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

Least Tern ¹⁹
Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern ¹⁶
Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern ²⁰
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ²¹
Sterna hirundo

Black Tern ²²
Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull ¹¹
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Black-headed Gull ²³
Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Herring Gull ²⁴
Larus argentatus

California Gull ²⁵
Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull ²⁶
Larus delawarensis

Glaucous Gull ²⁷
Larus hyperboreus

Black-legged Kittiwake ²⁸
Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull ¹²
Xema sabini

Franklin's Gull ²⁹
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Kentish Plover ³⁰
Charadrius alexandrinus

Piping Plover ³¹
Charadrius melodus

Semipalmated Plover ³²
Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer ³³
Charadrius vociferus

Black-bellied Plover ¹¹
Pluvialis squatarola

Black-necked Stilt ³⁴
Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet ³⁵
Recurvirostra americana

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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

Least Tern 19 Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern 16 Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern 20 Sterna forsteri

Common Tern 21 Sterna hirundo

Black Tern 22 Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull 11 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Black-headed Gull 23 Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Herring Gull 24 Larus argentatus

California Gull 25 Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull 26 Larus delawarensis

Glaucous Gull 27 Larus hyperboreus

Black-legged Kittiwake 28 Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull 12 Xema sabini

Franklin's Gull 29 Leucophaeus pipixcan

Kentish Plover 30 Charadrius alexandrinus

Piping Plover 31 Charadrius melodus

Semipalmated Plover 32 Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer 33 Charadrius vociferus

Black-bellied Plover 11 Pluvialis squatarola

Black-necked Stilt 34 Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet 35 Recurvirostra americana