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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.

Dark-eyed Junco 1
Junco hyemalis
Pink-sided × White-winged Junco 2
Junco hyemalis mearnsi × aikeni
Pink-sided × Gray-headed Junco 3
Junco hyemalis mearnsi × caniceps
Baird's Sparrow 4
Ammodramus bairdii
Grasshopper Sparrow 5
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 4
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 6
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 4
Calamospiza melanocorys
Sagebrush Sparrow 7
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
American Tree Sparrow 8
Spizelloides arborea
Cassin's Sparrow 5
Peucaea cassinii
Swamp Sparrow 9
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 10
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 1
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 11
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 4
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 12
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 10
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 13
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 14
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 15
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 16
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 17
Zonotrichia querula
Green-tailed Towhee 4
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 18
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Spotted Towhee 19
Pipilo maculatus
Canyon Towhee 20
Melozone fusca
Black-throated Sparrow 21
Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow 22
Passerculus sandwichensis

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