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Birds of Trinidad Lake State Park

Trinidad Lake State Park sits on 2,229 acres 5 miles to the southwest of Trinidad at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in the Purgatoire River Valley. The ecosystems within the park make up the transition zone between the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains and include pinyon-juniper ...more ↓

Greater Roadrunner 1
Geococcyx californianus
Lewis's Woodpecker 2
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 3
Colaptes auratus
Downy Woodpecker 4
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 5
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech-Owl 6
Megascops kennicottii
Great Horned Owl 7
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 8
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 9
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 10
Zenaida macroura
Sora 11
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 12
Rallus limicola
American Coot 13
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 14
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 15
Meleagris gallopavo
Lesser Yellowlegs 16
Tringa flavipes
Wilson's Phalarope 17
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 18
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 19
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 20
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 21
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 22
Larus argentatus
California Gull 23
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 24
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 25
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 26
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 27
Recurvirostra americana
Eared Grebe 6
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 21
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 11
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 28
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 29
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 30
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron 11
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 31
Nycticorax nycticorax
Prairie Falcon 32
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 33
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 34
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 35
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 36
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 37
Selasphorus rufus
White-throated Swift 38
Aeronautes saxatalis
Chimney Swift 34
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 39
Mareca americana
Gadwall 40
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 39
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 41
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 39
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 42
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 43
Anas crecca
Mallard 44
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 39
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 2
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 40
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 45
Aythya affinis
Redhead 46
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 39
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 47
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 6
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 48
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 49
Aix sponsa
Osprey 11
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 50
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 51
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 52
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 37
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 53
Buteo platypterus
Ferruginous Hawk 54
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 54
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 55
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 56
Phalacrocorax auritus
Purple Martin 57
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 58
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 39
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 21
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 47
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 59
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 60
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 47
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 41
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Baltimore Oriole 61
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 34
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 62
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 63
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 36
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 34
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 64
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped chickadee 65
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 47
Poecile gambeli
Red-breasted Nuthatch 54
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 66
Sturnus vulgaris
Rock Wren 47
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 47
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 34
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 67
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 60
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 53
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 12
Sialia currucoides

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