Wildlife of Paonia State Park

Paonia State Park sits on 1,507 acres of land and lies between Glenwood Springs to the North and Delta to the West. The Ruby Mountains and Ragged Wilderness flank the park's east side, while the Grand Mesa flanks the west. Paonia hosts a variety of vegetation communities including Gambel oak ...more ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo ¹
Coccyzus americanus

Red-headed Woodpecker ²
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker ³
Melanerpes lewis

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

Western Screech-Owl ⁹
Megascops kennicottii

Northern Pygmy-Owl ¹⁰
Glaucidium gnoma

Burrowing Owl ¹¹
Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl ¹²
Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl ¹³
Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl ⁵
Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ¹³
Aegolius acadicus

Boreal Owl ¹⁴
Aegolius funereus

Flammulated owl ¹⁵
Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl ¹⁶
Tyto alba

Belted kingfisher ¹⁷
Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon ¹⁸
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ³
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ¹⁹
Zenaida macroura

Sora ²⁰
Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail ²¹
Rallus limicola

American Coot ¹¹
Fulica americana

Sandhill Crane ²²
Antigone canadensis

Turkey Vulture ²³
Cathartes aura

Dusky Grouse ⁵
Dendragapus obscurus

Gunnison Sage-Grouse ²⁴
Centrocercus minimus

Wild Turkey ²⁵
Meleagris gallopavo

White-tailed Ptarmigan ²⁶
Lagopus leucura

Willet ⁵
Tringa semipalmata

Long-billed Curlew ²⁰
Numenius americanus

Common Snipe ²⁷
Gallinago gallinago

Wilson's Phalarope ¹⁰
Phalaropus tricolor

Upland Sandpiper ⁵
Bartramia longicauda

Spotted Sandpiper ²⁸
Actitis macularius

Least Tern ²⁹
Sternula antillarum

Forster's Tern ³⁰
Sterna forsteri

Black Tern ³¹
Chlidonias niger

California Gull ³²
Larus californicus

Kentish Plover ³³
Charadrius alexandrinus

Killdeer ³⁴
Charadrius vociferus

Black-necked Stilt ³
Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet ³⁵
Recurvirostra americana

Eared Grebe ⁹
Podiceps nigricollis

Clark's Grebe ³⁶
Aechmophorus clarkii

Western Grebe ²⁰
Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pied-billed Grebe ³⁷
Podilymbus podiceps

White-faced Ibis ³⁸
Plegadis chihi

American White Pelican ³⁹
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American Bittern ⁶
Botaurus lentiginosus

Snowy Egret ⁴⁰
Egretta thula

Great Egret ²⁰
Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron ²⁰
Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron ²⁷
Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle Egret ¹⁵
Bubulcus ibis

Green Heron ⁴¹
Butorides virescens

Prairie Falcon ⁴²
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon ⁴³
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ⁴⁴
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ¹⁵
Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill ⁴⁵
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ⁴⁶
Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ⁴⁷
Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift ⁴⁸
Aeronautes saxatalis

Black Swift ⁴⁶
Cypseloides niger

American Wigeon ¹³
Mareca americana

Gadwall ⁴⁹
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ¹³
Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal ⁵⁰
Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal ¹³
Spatula discors

Northern Pintail ⁵¹
Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal ⁵²
Anas crecca

Mallard ⁵³
Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead ¹³
Bucephala albeola

Barrow's Goldeneye ³
Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser ⁴⁹
Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup ⁵⁴
Aythya affinis

Redhead ⁵⁵
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ¹³
Aythya collaris

Canvasback ⁵
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ⁹
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ⁵⁶
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ⁵⁷
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ⁴¹
Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey ⁵⁸
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ⁵⁹
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ⁶⁰
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ⁶¹
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹⁷
Accipiter striatus

Hen Harrier ⁶²
Circus cyaneus

Northern Harrier ⁶³
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ⁶⁴
Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk ⁶⁵
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ⁶⁵
Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle ⁶⁶
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ⁶⁷
Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin ⁶⁸
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ⁶⁹
Hirundo rustica

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Wildlife of Paonia State Park

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Coccyzus americanus

Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker 3 Melanerpes lewis

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

Western Screech-Owl 9 Megascops kennicottii

Northern Pygmy-Owl 10 Glaucidium gnoma

Burrowing Owl 11 Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl 12 Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl 13 Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl 5 Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 13 Aegolius acadicus

Boreal Owl 14 Aegolius funereus

Flammulated owl 15 Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl 16 Tyto alba

Belted kingfisher 17 Megaceryle alcyon

Rock Pigeon 18 Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon 3 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 19 Zenaida macroura

Sora 20 Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail 21 Rallus limicola

American Coot 11 Fulica americana

Sandhill Crane 22 Antigone canadensis

Turkey Vulture 23 Cathartes aura

Dusky Grouse 5 Dendragapus obscurus

Gunnison Sage-Grouse 24 Centrocercus minimus

Wild Turkey 25 Meleagris gallopavo

White-tailed Ptarmigan 26 Lagopus leucura

Willet 5 Tringa semipalmata

Long-billed Curlew 20 Numenius americanus

Common Snipe 27 Gallinago gallinago

Wilson's Phalarope 10 Phalaropus tricolor

Upland Sandpiper 5 Bartramia longicauda

Spotted Sandpiper 28 Actitis macularius

Least Tern 29 Sternula antillarum

Forster's Tern 30 Sterna forsteri

Black Tern 31 Chlidonias niger

California Gull 32 Larus californicus

Kentish Plover 33 Charadrius alexandrinus

Killdeer 34 Charadrius vociferus

Black-necked Stilt 3 Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet 35 Recurvirostra americana

Eared Grebe 9 Podiceps nigricollis

Clark's Grebe 36 Aechmophorus clarkii

Western Grebe 20 Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pied-billed Grebe 37 Podilymbus podiceps

White-faced Ibis 38 Plegadis chihi

American White Pelican 39 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American Bittern 6 Botaurus lentiginosus

Snowy Egret 40 Egretta thula

Great Egret 20 Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron 20 Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron 27 Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle Egret 15 Bubulcus ibis

Green Heron 41 Butorides virescens

Prairie Falcon 42 Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon 43 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 44 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 15 Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill 45 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 46 Selasphorus platycercus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 47 Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift 48 Aeronautes saxatalis

Black Swift 46 Cypseloides niger

American Wigeon 13 Mareca americana

Gadwall 49 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 13 Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal 50 Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal 13 Spatula discors

Northern Pintail 51 Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal 52 Anas crecca

Mallard 53 Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead 13 Bucephala albeola

Barrow's Goldeneye 3 Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser 49 Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup 54 Aythya affinis