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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 ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Lewis's Woodpecker 2
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 3
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 4
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Downy Woodpecker 5
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 6
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech-Owl 7
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 8
Glaucidium gnoma
Burrowing Owl 9
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 10
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 11
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 12
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 11
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 13
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 14
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 15
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 16
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 2
Patagioenas fasciata
White-winged Dove 17
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Sora 19
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 20
Rallus limicola
American Coot 9
Fulica americana
Yellow Rail 21
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Sandhill Crane 22
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 23
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 24
Cathartes aura
Gambel's Quail 25
Callipepla gambelii
Dusky Grouse 11
Dendragapus obscurus
Chukar 26
Alectoris chukar
Wild Turkey 27
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 28
Phasianus colchicus
Western Sandpiper 29
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 30
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 31
Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher 32
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Greater Yellowlegs 33
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 11
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 33
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 19
Numenius americanus
Wilson's Snipe 34
Gallinago delicata
Hudsonian Godwit 35
Limosa haemastica
Wilson's Phalarope 8
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 36
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 37
Sterna forsteri
Bonaparte's Gull 33
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 38
Larus argentatus
California Gull 39
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 40
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 41
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Semipalmated Plover 42
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 43
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 44
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 11
Gavia immer
Horned Grebe 33
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 7
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 33
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 19
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 45
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 46
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 47
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 5
Botaurus lentiginosus
Snowy Egret 31
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 19
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 48
Nycticorax nycticorax
Merlin 49
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 49
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 50
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 51
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 52
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 53
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Calliope Hummingbird 54
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 55
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 56
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 57
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 58
Aeronautes saxatalis
Black Swift 59
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 12
Mareca americana
Gadwall 60
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 12
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 61
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 12
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 62
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 63
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 64
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 65
Anas crecca
Mallard 66
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 12
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 2
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 2
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 60
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 67
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 68
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 69
Anser caerulescens
Ross' Goose 70
Anser rossii
Black Scoter 71
Melanitta americana
Lesser Scaup 72
Aythya affinis
Redhead 73
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 12
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 74
Aythya marila

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