• Guides
  • Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Birds

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.

Golden Eagle 1
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 2
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 3
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 5
Circus hudsonius
Zone-tailed Hawk 6
Buteo albonotatus
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 8
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 9
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 10
Buteo platypterus
Ferruginous Hawk 11
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 11
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 12
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 13
Ictinia mississippiensis

Edited by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Peter Kaminski, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 2. (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 3. (c) roy pilcher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by roy pilcher
  • 4. (c) Rick Leche - Photography, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 5. (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
  • 6. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 7. (c) Andrew Reding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 8. (c) Rick Leche - Photography, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 9. (c) Richard Wottrich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Wottrich
  • 10. (c) Alejandro Bayer Tamayo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 11. (c) rbbrummitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by rbbrummitt
  • 12. (c) matlacha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 13. (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Mlodinow

Member of the iNaturalist Network   |   Powered by iNaturalist open source software |   Documentation for developers