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Birds of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area attracts millions of visitors each years to enjoy the 148 mile river corridor between Leadville and Canon City. The 24 parcels of land are managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife alongside the Bureau of Land Management and span elevations of 10,000 feet to ...more ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Greater Roadrunner 2
Geococcyx californianus
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 3
Picoides scalaris
Lewis's Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 5
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech-Owl 10
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 11
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 7
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 13
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 7
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 14
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 15
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 16
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 17
Columba livia
Feral Pigeon 18
Columba livia domestica
Band-tailed Pigeon 4
Patagioenas fasciata
White-winged Dove 19
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 20
Zenaida macroura
Sora 21
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 22
Rallus limicola
American Coot 23
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 24
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 25
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 26
Colinus virginianus
Scaled Quail 27
Callipepla squamata
Dusky Grouse 7
Dendragapus obscurus
Chukar 28
Alectoris chukar
Wild Turkey 29
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 30
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 31
Calidris alba
Dunlin 32
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 33
Calidris bairdii
Stilt Sandpiper 34
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 35
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 36
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 37
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 31
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowitcher 38
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 39
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 40
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 41
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 7
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 41
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 21
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 36
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 42
Gallinago delicata
Ruddy Turnstone 43
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 44
Limosa fedoa
Red Phalarope 36
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 21
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 11
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland Sandpiper 7
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 45
Actitis macularius
Least Tern 46
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern 44
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 47
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 48
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 49
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 41
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Black-headed Gull 50
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring Gull 51
Larus argentatus
California Gull 52
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 53
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous Gull 54
Larus hyperboreus
Black-legged Kittiwake 55
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 7
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 56
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish Plover 57
Charadrius alexandrinus
Piping Plover 58
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 59
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 60
Charadrius vociferus
Black-bellied Plover 41
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 4
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 61
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 7
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 41
Gavia pacifica
Horned Grebe 41
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 62
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 10
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 41
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 21
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 63
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 64
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 65
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 8
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 66
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 37
Egretta thula
Great Egret 21
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 21
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 67
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 68
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 69
Butorides virescens
Merlin 44
Falco columbarius

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