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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.

American wigeon 1
Mareca americana
Eurasian wigeon 2
Mareca penelope
Gadwall 3
Mareca strepera
Common Goldeneye × Hooded Merganser 4
Bucephala clangula × Lophodytes cucullatus
Northern Shoveler 1
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 5
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged teal 1
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 6
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 7
Cygnus columbianus
Mute Swan 8
Cygnus olor
Northern Pintail 9
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 10
Anas crecca
Mallard 11
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 1
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 12
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 12
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 13
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 14
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 15
Anser albifrons
Greylag Goose 16
Anser anser
Greylag × Swan Goose 17
Anser anser × cygnoides
Snow Goose 18
Anser caerulescens
Swan Goose 19
Anser cygnoides
Domestic Swan Goose 20
Anser cygnoides domesticus
Ross's Goose 21
Anser rossii
Black Scoter 22
Melanitta americana
White-winged Scoter 23
Melanitta deglandi
Surf Scoter 24
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 25
Aythya affinis
Redhead 26
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 1
Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck 1
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup 27
Aythya marila
Canvasback 28
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 29
Oxyura jamaicensis
Brant 30
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 31
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 32
Branta hutchinsii
Mandarin Duck 33
Aix galericulata
Wood Duck 34
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 35
Lophodytes cucullatus
Muscovy Duck 36
Cairina moschata
Egyptian Goose 37
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Long-tailed Duck 38
Clangula hyemalis

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