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 ↓

Purple Martin ¹
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ²
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ³
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ⁴
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ⁵
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁶
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁷
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Rusty Blackbird ⁸
Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's Blackbird ⁹
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁶
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ¹⁰
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole ⁶
Icterus bullockii

Orchard Oriole ¹¹
Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark ¹²
Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle ¹³
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ¹⁴
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ¹⁵
Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike ¹²
Lanius ludovicianus

Juniper Titmouse ¹⁶
Baeolophus ridgwayi

Black-capped Chickadee ¹⁷
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ⁶
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ¹⁸
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁹
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ²⁰
Sitta carolinensis

European Starling ²¹
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ²²
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ⁶
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ⁶
Troglodytes aedon

Eurasian Wren ²³
Troglodytes troglodytes

Bewick's Wren ¹²
Thryomanes bewickii

Marsh Wren ³
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ²⁴
Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush ⁹
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ²⁵
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ²⁶
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ⁹
Sialia mexicana

Eastern Bluebird ²⁷
Sialia sialis

Townsend's Solitaire ¹⁵
Myadestes townsendi

Bell's Vireo ⁶
Vireo bellii

Warbling Vireo ²⁸
Vireo gilvus

Philadelphia Vireo ²⁹
Vireo philadelphicus

Plumbeous Vireo ¹²
Vireo plumbeus

Blue-headed Vireo ³⁰
Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ¹¹
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ³¹
Regulus satrapa

Snow Bunting ³²
Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur ¹²
Calcarius lapponicus

Dark-eyed Junco ³³
Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow ⁶
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ²⁶
Chondestes grammacus

American Tree Sparrow ³⁴
Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's Sparrow ³⁵
Peucaea cassinii

Swamp Sparrow ³⁶
Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow ³⁰
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ³³
Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow ³⁷
Spizella passerina

White-throated Sparrow ²⁰
Zonotrichia albicollis

Golden-crowned Sparrow ³⁸
Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow ³⁹
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow ⁴⁰
Zonotrichia querula

Green-tailed Towhee ⁶
Pipilo chlorurus

Eastern Towhee ⁴¹
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Canyon Towhee ⁴
Melozone fusca

Black-throated Sparrow ⁴²
Amphispiza bilineata

Savannah Sparrow ¹²
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁴³
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ⁴⁴
Mimus polyglottos

Curve-billed Thrasher ⁴⁵
Toxostoma curvirostre

Brown Thrasher ⁴⁶
Toxostoma rufum

Sage Thrasher ⁴⁷
Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting ⁴³
Passerina amoena

Blue Grosbeak ²⁶
Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting ⁴⁸
Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁴⁹
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed Grosbeak ¹²
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Western Tanager ⁶
Piranga ludoviciana

American Pipit ⁶
Anthus rubescens

Wilson's Warbler ⁵⁰
Cardellina pusilla

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁵¹
Setophaga coronata

Prairie Warbler ⁵²
Setophaga discolor

Magnolia Warbler ⁵³
Setophaga magnolia

Black-throated Gray Warbler ¹²
Setophaga nigrescens

Palm Warbler ⁵⁴
Setophaga palmarum

Yellow Warbler ³⁰
Setophaga petechia

Pine Warbler ¹²
Setophaga pinus

Cape May Warbler ⁴
Setophaga tigrina

Worm-eating Warbler ⁶
Helmitheros vermivorum

MacGillivray's Warbler ²²
Geothlypis tolmiei

Common Yellowthroat ⁴¹
Geothlypis trichas

Orange-crowned Warbler ⁵⁵
Leiothlypis celata

Virginia's Warbler ⁶
Leiothlypis virginiae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ⁶
Polioptila caerulea

Bushtit ⁵⁶
Psaltriparus minimus

Horned Lark ⁵⁷
Eremophila alpestris

Cedar Waxwing ⁵⁸
Bombycilla cedrorum

Brown Creeper ⁵⁹
Certhia americana

American Dipper ¹²
Cinclus mexicanus

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ⁶⁰
Aphelocoma woodhouseii

American Crow ⁶¹
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Chihuahuan Raven ⁶²
Corvus cryptoleucus

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Wildlife of Lake Pueblo State Park

Purple Martin 1 Progne subis

Barn Swallow 2 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 3 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 4 Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow 5 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 7 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Rusty Blackbird 8 Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's Blackbird 9 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 10 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole 6 Icterus bullockii

Orchard Oriole 11 Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark 12 Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle 13 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 14 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 15 Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike 12 Lanius ludovicianus

Juniper Titmouse 16 Baeolophus ridgwayi

Black-capped Chickadee 17 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 6 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 18 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 19 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 20 Sitta carolinensis

European Starling 21 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 22 Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren 6 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 6 Troglodytes aedon

Eurasian Wren 23 Troglodytes troglodytes

Bewick's Wren 12 Thryomanes bewickii

Marsh Wren 3 Cistothorus palustris

American Robin 24 Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush 9 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 25 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 26 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 9 Sialia mexicana

Eastern Bluebird 27 Sialia sialis

Townsend's Solitaire 15 Myadestes townsendi

Bell's Vireo 6 Vireo bellii

Warbling Vireo 28 Vireo gilvus

Philadelphia Vireo 29 Vireo philadelphicus

Plumbeous Vireo 12 Vireo plumbeus

Blue-headed Vireo 30 Vireo solitarius

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 11 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 31 Regulus satrapa

Snow Bunting 32 Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur 12 Calcarius lapponicus

Dark-eyed Junco 33 Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow 6 Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow 26 Chondestes grammacus

American Tree Sparrow 34 Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's Sparrow 35 Peucaea cassinii

Swamp Sparrow 36 Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow 30 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 33 Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow 37 Spizella passerina

White-throated Sparrow 20 Zonotrichia albicollis

Golden-crowned Sparrow 38 Zonotrichia atricapilla

White-crowned Sparrow 39 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow 40 Zonotrichia querula

Green-tailed Towhee 6 Pipilo chlorurus

Eastern Towhee 41 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Canyon Towhee 4 Melozone fusca

Black-throated Sparrow 42 Amphispiza bilineata

Savannah Sparrow 12 Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat 43 Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird 44 Mimus polyglottos

Curve-billed Thrasher 45 Toxostoma curvirostre

Brown Thrasher 46 Toxostoma rufum

Sage Thrasher 47 Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting 43 Passerina amoena

Blue Grosbeak 26 Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting 48 Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 49 Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed Grosbeak 12 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Western Tanager 6 Piranga ludoviciana

American Pipit 6 Anthus rubescens

Wilson's Warbler 50 Cardellina pusilla

Yellow-rumped Warbler 51 Setophaga coronata