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 ↓

Sanderling ¹
Calidris alba

Dunlin ²
Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper ³
Calidris bairdii

Stilt Sandpiper ⁴
Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper ⁶
Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper ⁷
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ¹
Calidris pusilla

Short-billed Dowitcher ⁸
Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher ⁹
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs ¹⁰
Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs ¹¹
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ¹²
Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper ¹¹
Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew ¹³
Numenius americanus

Whimbrel ⁶
Numenius phaeopus

Wilson's Snipe ¹⁴
Gallinago delicata

Ruddy Turnstone ¹⁵
Arenaria interpres

Marbled Godwit ¹⁶
Limosa fedoa

Red Phalarope ⁶
Phalaropus fulicarius

Red-necked Phalarope ¹³
Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope ¹⁷
Phalaropus tricolor

Upland Sandpiper ¹²
Bartramia longicauda

Spotted Sandpiper ¹⁸
Actitis macularius

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Birds of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Sanderling 1 Calidris alba

Dunlin 2 Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper 3 Calidris bairdii

Stilt Sandpiper 4 Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper 5 Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper 6 Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper 7 Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Calidris pusilla

Short-billed Dowitcher 8 Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher 9 Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs 10 Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs 11 Tringa melanoleuca

Willet 12 Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper 11 Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew 13 Numenius americanus

Whimbrel 6 Numenius phaeopus

Wilson's Snipe 14 Gallinago delicata

Ruddy Turnstone 15 Arenaria interpres

Marbled Godwit 16 Limosa fedoa

Red Phalarope 6 Phalaropus fulicarius

Red-necked Phalarope 13 Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope 17 Phalaropus tricolor

Upland Sandpiper 12 Bartramia longicauda

Spotted Sandpiper 18 Actitis macularius