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 ↓

American Wigeon ¹
Mareca americana

Eurasian Wigeon ²
Mareca penelope

Gadwall ³
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ¹
Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal ⁴
Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal ¹
Spatula discors

Trumpeter Swan ⁵
Cygnus buccinator

Tundra Swan ⁶
Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail ⁷
Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal ⁸
Anas crecca

Mallard ⁹
Anas platyrhynchos

Domestic Mallard ¹⁰
Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Bufflehead ¹
Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye ¹¹
Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye ¹¹
Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser ³
Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser ¹²
Mergus serrator

Greater White-fronted Goose ¹³
Anser albifrons

Greylag Goose ¹⁴
Anser anser

Domestic Greylag Goose ¹⁵
Anser anser domesticus

Greylag × Swan Goose ¹⁶
Anser anser × cygnoides

Domestic Greylag × Domestic Swan Goose ¹⁷
Anser anser domesticus × anser cygnoides domesticus

Snow Goose ¹⁸
Anser caerulescens

Swan Goose ¹⁹
Anser cygnoides

Domestic Swan Goose ²⁰
Anser cygnoides domesticus

Ross' Goose ²¹
Anser rossii

Black Scoter ²²
Melanitta americana

White-winged Scoter ¹
Melanitta fusca

Lesser Scaup ²³
Aythya affinis

Redhead ²⁴
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ¹
Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup ²⁵
Aythya marila

Canvasback ²⁶
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ²⁷
Oxyura jamaicensis

Brant ²⁸
Branta bernicla

Canada Goose ²⁹
Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose ³⁰
Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck ³¹
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ³²
Lophodytes cucullatus

Long-tailed Duck ³³
Clangula hyemalis

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Birds of Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

American Wigeon 1 Mareca americana

Eurasian Wigeon 2 Mareca penelope

Gadwall 3 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 1 Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal 4 Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal 1 Spatula discors

Trumpeter Swan 5 Cygnus buccinator

Tundra Swan 6 Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail 7 Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal 8 Anas crecca

Mallard 9 Anas platyrhynchos

Domestic Mallard 10 Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Bufflehead 1 Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye 11 Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye 11 Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser 3 Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser 12 Mergus serrator

Greater White-fronted Goose 13 Anser albifrons

Greylag Goose 14 Anser anser

Domestic Greylag Goose 15 Anser anser domesticus

Greylag × Swan Goose 16 Anser anser × cygnoides

Domestic Greylag × Domestic Swan Goose 17 Anser anser domesticus × anser cygnoides domesticus

Snow Goose 18 Anser caerulescens

Swan Goose 19 Anser cygnoides

Domestic Swan Goose 20 Anser cygnoides domesticus

Ross' Goose 21 Anser rossii

Black Scoter 22 Melanitta americana

White-winged Scoter 1 Melanitta fusca

Lesser Scaup 23 Aythya affinis

Redhead 24 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 1 Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup 25 Aythya marila

Canvasback 26 Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck 27 Oxyura jamaicensis

Brant 28 Branta bernicla

Canada Goose 29 Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose 30 Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck 31 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 32 Lophodytes cucullatus

Long-tailed Duck 33 Clangula hyemalis