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 ↓

American Goldfinch ¹
Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch ²
Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch ³
Haemorhous mexicanus

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch ⁴
Leucosticte australis

Pine Grosbeak ⁵
Pinicola enucleator

Evening Grosbeak ⁶
Coccothraustes vespertinus

Ash-throated Flycatcher ⁷
Myiarchus cinerascens

Olive-sided Flycatcher ⁸
Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee ⁹
Contopus sordidulus

Vermilion Flycatcher ¹⁰
Pyrocephalus rubinus

Hammond's Flycatcher ¹¹
Empidonax hammondii

Dusky Flycatcher ⁴
Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher ⁴
Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher ¹²
Empidonax traillii

Gray Flycatcher ⁴
Empidonax wrightii

Eastern Kingbird ¹³
Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird ¹⁴
Tyrannus verticalis

Black Phoebe ⁷
Sayornis nigricans

Eastern Phoebe ¹⁵
Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe ¹²
Sayornis saya

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Wildlife of Paonia State Park

American Goldfinch 1 Spinus tristis

Cassin's Finch 2 Haemorhous cassinii

House Finch 3 Haemorhous mexicanus

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 4 Leucosticte australis

Pine Grosbeak 5 Pinicola enucleator

Evening Grosbeak 6 Coccothraustes vespertinus

Ash-throated Flycatcher 7 Myiarchus cinerascens

Olive-sided Flycatcher 8 Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee 9 Contopus sordidulus

Vermilion Flycatcher 10 Pyrocephalus rubinus

Hammond's Flycatcher 11 Empidonax hammondii

Dusky Flycatcher 4 Empidonax oberholseri

Cordilleran Flycatcher 4 Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher 12 Empidonax traillii

Gray Flycatcher 4 Empidonax wrightii

Eastern Kingbird 13 Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird 14 Tyrannus verticalis

Black Phoebe 7 Sayornis nigricans

Eastern Phoebe 15 Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe 12 Sayornis saya