Wildlife of Mancos State Park

Mancos State Park encompasses 553 acres, with 337 acres of land and 216 acres of water within Jackson Gulch Reservoir. Elevation ranges from about 7,800 to 8,100 feet. The Park is located in Montezuma County in southwestern Colorado, about 5 miles north of Mancos and 34 miles west of Durango. ...more ↓

Red-spotted toad 1
Anaxyrus punctatus
Western Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris triseriata
Canyon Tree Frog 3
Hyla arenicolor
American bullfrog 4
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates pipiens
New Mexico Spadefoot 6
Spea multiplicata
Western Tiger Salamander 7
Ambystoma mavortium
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard 8
Gambelia wislizenii
Desert Spiny Lizard 9
Sceloporus magister
Eastern Fence Lizard 10
Sceloporus undulatus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 11
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Plateau Striped Whiptail 6
Aspidoscelis velox
Glossy Snake 12
Arizona elegans
Gopher Snake 6
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth Green Snake 13
Opheodrys vernalis
Prairie Rattlesnake 6
Crotalus viridis
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 14
Coccyzus americanus
Greater Roadrunner 15
Geococcyx californianus
Lewis's Woodpecker 16
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 17
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 18
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 10
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 19
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 20
Dryobates villosus
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker 21
Picoides tridactylus
Western Screech Owl 22
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 23
Glaucidium gnoma
Spotted Owl 24
Strix occidentalis
Burrowing Owl 25
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 26
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 27
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 10
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 27
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 28
Aegolius funereus
Flammulated owl 10
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 29
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 30
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 31
Columba livia
Band-tailed pigeon 16
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 32
Zenaida macroura
Sora 33
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 24
Rallus limicola
American Coot 25
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 34
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 35
Cathartes aura
Gambel's Quail 36
Callipepla gambelii
Scaled Quail 37
Callipepla squamata
Sharp-tailed Grouse 38
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Dusky Grouse 10
Dendragapus obscurus
Gunnison Sage-Grouse 39
Centrocercus minimus
Greater Sage-Grouse 40
Centrocercus urophasianus
Chukar 41
Alectoris chukar
Wild Turkey 42
Meleagris gallopavo
White-tailed ptarmigan 43
Lagopus leucura
Ring-necked Pheasant 44
Phasianus colchicus
Willet 10
Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Curlew 33
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 45
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 23
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 46
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 47
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 48
Chlidonias niger
California Gull 49
Larus californicus
Killdeer 50
Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt 16
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 9
Recurvirostra americana
Eared Grebe 22
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 51
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 33
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 52
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 53
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 54
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 19
Botaurus lentiginosus
Snowy Egret 55
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 33
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 45
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 56
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 57
Butorides virescens
Prairie Falcon 58
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 59
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 60
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 56
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 61
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 62
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 63
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 64
Aeronautes saxatalis
Black Swift 65
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 27
Mareca americana
Gadwall 66
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 27
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 40
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 27
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 67
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 68
Anas crecca
Mallard 69
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 27
Bucephala albeola
Common Merganser 66
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 70
Aythya affinis
Redhead 71
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 27
Aythya collaris

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