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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 ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Greater Roadrunner 2
Geococcyx californianus
Lewis's Woodpecker 3
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 4
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 5
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 7
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates villosus
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker 9
Picoides tridactylus
Western Screech Owl 10
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 11
Glaucidium gnoma
Spotted Owl 12
Strix occidentalis
Burrowing Owl 13
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 14
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 15
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 6
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 15
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 16
Aegolius funereus
Flammulated owl 6
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 17
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 18
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 19
Columba livia
Band-tailed pigeon 3
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
Sora 21
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 12
Rallus limicola
American Coot 13
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 22
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 23
Cathartes aura
Gambel's Quail 24
Callipepla gambelii
Scaled Quail 25
Callipepla squamata
Sharp-tailed Grouse 26
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Dusky Grouse 6
Dendragapus obscurus
Gunnison Sage-Grouse 27
Centrocercus minimus
Greater Sage-Grouse 28
Centrocercus urophasianus
Chukar 29
Alectoris chukar
Wild Turkey 30
Meleagris gallopavo
White-tailed ptarmigan 31
Lagopus leucura
Ring-necked Pheasant 32
Phasianus colchicus
Willet 6
Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Curlew 21
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 33
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 11
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 34
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 35
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 36
Chlidonias niger
California Gull 37
Larus californicus
Killdeer 38
Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt 3
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 39
Recurvirostra americana
Eared Grebe 10
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 40
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 21
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 41
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 42
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 43
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 7
Botaurus lentiginosus
Snowy Egret 44
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 21
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 33
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 45
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 46
Butorides virescens
Prairie Falcon 47
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 48
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 49
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 45
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 50
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 51
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 52
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 53
Aeronautes saxatalis
Black Swift 54
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 15
Mareca americana
Gadwall 55
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 15
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 28
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 15
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 56
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 57
Anas crecca
Mallard 58
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 15
Bucephala albeola
Common Merganser 55
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 59
Aythya affinis
Redhead 60
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 15
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 6
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 10
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 61
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 62
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 46
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 63
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 64
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 65
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 66
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 18
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 67
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 68
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 69
Buteo jamaicensis
Ferruginous Hawk 70
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 70
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 71
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

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