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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 ↓

Greater Roadrunner 1
Geococcyx californianus
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 2
Picoides scalaris
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 5
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates villosus
Eastern Screech-Owl 10
Megascops asio
Western Screech-Owl 11
Megascops kennicottii
Burrowing Owl 12
Athene cunicularia
Snowy Owl 4
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Barn Owl 14
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 15
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 16
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Dove 17
Columba livia
White-winged Dove 18
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 19
Zenaida macroura
Sora 20
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 21
Rallus limicola
American Coot 12
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 22
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 23
Cathartes aura
Scaled Quail 24
Callipepla squamata
Wild Turkey 25
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Pheasant 26
Phasianus colchicus
Dunlin 27
Calidris alpina
Least Sandpiper 4
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs 28
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 29
Tringa melanoleuca
Long-billed Curlew 20
Numenius americanus
Wilson's Snipe 30
Gallinago delicata
Common Snipe 31
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 32
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 33
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 34
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 35
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 36
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 29
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 37
Larus argentatus
Short-billed Gull 38
Larus brachyrhynchus
California Gull 39
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 40
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 41
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 42
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 43
Larus glaucescens
Iceland Gull 44
Larus glaucoides
Thayer's Gull 45
Larus glaucoides thayeri
Great Black-backed Gull 46
Larus marinus
Black-legged Kittiwake 47
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 7
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 48
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 49
Charadrius vociferus
Black-bellied Plover 4
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 50
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 51
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic Jaeger 4
Stercorarius parasiticus
Yellow-billed Loon 45
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 7
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 29
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 52
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 29
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 53
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 11
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 29
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 20
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 54
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 55
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 56
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 57
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 20
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 31
Nycticorax nycticorax
Merlin 58
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 58
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 59
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 60
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 4
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 61
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 44
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 62
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 7
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 63
Aeronautes saxatalis
Chimney Swift 4
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 64
Mareca americana
Eurasian Wigeon 65
Mareca penelope
Gadwall 66
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 64
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 67
Spatula cyanoptera
Cinnamon × Blue-winged Teal 68
Spatula cyanoptera × discors
Blue-winged Teal 64
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 69
Cygnus buccinator
Northern Pintail 70
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 71
Anas crecca
American Green-winged Teal 72
Anas crecca carolinensis
Mallard 73
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 74
Anas rubripes
Bufflehead 64
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 75
Bucephala clangula

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