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Wildlife of State Forest State Park

State Forest State Park lies on 71,000 acres of land 80 miles west of Fort Collins and comprises the southernmost point of the Medicine Bow Mountain Range. This park makes up the largest parcel in Colorado's state parks system. It is also surrounded by the Routt National Forest, Roosevelt ...more ↓

Black-billed Cuckoo ¹
Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Red-headed Woodpecker ²
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker ³
Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker ⁴
Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker ⁵
Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Williamson's Sapsucker ¹
Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Downy Woodpecker ⁶
Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ⁷
Dryobates villosus

American Three-toed Woodpecker ⁸
Picoides dorsalis

Northern Pygmy-Owl ⁹
Glaucidium gnoma

Burrowing Owl ¹⁰
Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl ¹¹
Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl ¹²
Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl ¹
Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl ¹²
Aegolius acadicus

Boreal Owl ¹³
Aegolius funereus

Flammulated Owl ¹
Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl ¹⁴
Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher ¹⁵
Megaceryle alcyon

Eurasian Collared Dove ¹⁶
Streptopelia decaocto

Rock Dove ¹⁷
Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon ³
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ¹³
Zenaida macroura

Sora ¹⁸
Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail ¹⁹
Rallus limicola

American Coot ¹⁰
Fulica americana

Sandhill Crane ²⁰
Antigone canadensis

Turkey Vulture ²¹
Cathartes aura

Sharp-tailed Grouse ²²
Tympanuchus phasianellus

Dusky Grouse ¹
Dendragapus obscurus

Greater Sage-Grouse ²³
Centrocercus urophasianus

Wild Turkey ²⁴
Meleagris gallopavo

White-tailed Ptarmigan ²⁵
Lagopus leucura

Ring-necked Pheasant ²⁶
Phasianus colchicus

Sanderling ²⁷
Calidris alba

Dunlin ²⁸
Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper ²⁹
Calidris bairdii

Stilt Sandpiper ³⁰
Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper ³¹
Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper ²⁰
Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper ³²
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ²⁷
Calidris pusilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper ¹
Calidris subruficollis

Short-billed Dowitcher ³³
Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher ³⁴
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs ³⁵
Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs ³⁶
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ¹
Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper ³⁷
Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew ¹⁸
Numenius americanus

Wilson's Snipe ³⁸
Gallinago delicata

Common Snipe ³⁹
Gallinago gallinago

Marbled Godwit ⁴⁰
Limosa fedoa

Red-necked Phalarope ¹⁸
Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope ⁹
Phalaropus tricolor

Upland Sandpiper ¹
Bartramia longicauda

Spotted Sandpiper ⁴¹
Actitis macularius

Least Tern ²¹
Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern ⁴²
Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern ⁴³
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ⁴⁴
Sterna hirundo

Black Tern ⁴⁵
Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull ⁴⁶
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Herring Gull ⁴⁷
Larus argentatus

California Gull ⁴⁸
Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull ⁴⁹
Larus delawarensis

Sabine's Gull ¹
Xema sabini

Franklin's Gull ⁵⁰
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Piping Plover ⁵¹
Charadrius melodus

Mountain Plover ²
Charadrius montanus

Semipalmated Plover ⁵²
Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer ⁵³
Charadrius vociferus

American Golden Plover ⁵⁴
Pluvialis dominica

Black-bellied Plover ²
Pluvialis squatarola

Black-necked Stilt ³
Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet ⁵⁵
Recurvirostra americana

Yellow-billed Loon ²
Gavia adamsii

Common Loon ¹
Gavia immer

Horned Grebe ³⁶
Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe ⁵⁶
Podiceps grisegena

Eared Grebe ⁵⁷
Podiceps nigricollis

Clark's Grebe ³⁶
Aechmophorus clarkii

Western Grebe ¹⁸
Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pied-billed Grebe ⁵⁸
Podilymbus podiceps

