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Birds of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Eldorado Canyon State Park lies eight miles southwest of the city of Boulder along the eastern edge of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in an ecotone between the grasslands below and coniferous forests above the park. The park is made up of 1,442 acres owned by the State of Colorado and ...more ↓

Red-headed Woodpecker ¹
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker ²
Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker ³
Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker ⁴
Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Williamson's Sapsucker ⁵
Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Downy Woodpecker ⁶
Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ⁷
Dryobates villosus

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker ⁸
Picoides tridactylus

Eastern Screech-Owl ⁹
Megascops asio

Northern Pygmy-Owl ¹⁰
Glaucidium gnoma

Great Horned Owl ¹¹
Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ¹²
Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl ⁵
Psiloscops flammeolus

Belted Kingfisher ¹³
Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon ¹⁴
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ²
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ¹⁵
Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture ¹⁶
Cathartes aura

Dusky Grouse ⁵
Dendragapus obscurus

Wild Turkey ¹⁷
Meleagris gallopavo

Wilson's Snipe ¹⁸
Gallinago delicata

Great Blue Heron ¹⁹
Ardea herodias

Merlin ²⁰
Falco columbarius

Prairie Falcon ²⁰
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon ²¹
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ²²
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ¹
Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill ²³
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird ²⁴
Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ²⁵
Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird ²⁶
Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ⁵
Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift ²⁷
Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift ¹
Chaetura pelagica

Mallard ²⁸
Anas platyrhynchos

Common Merganser ²⁹
Mergus merganser

Canada Goose ³⁰
Branta canadensis

Osprey ¹⁹
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ³¹
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ³²
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ³³
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹³
Accipiter striatus

Red-tailed Hawk ²⁶
Buteo jamaicensis

Bald Eagle ³⁴
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Barn Swallow ³⁵
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ¹²
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ³⁶
Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁵
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ³⁷
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ³⁸
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁵
Molothrus ater

Bullock's Oriole ⁵
Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole ³⁹
Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark ¹
Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle ⁴⁰
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ⁴¹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Black-capped Chickadee ⁴²
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ⁵
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ⁴³
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁴⁴
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁶
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ⁴⁵
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ⁴⁶
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁴⁷
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ⁵
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ⁵
Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren ⁵
Troglodytes hiemalis

American Robin ⁴⁸
Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush ³⁸
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁴⁹
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ⁵⁰
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ³⁸
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ⁴
Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo ⁵¹
Vireo gilvus

Red-eyed Vireo ⁶
Vireo olivaceus

Plumbeous Vireo ⁵
Vireo plumbeus

Blue-headed Vireo ⁵²
Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁵³
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁵⁴
Regulus satrapa

Dark-eyed Junco ⁵⁵
Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper Sparrow ¹
Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper Sparrow ⁵
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ⁵⁰
Chondestes grammacus

American Tree Sparrow ⁵⁶
Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's Sparrow ⁵⁷
Peucaea cassinii

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁵²
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁵⁵
Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow ⁴⁷
Spizella breweri

Chipping Sparrow ⁵⁸
Spizella passerina

Fox Sparrow ¹³
Passerella iliaca

Green-tailed Towhee ⁵
Pipilo chlorurus

Eastern Towhee ⁵⁹
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Spotted Towhee ⁶⁰
Pipilo maculatus

Savannah Sparrow ¹⁹
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁶¹
Icteria virens

Gray Catbird ⁵
Dumetella carolinensis

Lazuli Bunting ⁶¹
Passerina amoena

Blue Grosbeak ⁵⁰
Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting ⁶²
Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁶³
Pheucticus ludovicianus

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Birds of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker 2 Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker 3 Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker 4 Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Williamson's Sapsucker 5 Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Downy Woodpecker 6 Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker 7 Dryobates villosus

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker 8 Picoides tridactylus

Eastern Screech-Owl 9 Megascops asio

Northern Pygmy-Owl 10 Glaucidium gnoma

Great Horned Owl 11 Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 12 Aegolius acadicus

Flammulated Owl 5 Psiloscops flammeolus

Belted Kingfisher 13 Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon 14 Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon 2 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 15 Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture 16 Cathartes aura

Dusky Grouse 5 Dendragapus obscurus

Wild Turkey 17 Meleagris gallopavo

Wilson's Snipe 18 Gallinago delicata

Great Blue Heron 19 Ardea herodias

Merlin 20 Falco columbarius

Prairie Falcon 20 Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon 21 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 22 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 1 Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill 23 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird 24 Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 25 Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird 26 Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 5 Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift 27 Aeronautes saxatalis

Chimney Swift 1 Chaetura pelagica

Mallard 28 Anas platyrhynchos

Common Merganser 29 Mergus merganser

Canada Goose 30 Branta canadensis

Osprey 19 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 31 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 32 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 33 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 Accipiter striatus

Red-tailed Hawk 26 Buteo jamaicensis

Bald Eagle 34 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Barn Swallow 35 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 12 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 36 Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 37 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 38 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Molothrus ater

Bullock's Oriole 5 Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole 39 Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark 1 Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle 40 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 41 Agelaius phoeniceus

Black-capped Chickadee 42 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 5 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 43 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 44 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 45 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 46 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 47 Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren 5 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 5 Troglodytes aedon

Winter Wren 5 Troglodytes hiemalis

American Robin 48 Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush 38 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 49 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 50 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 38 Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire 4 Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo 51 Vireo gilvus

Red-eyed Vireo 6 Vireo olivaceus

Plumbeous Vireo 5 Vireo plumbeus

Blue-headed Vireo 52 Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 53 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 54 Regulus satrapa