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Broomfield Naturalist's Guide

A guide containing the flora and fauna of Broomfield, CO's plains, wetlands, and urban areas. If you are just getting started with iNaturalist this is the perfect place to begin in order to become more comfortable with identifying Broomfield's wildlife.

Great Plains Toad ¹
Anaxyrus cognatus

Western Chorus Frog ²
Pseudacris triseriata

Plains Leopard Frog ³
Lithobates blairi

American Bullfrog ⁴
Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog ⁵
Lithobates pipiens

Western Tiger Salamander ⁶
Ambystoma mavortium

Six-lined Racerunner ¹
Aspidoscelis sexlineata

North American Racer ⁷
Coluber constrictor

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake ⁸
Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake ⁹
Thamnophis radix

Common Garter Snake ¹⁰
Thamnophis sirtalis

Gopher Snake ⁸
Pituophis catenifer

Plains Hognose Snake ¹¹
Heterodon nasicus

Great Plains Ratsnake ¹
Pantherophis emoryi

Prairie Rattlesnake ⁸
Crotalus viridis

Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle ⁸
Chrysemys picta

Pond Slider ¹²
Trachemys scripta

Hairy Woodpecker ¹³
Picoides villosus

Northern Flicker ¹⁴
Colaptes auratus

Eastern Screech-Owl ¹⁵
Megascops asio

Burrowing Owl ¹⁶
Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl ¹⁷
Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ¹⁸
Aegolius acadicus

Barn Owl ¹⁹
Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher ²⁰
Megaceryle alcyon

Eurasian Collared Dove ²¹
Streptopelia decaocto

Rock Dove ²²
Columba livia

Mourning Dove ²³
Zenaida macroura

American Coot ¹⁶
Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture ²⁴
Cathartes aura

Wilson's Snipe ²⁵
Gallinago delicata

Mew Gull ²⁶
Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull ²⁷
Larus delawarensis

Killdeer ²⁸
Charadrius vociferus

American Avocet ²⁹
Recurvirostra americana

Clark's Grebe ³⁰
Aechmophorus clarkii

Western Grebe ³¹
Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pied-billed Grebe ³²
Podilymbus podiceps

American White Pelican ³³
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Snowy Egret ³⁴
Egretta thula

Great Blue Heron ³¹
Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron ³⁵
Nycticorax nycticorax

American Kestrel ³⁶
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ³⁷
Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill ³⁸
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ³⁶
Selasphorus platycercus

American Wigeon ¹⁸
Mareca americana

Gadwall ³⁹
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ¹⁸
Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal ⁴⁰
Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal ¹⁸
Spatula discors

Northern Pintail ⁴¹
Anas acuta

Mallard ⁴²
Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead ¹⁸
Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye ⁴³
Bucephala clangula

Common Merganser ³⁹
Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup ⁴⁴
Aythya affinis

Redhead ⁴⁵
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ¹⁸
Aythya collaris

Canada Goose ⁴⁶
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ⁴⁷
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ⁴⁸
Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey ⁴⁹
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ⁵⁰
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ⁵¹
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ⁵²
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ²⁰
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ⁵³
Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk ⁵⁴
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ⁵⁴
Buteo swainsoni

American Rough-legged Hawk ⁵⁵
Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis

Bald Eagle ⁵⁶
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ⁵⁷
Phalacrocorax auritus

Cliff Swallow ⁵⁸
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow ⁵⁹
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ¹⁸
Tachycineta bicolor

Bank Swallow ⁶⁰
Riparia riparia

Brewer's Blackbird ⁶¹
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁶²
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ⁶³
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Western Meadowlark ³⁷
Sturnella neglecta

Common Grackle ⁶⁴
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ⁶⁵
Agelaius phoeniceus

Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

House Sparrow ⁶⁶
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁵⁴
Sitta canadensis

Common Starling ⁶⁷
Sturnus vulgaris

American Robin ⁶⁸
Turdus migratorius

Townsend's Solitaire ³⁶
Myadestes townsendi

Eastern Kingbird ⁶⁹
Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird ²⁴
Tyrannus verticalis

Say's Phoebe ⁷⁰
Sayornis saya

Dark-eyed Junco ⁷¹
Junco hyemalis

Song Sparrow ⁷¹
Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow ⁷²
Spizella passerina

White-crowned Sparrow ⁷³
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Yellow-breasted Chat ²⁴
Icteria virens

Gray Catbird ⁶²
Dumetella carolinensis

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Broomfield Naturalist's Guide

Great Plains Toad 1 Anaxyrus cognatus

Western Chorus Frog 2 Pseudacris triseriata

Plains Leopard Frog 3 Lithobates blairi

American Bullfrog 4 Lithobates catesbeianus

Northern Leopard Frog 5 Lithobates pipiens

Western Tiger Salamander 6 Ambystoma mavortium

Six-lined Racerunner 1 Aspidoscelis sexlineata

North American Racer 7 Coluber constrictor

Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 8 Thamnophis elegans

Plains Garter Snake 9 Thamnophis radix

Common Garter Snake 10 Thamnophis sirtalis

Gopher Snake 8 Pituophis catenifer

Plains Hognose Snake 11 Heterodon nasicus

Great Plains Ratsnake 1 Pantherophis emoryi

Prairie Rattlesnake 8 Crotalus viridis

Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina

Painted Turtle 8 Chrysemys picta

Pond Slider 12 Trachemys scripta

Hairy Woodpecker 13 Picoides villosus

Northern Flicker 14 Colaptes auratus

Eastern Screech-Owl 15 Megascops asio

Burrowing Owl 16 Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl 17 Bubo virginianus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 18 Aegolius acadicus

Barn Owl 19 Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher 20 Megaceryle alcyon

Eurasian Collared Dove 21 Streptopelia decaocto

Rock Dove 22 Columba livia

Mourning Dove 23 Zenaida macroura

American Coot 16 Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture 24 Cathartes aura

Wilson's Snipe 25 Gallinago delicata

Mew Gull 26 Larus canus

Ring-billed Gull 27 Larus delawarensis

Killdeer 28 Charadrius vociferus

American Avocet 29 Recurvirostra americana

Clark's Grebe 30 Aechmophorus clarkii

Western Grebe 31 Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pied-billed Grebe 32 Podilymbus podiceps

American White Pelican 33 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Snowy Egret 34 Egretta thula

Great Blue Heron 31 Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night Heron 35 Nycticorax nycticorax

American Kestrel 36 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 37 Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill 38 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 36 Selasphorus platycercus

American Wigeon 18 Mareca americana

Gadwall 39 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 18 Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal 40 Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal 18 Spatula discors

Northern Pintail 41 Anas acuta

Mallard 42 Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead 18 Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye 43 Bucephala clangula

Common Merganser 39 Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup 44 Aythya affinis

Redhead 45 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 18 Aythya collaris

Canada Goose 46 Branta canadensis

Wood Duck 47 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 48 Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey 49 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 50 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 51 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 52 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 53 Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk 54 Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk 54 Buteo swainsoni

American Rough-legged Hawk 55 Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis

Bald Eagle 56 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant 57 Phalacrocorax auritus

Cliff Swallow 58 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Barn Swallow 59 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 18 Tachycineta bicolor

Bank Swallow 60 Riparia riparia