina amoena

Blue Grosbeak 13 Passerina caerulea

Painted Bunting 18 Passerina ciris

Indigo Bunting 18 Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 43 Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed Grosbeak 19 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Dickcissel 1 Spiza americana

Western Tanager 1 Piranga ludoviciana

Scarlet Tanager 44 Piranga olivacea

Summer Tanager 45 Piranga rubra

American Pipit 1 Anthus rubescens

Canada Warbler 46 Cardellina canadensis

Wilson's Warbler 47 Cardellina pusilla

Ovenbird 48 Seiurus aurocapilla