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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.

Brant 1
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 2
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 3
Branta hutchinsii
Mandarin Duck 4
Aix galericulata
Wood Duck 5
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 6
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck 7
Cairina moschata
Egyptian Goose 8
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Long-tailed Duck 9
Clangula hyemalis
Osprey 10
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 11
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 12
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 13
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 6
Circus hudsonius
Zone-tailed Hawk 15
Buteo albonotatus
Red-tailed Hawk 16
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 17
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 18
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 19
Buteo platypterus
Ferruginous Hawk 20
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 20
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 21
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 22
Ictinia mississippiensis
Double-crested Cormorant 23
Phalacrocorax auritus
Magnificent Frigatebird 24
Fregata magnificens
Purple Martin 25
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 26
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 27
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 28
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 29
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 30
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Rusty Blackbird 31
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 3
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 32
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 33
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bullock's Oriole 15
Icterus bullockii
Bullock's × Baltimore Oriole 34
Icterus bullockii × galbula
Hooded Oriole 35
Icterus cucullatus
Baltimore Oriole 36
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 37
Icterus spurius
Eastern Meadowlark 38
Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark 38
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 39
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 40
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 41
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 22
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 38
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 42
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 43
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 15
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 44
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 45
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 46
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 47
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 48
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 15
Salpinctes obsoletus
Carolina Wren 49
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 15
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 15
Troglodytes hiemalis
Pacific Wren 50
Troglodytes pacificus
Bewick's Wren 38
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 27
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 15
Cistothorus platensis
American Robin 51
Turdus migratorius
Veery 52
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 3
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 22
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 19
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 53
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 3
Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird 54
Sialia sialis
Townsend's Solitaire 22
Myadestes townsendi
Wood Thrush 15
Hylocichla mustelina
Varied Thrush 55
Ixoreus naevius
Bell's Vireo 15
Vireo bellii
Cassin's Vireo 15
Vireo cassinii
Yellow-throated Vireo 33
Vireo flavifrons
Warbling Vireo 6
Vireo gilvus
White-eyed Vireo 56
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 45
Vireo olivaceus
Philadelphia Vireo 22
Vireo philadelphicus
Plumbeous Vireo 15
Vireo plumbeus
Blue-headed Vireo 57
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 58
Regulus satrapa
McCown's Longspur 15
Rhynchophanes mccownii
Snow Bunting 59
Plectrophenax nivalis
Lapland Longspur 38
Calcarius lapponicus
Chestnut-collared Longspur 60
Calcarius ornatus
Dark-eyed Junco 61
Junco hyemalis
Pink-sided × White-winged Junco 22
Junco hyemalis mearnsi × aikeni
Pink-sided × Gray-headed Junco 62
Junco hyemalis mearnsi × caniceps
Baird's Sparrow 15
Ammodramus bairdii
Grasshopper Sparrow 38
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 15
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 53
Chondestes grammacus

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