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 ↓

Taxonomy
« Back To Shorebirds and Allies Order Charadriiformes
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Family Laridae
  - 16 Gulls Subfamily Larinae
  - 5 Terns and Noddies Subfamily Sterninae

Least Tern ¹
Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern ²
Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern ³
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ⁴
Sterna hirundo

Black Tern ¹
Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull ²
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull ⁵
Hydrocoloeus minutus

Herring Gull ⁶
Larus argentatus

California Gull ⁷
Larus californicus

Mew Gull ⁸
Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull ⁹
Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull ¹⁰
Larus fuscus

Glaucous Gull ¹¹
Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull ¹²
Larus marinus

Western Gull ¹³
Larus occidentalis

Thayer's Gull ¹⁴
Larus thayeri

Thayer's Gull ¹⁴
Larus glaucoides thayeri

Black-legged Kittiwake ¹⁵
Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull ¹⁶
Xema sabini

Laughing Gull ¹⁶
Leucophaeus atricilla

Franklin's Gull ¹⁷
Leucophaeus pipixcan

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Birds of Chatfield State Park

Least Tern 1 Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern 2 Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern 3 Sterna forsteri

Common Tern 4 Sterna hirundo

Black Tern 1 Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull 2 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull 5 Hydrocoloeus minutus

Herring Gull 6 Larus argentatus

California Gull 7 Larus californicus

Mew Gull 8 Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull 9 Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull 10 Larus fuscus

Glaucous Gull 11 Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull 12 Larus marinus

Western Gull 13 Larus occidentalis

Thayer's Gull 14 Larus thayeri

Thayer's Gull 14 Larus glaucoides thayeri

Black-legged Kittiwake 15 Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull 16 Xema sabini

Laughing Gull 16 Leucophaeus atricilla

Franklin's Gull 17 Leucophaeus pipixcan