Wildlife of Barr Lake State Park

Covering more than 1,900 surface acres, Barr Lake is one of the largest prairie reservoirs in Colorado open to public recreation. Barr Lake provides habitat for more than 340 species of birds and its significance is recognized on both national and international levels. Nearly 700 acres of ...more ↓

Largemouth Bass ¹
Micropterus salmoides

Bluegill ²
Lepomis macrochirus

White Crappie ³
Pomoxis annularis

Black Crappie ⁴
Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Walleye ⁵
Sander vitreus

Yellow Perch ⁶
Perca flavescens

Striped Bass ⁷
Morone saxatilis

Rainbow Trout ⁸
Oncorhynchus mykiss

Greenback Cutthroat Trout ⁹
Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias

Flathead Catfish ¹⁰
Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish ¹¹
Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish ¹²
Ictalurus punctatus

Spottail Shiner ¹³
Notropis hudsonius

European Carp ¹⁴
Cyprinus carpio

White Sucker ¹⁵
Catostomus commersonii

American Gizzard Shad ¹⁶
Dorosoma cepedianum

Tiger Muskellunge ¹⁷
Esox masquinongy × lucius

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Wildlife of Barr Lake State Park

Largemouth Bass 1 Micropterus salmoides

Bluegill 2 Lepomis macrochirus

White Crappie 3 Pomoxis annularis

Black Crappie 4 Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Walleye 5 Sander vitreus

Yellow Perch 6 Perca flavescens

Striped Bass 7 Morone saxatilis

Rainbow Trout 8 Oncorhynchus mykiss

Greenback Cutthroat Trout 9 Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias

Flathead Catfish 10 Pylodictis olivaris

Blue Catfish 11 Ictalurus furcatus

Channel Catfish 12 Ictalurus punctatus

Spottail Shiner 13 Notropis hudsonius

European Carp 14 Cyprinus carpio

White Sucker 15 Catostomus commersonii

American Gizzard Shad 16 Dorosoma cepedianum

Tiger Muskellunge 17 Esox masquinongy × lucius