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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 ↓

Prairie Falcon 1
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 2
Falco sparverius
North American Peregrine Falcon 3
Falco peregrinus anatum
Common Nighthawk 4
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 5
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Calliope Hummingbird 6
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 7
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 8
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 9
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 10
Aeronautes saxatalis
Chimney Swift 4
Chaetura pelagica
Black Swift 11
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 12
Mareca americana
Eurasian Wigeon 13
Mareca penelope
Gadwall 14
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 12
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 15
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 12
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 16
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 17
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 18
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 19
Anas crecca
Mallard 20
Anas platyrhynchos
Domestic Mallard 21
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
Bufflehead 12
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 22
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 22
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 14
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 23
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 24
Anser albifrons
Greylag Goose 25
Anser anser
Domestic Greylag Goose 26
Anser anser domesticus
Greylag × Swan Goose 27
Anser anser × cygnoides
Domestic Greylag × Domestic Swan Goose 28
Anser anser domesticus × anser cygnoides domesticus
Snow Goose 29
Anser caerulescens
Swan Goose 30
Anser cygnoides
Domestic Swan Goose 31
Anser cygnoides domesticus
Ross' Goose 32
Anser rossii
Black Scoter 33
Melanitta americana
White-winged Scoter 12
Melanitta fusca
Lesser Scaup 34
Aythya affinis
Redhead 35
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 12
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 36
Aythya marila
Canvasback 37
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 38
Oxyura jamaicensis
Brant 39
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 40
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 41
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 42
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 43
Lophodytes cucullatus
Long-tailed Duck 44
Clangula hyemalis
Osprey 45
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 46
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 47
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 48
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 49
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 50
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Buteo jamaicensis
Western Red-tailed Hawk 51
Buteo jamaicensis calurus
Rough-legged Hawk 52
Buteo lagopus
Broad-winged Hawk 53
Buteo platypterus
Ferruginous Hawk 54
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 54
Buteo swainsoni
Common Black Hawk 55
Buteogallus anthracinus
Bald Eagle 56
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 57
Phalacrocorax auritus
Purple Martin 58
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 59
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 12
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 60
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 61
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 37
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 62
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Rusty Blackbird 63
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 41
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 37
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 15
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 1
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bullock's Oriole 37
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 4
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 64
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 65
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 66
Agelaius phoeniceus
Great Grey Shrike 67
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 4
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 68
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 69
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 37
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 70
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 54
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 71
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 72
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 73
Sturnus vulgaris
Wrens 19
Troglodytes
House Wren 37
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 37
Troglodytes hiemalis
Canyon Wren 74
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 37
Salpinctes obsoletus
Carolina Wren 75
Thryothorus ludovicianus

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