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Wildlife of Ridgway State Park

Voted one of the top ten state parks in the country by National Geographic Traveler, Ridgway State Park’s scenic beauty and biological diversity are true assets to the state park system. Located in the Uncompahgre River Valley in west central Colorado, the park is surrounded by the San Juan ...more ↓

Western Tiger Salamander 1
Ambystoma mavortium
Eastern Collared Lizard 2
Crotaphytus collaris
Sagebrush Lizard 3
Sceloporus graciosus
Plateau Fence Lizard 4
Sceloporus tristichus
Short-horned lizard 5
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 6
Thamnophis elegans
Common Garter Snake 7
Thamnophis sirtalis
Gopher Snake 6
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth greensnake 8
Opheodrys vernalis
Acorn Woodpecker 9
Melanerpes formicivorus
Northern Flicker 10
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 11
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 12
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 13
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 14
Dryobates villosus
Northern Pygmy-Owl 15
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 16
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 17
Megaceryle alcyon
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Turkey Vulture 19
Cathartes aura
Sanderling 20
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper 21
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 22
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 23
Calidris minutilla
Willet 12
Tringa semipalmata
Spotted Sandpiper 24
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 25
Sterna forsteri
California Gull 26
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 27
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 28
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 29
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 30
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 12
Gavia immer
Eared Grebe 31
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 32
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 33
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 34
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 35
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 36
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 23
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 33
Ardea herodias
Cattle Egret 37
Bubulcus ibis
American Kestrel 38
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 37
Chordeiles minor
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 39
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 40
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 41
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 42
Aeronautes saxatalis
Cinnamon Teal 43
Spatula cyanoptera
Trumpeter Swan 44
Cygnus buccinator
Green-winged Teal 45
Anas crecca
Mallard 46
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Goldeneye 47
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 48
Mergus merganser
Snow Goose 49
Anser caerulescens
Redhead 50
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 51
Aythya collaris
Canada Goose 52
Branta canadensis
Osprey 33
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 53
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 54
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 17
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 55
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 56
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 40
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 57
Buteo lagopus
Bald Eagle 58
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 59
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 51
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 32
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 60
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 21
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 12
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 37
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 61
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 37
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 62
Baeolophus ridgwayi
black-capped chickadee 63
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 12
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 64
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 65
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 13
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 66
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 67
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 12
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 12
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 37
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 68
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 21
Catharus guttatus
Mountain Bluebird 69
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 21
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 39
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 56
Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo 13
Vireo olivaceus
Plumbeous Vireo 12
Vireo plumbeus
Gray Vireo 12
Vireo vicinior
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 70
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 71
Regulus satrapa

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