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Birds of Barr Lake State Park

Covering more than 1,900 surface acres, Barr Lake is one of the largest prairie reservoirs in Colorado open to public recreation. Barr Lake provides habitat for more than 340 species of birds and its significance is recognized on both national and international levels. Nearly 700 acres of ...more ↓

Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus americanus occidentalis
Red-headed Woodpecker 3
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Lewis's Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 5
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 1
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 7
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates villosus
Eastern Screech Owl 9
Megascops asio
Mexican Spotted Owl 10
Strix occidentalis lucida
Burrowing Owl 11
Athene cunicularia
Snowy Owl 12
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 14
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 1
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl 15
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 17
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 18
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 4
Patagioenas fasciata
White-winged Dove 19
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
Sora 21
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 22
Rallus limicola
American Coot 11
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail 23
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Sandhill Crane 24
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 25
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 26
Cathartes aura
Ring-necked Pheasant 27
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 28
Calidris alba
Dunlin 29
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 30
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 31
Calidris canutus
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 32
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 33
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 34
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 35
Calidris minutilla
Ruff 36
Calidris pugnax
Semipalmated Sandpiper 37
Calidris pusilla
Buff-breasted sandpiper 1
Calidris subruficollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 38
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 39
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 40
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 31
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 1
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 31
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 21
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 41
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 42
Gallinago gallinago
Black Turnstone 4
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 10
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 19
Limosa haemastica
Red Phalarope 34
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 21
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 23
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland Sandpiper 1
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 43
Actitis macularius
Least Tern 44
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern 31
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 45
Thalasseus maximus
Forster's Tern 46
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 47
Sterna hirundo
Black tern 44
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 31
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Little Gull 48
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Herring Gull 49
Larus argentatus
California Gull 50
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 51
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous Gull 52
Larus hyperboreus
Thayer's Gull 53
Larus thayeri
Black-legged Kittiwake 54
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 1
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 55
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish Plover 56
Charadrius alexandrinus
Piping Plover 57
Charadrius melodus
Mountain Plover 24
Charadrius montanus
Semipalmated Plover 58
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 59
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 1
Pluvialis dominica
Grey Plover 31
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 4
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 60
Recurvirostra americana
Long-tailed Jaeger 61
Stercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic Jaeger 62
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 63
Stercorarius pomarinus
Yellow-billed Loon 53
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 1
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 31
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 64
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 31
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 65
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 66
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 31
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 21
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 67
Podilymbus podiceps

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