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Wildlife of Navajo State Park

Navajo State Park lies on 4,972 acres of land and 3,798 acres of water in Colorado on the border with New Mexico. The reservoir crosses the border and most of the reservoir's area sits in New Mexico. The park is comprised of Pinyon/Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Shrubland, Narrowleaf Cottonwood ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Western Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris triseriata
American Bullfrog 3
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 4
Lithobates pipiens
Mexican Spadefoot 5
Spea multiplicata
Western Tiger Salamander 6
Ambystoma mavortium
Eastern Collared Lizard 7
Crotaphytus collaris
Ornate Tree Lizard 8
Urosaurus ornatus
Sagebrush Lizard 9
Sceloporus graciosus
Plateau Fence Lizard 10
Sceloporus tristichus
Eastern Fence Lizard 11
Sceloporus undulatus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 12
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Variable Skink 13
Plestiodon multivirgatus epipleurotus
Plateau striped whiptail 5
Aspidoscelis velox
Black-necked Gartersnake 5
Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis elegans
Racer 14
Coluber constrictor
Striped Whipsnake 15
Coluber taeniatus
Gopher Snake 5
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth Greensnake 16
Opheodrys vernalis
Western Milksnake 17
Lampropeltis gentilis
Prairie Rattlesnake 5
Crotalus viridis
Painted Turtle 5
Chrysemys picta
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18
Coccyzus americanus
Lewis's Woodpecker 19
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 20
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 21
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Downy Woodpecker 22
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 23
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech-Owl 24
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 25
Glaucidium gnoma
Burrowing Owl 26
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 27
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 11
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 28
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 11
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 29
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 30
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 31
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 32
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 19
Patagioenas fasciata
White-winged Dove 33
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 34
Zenaida macroura
Sora 35
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 36
Rallus limicola
American Coot 26
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail 37
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Sandhill Crane 38
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 39
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 40
Cathartes aura
Gambel's Quail 41
Callipepla gambelii
Dusky Grouse 11
Dendragapus obscurus
Chukar 42
Alectoris chukar
Wild Turkey 43
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 44
Phasianus colchicus
Western Sandpiper 45
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 46
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 47
Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher 48
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Greater Yellowlegs 49
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 11
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 49
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 35
Numenius americanus
Wilson's Snipe 50
Gallinago delicata
Hudsonian Godwit 51
Limosa haemastica
Wilson's Phalarope 25
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 52
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 53
Sterna forsteri
Bonaparte's Gull 49
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 54
Larus argentatus
California Gull 55
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 56
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 57
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Semipalmated Plover 58
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 59
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 60
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 11
Gavia immer
Horned Grebe 49
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 24
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 49
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 35
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 61
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 62
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 63
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 22
Botaurus lentiginosus
Snowy Egret 47
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 35
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 64
Nycticorax nycticorax
Merlin 65
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 65
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 66
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 67
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 68
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 69
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Calliope Hummingbird 70
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 71
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 72
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 73
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 74
Aeronautes saxatalis
Black Swift 75
Cypseloides niger

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