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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.

Sanderling 1
Calidris alba
Dunlin 2
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 3
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 4
Calidris canutus
White-rumped Sandpiper 5
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 6
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 7
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 9
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Calidris pusilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 5
Calidris subruficollis
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 11
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 13
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 5
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 13
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 14
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 15
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 16
Gallinago delicata
Marbled Godwit 17
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 18
Limosa haemastica
Red Phalarope 8
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 14
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 19
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland Sandpiper 5
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 20
Actitis macularius
Least Tern 21
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern 17
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 22
Thalasseus maximus
Forster's Tern 23
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 24
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 25
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 13
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Little Gull 26
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Herring Gull 27
Larus argentatus
Cook Inlet Gull 28
Larus argentatus × glaucescens
California Gull 29
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 30
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 31
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 32
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 33
Larus glaucescens
Iceland Gull 34
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 35
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 36
Larus marinus
Western Gull 3
Larus occidentalis
Slaty-backed Gull 37
Larus schistisagus
Black-legged Kittiwake 38
Rissa tridactyla
Ross's Gull 39
Rhodostethia rosea
Sabine's Gull 5
Xema sabini
Laughing Gull 40
Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull 41
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Piping Plover 42
Charadrius melodus
Mountain Plover 4
Charadrius montanus
Snowy Plover 14
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover 43
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 44
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 45
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 4
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 46
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 47
Recurvirostra americana
Long-tailed Jaeger 48
Stercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic Jaeger 4
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 49
Stercorarius pomarinus

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