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 ↓

Common Yellowthroat 1
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 3
Leiothlypis virginiae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 4
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 5
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 6
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 7
Certhia americana
American Dipper 8
Cinclus mexicanus
California Scrub-Jay 9
Aphelocoma californica
American Crow 10
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 11
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 12
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 13
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 14
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 15
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 16
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 17
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 18
Spinus pinus
Lesser goldfinch 8
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 19
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 8
Haemorhous cassinii
House finch 20
Haemorhous mexicanus
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 3
Leucosticte australis
Pine Grosbeak 21
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 22
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 23
Myiarchus cinerascens
Olive-sided Flycatcher 24
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 25
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 26
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 3
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 3
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 9
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 3
Empidonax wrightii
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 27
Tyrannus forficatus
Eastern Kingbird 28
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 29
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 30
Tyrannus vociferans
Say's Phoebe 9
Sayornis saya
Desert Cottontail 31
Sylvilagus audubonii
Mountain Cottontail 32
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 33
Lepus americanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 34
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 8
Lepus townsendii
American Pika 35
Ochotona princeps
Abert's Squirrel 3
Sciurus aberti
American Red Squirrel 36
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 37
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 38
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Hopi Chipmunk 15
Neotamias rufus
Rock squirrel 39
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel 38
Callospermophilus lateralis
Spotted ground squirrel 40
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
Yellow-bellied Marmot 41
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 42
Cynomys gunnisoni
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel 20
Ammospermophilus leucurus
American Beaver 43
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 44
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 45
Thomomys talpoides
Plains Pocket Mouse 46
Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse 47
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 48
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 49
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 50
Mus musculus
Muskrat 51
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 52
Microtus longicaudus
Mexican Vole 53
Microtus mexicanus
Montane Vole 54
Microtus montanus
Brush Mouse 47
Peromyscus boylii
Canyon Mouse 55
Peromyscus crinitus
Deer Mouse 56
Peromyscus maniculatus
Northern Rock Mouse 57
Peromyscus nasutus
Pinyon Mouse 58
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 38
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 59
Onychomys leucogaster
White-throated Woodrat 38
Neotoma albigula
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 60
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 47
Neotoma mexicana
Western Jumping Mouse 61
Zapus princeps
Moose 62
Alces alces
Mule Deer 63
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 64
Cervus canadensis
Bighorn Sheep 65
Ovis canadensis
Pronghorn 66
Antilocapra americana
Silver-haired Bat 67
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Spotted Bat 68
Euderma maculatum
Canyon Bat 69
Parastrellus hesperus
Western Small-footed Myotis 70
Myotis ciliolabrum
Big Free-tailed Bat 71
Nyctinomops macrotis
American Black Bear 72
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 73
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 74
Bassariscus astutus
North American River Otter 75
Lontra canadensis
Short-tailed Weasel 76
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 77
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 78
Mustela nigripes
American Mink 79
Neovison vison
American Marten 80
Martes americana
American Badger 15
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 81
Mephitis mephitis

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