White-faced Ibis ⁵⁹
Plegadis chihi

Glossy Ibis ⁶⁰
Plegadis falcinellus

American White Pelican ⁶¹
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

American Bittern ²³
Botaurus lentiginosus

Snowy Egret ³²
Egretta thula

Tricolored Heron ¹
Egretta tricolor

Great Egret ¹⁸
Ardea alba

Great Blue Heron ¹⁸
Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night-Heron ⁶²
Nycticorax nycticorax

Cattle Egret ²
Bubulcus ibis

Green Heron ⁶³
Butorides virescens

Merlin ⁴⁰
Falco columbarius

Prairie Falcon ⁴⁰
Falco mexicanus

Peregrine Falcon ⁶⁴
Falco peregrinus

Gyrfalcon ⁶⁵
Falco rusticolus

American Kestrel ⁶⁶
Falco sparverius

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Wildlife of State Forest State Park

Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Lewis's Woodpecker 3 Melanerpes lewis

Northern Flicker 4 Colaptes auratus

Red-naped Sapsucker 5 Sphyrapicus nuchalis

Williamson's Sapsucker 1 Sphyrapicus thyroideus

Downy Woodpecker 6 Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker 7 Dryobates villosus

American Three-toed Woodpecker 8 Picoides dorsalis

Northern Pygmy-Owl 9 Glaucidium gnoma

Burrowing Owl 10 Athene cunicularia

Great Horned Owl 11 Bubo virginianus

Short-eared Owl 12 Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl 1 Asio otus

Northern Saw-whet Owl 12 Aegolius acadicus

Boreal Owl 13 Aegolius funereus

Flammulated Owl 1 Psiloscops flammeolus

Barn Owl 14 Tyto alba

Belted Kingfisher 15 Megaceryle alcyon

Eurasian Collared Dove 16 Streptopelia decaocto

Rock Dove 17 Columba livia

Band-tailed Pigeon 3 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 13 Zenaida macroura

Sora 18 Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail 19 Rallus limicola

American Coot 10 Fulica americana

Sandhill Crane 20 Antigone canadensis

Turkey Vulture 21 Cathartes aura

Sharp-tailed Grouse 22 Tympanuchus phasianellus

Dusky Grouse 1 Dendragapus obscurus

Greater Sage-Grouse 23 Centrocercus urophasianus

Wild Turkey 24 Meleagris gallopavo

White-tailed Ptarmigan 25 Lagopus leucura

Ring-necked Pheasant 26 Phasianus colchicus

Sanderling 27 Calidris alba

Dunlin 28 Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper 29 Calidris bairdii

Stilt Sandpiper 30 Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper 31 Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper 20 Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper 32 Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper 27 Calidris pusilla

Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 Calidris subruficollis

Short-billed Dowitcher 33 Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher 34 Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs 35 Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs 36 Tringa melanoleuca

Willet 1 Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper 37 Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew 18 Numenius americanus

Wilson's Snipe 38 Gallinago delicata

Common Snipe 39 Gallinago gallinago

Marbled Godwit 40 Limosa fedoa

Red-necked Phalarope 18 Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope 9 Phalaropus tricolor

Upland Sandpiper 1 Bartramia longicauda

Spotted Sandpiper 41 Actitis macularius

Least Tern 21 Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern 42 Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern 43 Sterna forsteri

Common Tern 44 Sterna hirundo

Black Tern 45 Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull 46 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Herring Gull 47 Larus argentatus

California Gull 48 Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull 49 Larus delawarensis

Sabine's Gull 1 Xema sabini

Franklin's Gull 50 Leucophaeus pipixcan

Piping Plover 51 Charadrius melodus

Mountain Plover 2 Charadrius montanus

Semipalmated Plover 52 Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer 53 Charadrius vociferus

American Golden Plover 54 Pluvialis dominica

Black-bellied Plover 2 Pluvialis squatarola

Black-necked Stilt 3 Himantopus mexicanus

American Avocet 55 Recurvirostra americana

Yellow-billed Loon 2 Gavia adamsii

Common Loon 1 Gavia immer

Horned Grebe 36 Podiceps auritus