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 ↓

Blue Jay 1
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 2
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 3
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 4
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 5
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 6
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 7
Loxia curvirostra
Common Redpoll 8
Acanthis flammea
Pine Siskin 9
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 10
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 11
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 10
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 12
Haemorhous mexicanus
Black Rosy-Finch 13
Leucosticte atrata
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 13
Leucosticte australis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 14
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Pine Grosbeak 15
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 16
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 17
Myiarchus cinerascens
Great Crested Flycatcher 13
Myiarchus crinitus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 18
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 19
Contopus sordidulus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 13
Contopus virens
Vermilion Flycatcher 20
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Hammond's Flycatcher 21
Empidonax hammondii
Least Flycatcher 22
Empidonax minimus
Dusky Flycatcher 13
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 13
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 23
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 13
Empidonax wrightii
Couch's Kingbird 24
Tyrannus couchii
Eastern Kingbird 25
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 26
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 27
Tyrannus vociferans
Black Phoebe 17
Sayornis nigricans
Eastern Phoebe 28
Sayornis phoebe
Say's Phoebe 23
Sayornis saya

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