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Wildlife of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Harvey Gap and Rifle Falls are both headquartered at Rifle Gap, and are all within about 4.5 miles of one another.

Harvey Gap is a total of about 320 acres, 160 of which is the reservoir and the other 160 acres are the lands surrounding the reservoir. The park lies at approximately ...more ↓

Boreal Chorus Frog 1
Pseudacris maculata
Northern leopard frog 2
Lithobates pipiens
Western Tiger Salamander 3
Ambystoma mavortium
Ornate Tree Lizard 4
Urosaurus ornatus
Sagebrush Lizard 5
Sceloporus graciosus
Eastern Fence Lizard 6
Sceloporus undulatus
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard 7
Phrynosoma douglasii
Plateau Striped Whiptail 1
Aspidoscelis velox
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 1
Thamnophis elegans
Gopher Snake 1
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth Greensnake 8
Opheodrys vernalis
Western Milksnake 3
Lampropeltis gentilis
Red-headed Woodpecker 9
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 10
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 11
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 12
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 13
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech Owl 14
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 15
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 16
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 17
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 6
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 17
Aegolius acadicus
Belted Kingfisher 18
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 19
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
Sora 21
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 22
Rallus limicola
American Coot 23
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 24
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 25
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 26
Cathartes aura
Dusky Grouse 6
Dendragapus obscurus
Greater Sage-Grouse 27
Centrocercus urophasianus
Wild Turkey 28
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 29
Phasianus colchicus
Baird's Sandpiper 30
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 31
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 32
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 33
Calidris pusilla
Long-billed Dowitcher 34
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 35
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 36
Tringa melanoleuca
Solitary Sandpiper 36
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 21
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 37
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 38
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 39
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 40
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 41
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 42
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 36
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 43
Larus argentatus
California Gull 44
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 45
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 46
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Mountain Plover 47
Charadrius montanus
Semipalmated Plover 48
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 49
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 50
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 6
Gavia immer
Eared Grebe 14
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 36
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 21
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 51
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 52
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 53
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 32
Egretta thula
great egret 21
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 21
Ardea herodias
Cattle Egret 47
Bubulcus ibis
Prairie Falcon 54
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 47
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 47
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 55
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 56
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 57
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 6
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 58
Aeronautes saxatalis
Black Swift 59
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 17
Mareca americana
Gadwall 47
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 60
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 61
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 17
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 62
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 63
Anas crecca
Mallard 64
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 17
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 65
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 65
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 66
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 67
Mergus serrator
Velvet/White-winged Scoter 17
Melanitta fusca
Lesser Scaup 68
Aythya affinis
Redhead 69
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 17
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 70
Aythya marila
Canvasback 6
Aythya valisineria

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