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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.

African Collared Dove 1
Streptopelia roseogrisea
Alder Flycatcher 2
Empidonax alnorum
American Avocet 3
Recurvirostra americana
American Bittern 4
Botaurus lentiginosus
American Coot 5
Fulica americana
American Crow 6
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Dipper 7
Cinclus mexicanus
American Golden Plover 8
Pluvialis dominica
American Goldfinch 9
Spinus tristis
American Kestrel 10
Falco sparverius
American Pipit 11
Anthus rubescens
American Redstart 12
Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin 13
Turdus migratorius
American Three-toed Woodpecker 14
Picoides dorsalis
American Tree Sparrow 15
Spizelloides arborea
American White Pelican 16
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American wigeon 17
Mareca americana
Anna's Hummingbird 7
Calypte anna
Arctic Loon 18
Gavia arctica
Ash-throated Flycatcher 19
Myiarchus cinerascens
Baird's Sandpiper 20
Calidris bairdii
Baird's Sparrow 11
Ammodramus bairdii
Bald Eagle 21
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Baltimore Oriole 22
Icterus galbula
Band-tailed Pigeon 23
Patagioenas fasciata
Bank Swallow 24
Riparia riparia
Barn Owl 25
Tyto alba
Barn Swallow 26
Hirundo rustica
Barrow's Goldeneye 23
Bucephala islandica
Bay-breasted Warbler 27
Setophaga castanea
Bell's Vireo 11
Vireo bellii
Belted Kingfisher 28
Megaceryle alcyon
Bewick's Wren 7
Thryomanes bewickii
Black Phoebe 29
Sayornis nigricans
Black Rosy-Finch 11
Leucosticte atrata
Black Scoter 14
Melanitta americana
Black Swift 30
Cypseloides niger
Black Tern 31
Chlidonias niger
Black-and-white Warbler 32
Mniotilta varia
Black-bellied Plover 7
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-billed Cuckoo 11
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-billed Magpie 33
Pica hudsonia
Black-capped Chickadee 34
Poecile atricapillus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 35
Archilochus alexandri
Black-crowned Night Heron 36
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Grosbeak 7
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black-legged Kittiwake 18
Rissa tridactyla
Black-necked Stilt 23
Himantopus mexicanus
Black-throated Blue Warbler 37
Setophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Gray Warbler 7
Setophaga nigrescens
Black-throated Green Warbler 38
Setophaga virens
Black-throated Sparrow 39
Amphispiza bilineata
Blackburnian Warbler 37
Setophaga fusca
Blackpoll Warbler 40
Setophaga striata
Blue Grosbeak 41
Passerina caerulea
Blue Jay 42
Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 11
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-headed Vireo 43
Vireo solitarius
Blue-winged Warbler 20
Vermivora cyanoptera
Blue-winged teal 17
Spatula discors
Bobolink 44
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bohemian Waxwing 17
Bombycilla garrulus
Bonaparte's Gull 19
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Boreal Owl 45
Aegolius funereus
Brambling 46
Fringilla montifringilla
Brant 47
Branta bernicla
Brewer's Blackbird 20
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brewer's Sparrow 48
Spizella breweri
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 49
Selasphorus platycercus
Broad-winged Hawk 50
Buteo platypterus
Brown Creeper 51
Certhia americana
Brown Pelican 52
Pelecanus occidentalis
Brown Thrasher 53
Toxostoma rufum
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 11
Leucosticte australis
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Molothrus ater
Budgerigar 54
Melopsittacus undulatus
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 11
Calidris subruficollis
Bufflehead 17
Bucephala albeola
Bullock's Oriole 11
Icterus bullockii
Bullock's × Baltimore Oriole 55
Icterus bullockii × galbula
Burrowing Owl 5
Athene cunicularia
Bushtit 56
Psaltriparus minimus
Cackling Goose 20
Branta hutchinsii
California Gull 57
Larus californicus
California Quail 58
Callipepla californica
California Scrub-Jay 44
Aphelocoma californica
Calliope Hummingbird 59
Selasphorus calliope
Canada Goose 60
Branta canadensis
Canada Warbler 61
Cardellina canadensis
Canvasback 11
Aythya valisineria
Canyon Towhee 62
Melozone fusca
Canyon Wren 48
Catherpes mexicanus
Cape May Warbler 63
Setophaga tigrina
Carolina Wren 64
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Caspian Tern 44
Hydroprogne caspia
Cassin's Finch 7
Haemorhous cassinii
Cassin's Kingbird 65
Tyrannus vociferans
Cassin's Sparrow 7
Peucaea cassinii
Cassin's Vireo 11
Vireo cassinii
Cattle Egret 7
Bubulcus ibis

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