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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 ↓

Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Nycticorax nycticorax
Merlin 3
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 3
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 4
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 5
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 6
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 7
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 8
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 9
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 10
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 11
Aeronautes saxatalis
Chimney Swift 6
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 12
Mareca americana
Eurasian Wigeon 13
Mareca penelope
Gadwall 14
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 12
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 15
Spatula cyanoptera
Cinnamon × Blue-winged Teal 16
Spatula cyanoptera × discors
Blue-winged Teal 12
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 17
Cygnus buccinator
Northern Pintail 18
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 19
Anas crecca
American Green-winged Teal 20
Anas crecca carolinensis
Mallard 21
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 22
Anas rubripes
Bufflehead 12
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 23
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 23
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 14
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 24
Mergus serrator
Snow Goose 25
Anser caerulescens
Black Scoter 6
Melanitta americana
Surf Scoter 26
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 27
Aythya affinis
Redhead 28
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 12
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 10
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 29
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 30
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 31
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 32
Lophodytes cucullatus
Long-tailed Duck 33
Clangula hyemalis
Osprey 34
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 35
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 36
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 37
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 39
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 40
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 9
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 41
Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk 42
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 42
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 43
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 8
Ictinia mississippiensis
Double-crested Cormorant 44
Phalacrocorax auritus
Purple Martin 45
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 46
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 12
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 47
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 48
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 49
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Rusty Blackbird 50
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 51
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 15
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 10
Icterus bullockii
Orchard Oriole 52
Icterus spurius
Western Meadowlark 6
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 53
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 54
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 8
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 6
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 55
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 56
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 10
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 57
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 42
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 58
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 59
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 60
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 10
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 10
Troglodytes aedon
Eurasian Wren 61
Troglodytes troglodytes
Bewick's Wren 6
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 12
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 62
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 51
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 63
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 64
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 51
Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird 65
Sialia sialis
Townsend's Solitaire 8
Myadestes townsendi
Bell's Vireo 10
Vireo bellii
Warbling Vireo 32
Vireo gilvus
Philadelphia Vireo 66
Vireo philadelphicus
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Vireo plumbeus
Blue-headed Vireo 67
Vireo solitarius

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