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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.

Purple Martin 1
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 2
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 3
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 4
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 5
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 7
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Rusty Blackbird 8
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 9
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 10
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 11
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bullock's Oriole 6
Icterus bullockii
Bullock's × Baltimore Oriole 12
Icterus bullockii × galbula
Hooded Oriole 13
Icterus cucullatus
Baltimore Oriole 14
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 15
Icterus spurius
Eastern Meadowlark 16
Sturnella magna
Western Meadowlark 16
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 17
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 18
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 19
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 20
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 16
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 21
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 22
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 6
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 23
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 24
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 25
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 26
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 27
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 28
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 6
Salpinctes obsoletus
Carolina Wren 29
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 6
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 6
Troglodytes hiemalis
Pacific Wren 30
Troglodytes pacificus
Bewick's Wren 16
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 3
Cistothorus palustris
Sedge Wren 6
Cistothorus platensis
American Robin 31
Turdus migratorius
Veery 32
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 9
Catharus guttatus
Gray-cheeked Thrush 20
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush 33
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 34
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 9
Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird 35
Sialia sialis
Townsend's Solitaire 20
Myadestes townsendi
Wood Thrush 6
Hylocichla mustelina
Varied Thrush 36
Ixoreus naevius
Bell's Vireo 6
Vireo bellii
Cassin's Vireo 6
Vireo cassinii
Yellow-throated Vireo 11
Vireo flavifrons
Warbling Vireo 37
Vireo gilvus
White-eyed Vireo 38
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 25
Vireo olivaceus
Philadelphia Vireo 20
Vireo philadelphicus
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Vireo plumbeus
Blue-headed Vireo 39
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 40
Regulus satrapa
McCown's Longspur 6
Rhynchophanes mccownii
Snow Bunting 41
Plectrophenax nivalis
Lapland Longspur 16
Calcarius lapponicus
Chestnut-collared Longspur 42
Calcarius ornatus
Dark-eyed Junco 43
Junco hyemalis
Pink-sided × White-winged Junco 20
Junco hyemalis mearnsi × aikeni
Pink-sided × Gray-headed Junco 44
Junco hyemalis mearnsi × caniceps
Baird's Sparrow 6
Ammodramus bairdii
Grasshopper Sparrow 16
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 6
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 34
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 6
Calamospiza melanocorys
Sagebrush Sparrow 45
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
American Tree Sparrow 46
Spizelloides arborea
Cassin's Sparrow 16
Peucaea cassinii
Swamp Sparrow 47
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 39
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 43
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 28
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 6
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 48
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 39
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 49
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 25
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 50
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 51
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 52
Zonotrichia querula
Green-tailed Towhee 6
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 53
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Spotted Towhee 54
Pipilo maculatus
Canyon Towhee 55
Melozone fusca
Black-throated Sparrow 56
Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow 57
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 58
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 11
Mimus polyglottos
Curve-billed Thrasher 59
Toxostoma curvirostre
Brown Thrasher 60
Toxostoma rufum

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