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Wildlife of Lake Pueblo State Park

Positioned approximately six miles west of the City of Pueblo, and within two hour’s drive of Denver and Colorado Springs, Lake Pueblo State Park attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year. It is located at the interface of the southern Rocky Mountains to the west and Great Plains to the ...more ↓

Red-spotted Toad 1
Anaxyrus punctatus
Woodhouse's Toad 2
Anaxyrus woodhousii
American Bullfrog 3
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 4
Lithobates pipiens
Plains Spadefoot 5
Spea bombifrons
Western Tiger Salamander 6
Ambystoma mavortium
Eastern Collared Lizard 7
Crotaphytus collaris
Prairie Lizard 6
Sceloporus consobrinus
Sagebrush Lizard 8
Sceloporus graciosus
Eastern Fence Lizard 9
Sceloporus undulatus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 10
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Western Earless Lizard 11
Holbrookia maculata
Many-lined Skink 12
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Colorado Checkered Whiptail 13
Aspidoscelis neotesselata
Triploid Checkered Whiptail 14
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus
Prairie Racerunner 15
Aspidoscelis sexlineata viridis
Black-necked Gartersnake 16
Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 16
Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake 17
Thamnophis radix
Coachwhip 18
Masticophis flagellum
Gopher Snake 19
Pituophis catenifer
Great Plains Ratsnake 6
Pantherophis emoryi
Corn Snake 20
Pantherophis guttatus
Prairie Rattlesnake 21
Crotalus viridis
Prairie Rattlesnake 9
Crotalus viridis viridis
Spiny Softshell 22
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 23
Chelydra serpentina
Pond Slider 24
Trachemys scripta
Greater Roadrunner 25
Geococcyx californianus
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 26
Picoides scalaris
Red-bellied Woodpecker 27
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 28
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 29
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 30
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 9
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 31
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 32
Dryobates villosus
Eastern Screech-Owl 33
Megascops asio
Western Screech-Owl 34
Megascops kennicottii
Burrowing Owl 35
Athene cunicularia
Snowy Owl 28
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 36
Bubo virginianus
Barn Owl 37
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 38
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 39
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 40
Columba livia
White-winged Dove 41
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 42
Zenaida macroura
Sora 43
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 44
Rallus limicola
American Coot 35
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 45
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 46
Cathartes aura
Scaled Quail 47
Callipepla squamata
Wild Turkey 48
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Pheasant 49
Phasianus colchicus
Dunlin 50
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 28
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs 51
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 52
Tringa melanoleuca
Long-billed Curlew 43
Numenius americanus
Wilson's Snipe 53
Gallinago delicata
Common Snipe 54
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 55
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 56
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 57
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 58
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 59
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 52
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 60
Larus argentatus
Short-billed Gull 61
Larus brachyrhynchus
California Gull 62
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 63
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 64
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 65
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 66
Larus glaucescens
Iceland Gull 67
Larus glaucoides
Thayer's Gull 68
Larus glaucoides thayeri
Great Black-backed Gull 69
Larus marinus
Black-legged Kittiwake 70
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 9
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 71
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 72
Charadrius vociferus
Black-bellied Plover 28
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 73
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 74
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic Jaeger 28
Stercorarius parasiticus
Yellow-billed Loon 68
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 9
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 52
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 75
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 52
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 76
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 34
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 52
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 43
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 77
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 78
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 79
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 80
Egretta thula

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