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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Birds

This guide contains birds that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Gray Catbird 1
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 2
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 3
Passerina amoena
Blue Grosbeak 4
Passerina caerulea
Painted Bunting 5
Passerina ciris
Indigo Bunting 5
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 7
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Dickcissel 1
Spiza americana
Northern Cardinal 8
Cardinalis cardinalis
Pyrrhuloxia 9
Cardinalis sinuatus
Western Tanager 1
Piranga ludoviciana
Scarlet Tanager 10
Piranga olivacea
Summer Tanager 11
Piranga rubra
Zebra Finch 12
Taeniopygia guttata
American Pipit 1
Anthus rubescens
Canada Warbler 13
Cardellina canadensis
Wilson's Warbler 14
Cardellina pusilla
Ovenbird 15
Seiurus aurocapilla
Northern Parula 16
Setophaga americana
Black-throated Blue Warbler 17
Setophaga caerulescens
Bay-breasted Warbler 18
Setophaga castanea
Hooded Warbler 19
Setophaga citrina
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Setophaga coronata
Prairie Warbler 21
Setophaga discolor
Yellow-throated Warbler 22
Setophaga dominica
Blackburnian Warbler 17
Setophaga fusca
Magnolia Warbler 23
Setophaga magnolia
Black-throated Gray Warbler 7
Setophaga nigrescens
Hermit Warbler 24
Setophaga occidentalis
Palm Warbler 25
Setophaga palmarum
Chestnut-sided Warbler 26
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 27
Setophaga petechia
Pine Warbler 1
Setophaga pinus
American Redstart 28
Setophaga ruticilla
Blackpoll Warbler 29
Setophaga striata
Cape May Warbler 30
Setophaga tigrina
Townsend's Warbler 31
Setophaga townsendi
Black-throated Green Warbler 16
Setophaga virens
Black-and-white Warbler 32
Mniotilta varia
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Helmitheros vermivorum
Prothonotary Warbler 33
Protonotaria citrea
Louisiana Waterthrush 7
Parkesia motacilla
Northern Waterthrush 34
Parkesia noveboracensis
Kentucky Warbler 23
Geothlypis formosa
MacGillivray's Warbler 35
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 36
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler 37
Leiothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 38
Leiothlypis peregrina
Nashville Warbler 33
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Virginia's Warbler 1
Leiothlypis virginiae
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Vermivora chrysoptera
Blue-winged Warbler 39
Vermivora cyanoptera
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 40
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 41
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 42
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 43
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 44
Certhia americana
American Dipper 7
Cinclus mexicanus
California Scrub-Jay 45
Aphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 46
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 47
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 48
Corvus corax
Chihuahuan Raven 49
Corvus cryptoleucus
Blue Jay 50
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 51
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 52
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 53
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 54
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 55
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Brambling 56
Fringilla montifringilla
Red Crossbill 57
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 58
Loxia leucoptera
Common Redpoll 59
Acanthis flammea
Pine Siskin 60
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 7
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 61
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 7
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 62
Haemorhous mexicanus
Purple Finch 34
Haemorhous purpureus
European Goldfinch 63
Carduelis carduelis
Black Rosy-Finch 1
Leucosticte atrata
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 1
Leucosticte australis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 4
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Pine Grosbeak 64
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 65
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 66
Myiarchus cinerascens
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Myiarchus crinitus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 67
Contopus sordidulus
Vermilion Flycatcher 68
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Alder Flycatcher 69
Empidonax alnorum
Hammond's Flycatcher 70
Empidonax hammondii
Least Flycatcher 33
Empidonax minimus
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 1
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 45
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 1
Empidonax wrightii
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 71
Tyrannus forficatus

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