Birds to See in Colorado in February
107 bird species on our list for Colorado are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Finch, Northern Flicker, Canada Goose, Mallard and American Crow. New this month: Cinnamon Teal and Eurasian Wigeon.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From Colorado’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 107 birds in February
107 birds
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.66% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Feb
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.94% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.70% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.32% in Feb
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorCommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.31% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.03% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.92% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.60% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSummer visitorCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraSummer visitorCommon36–43 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewisResidentUncommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorUncommon139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisWinter visitorRare16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Western Screech-owlMegascops kennicottiiWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusResidentRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificusWinter visitorRare8–12 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaSummer visitorUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusResidentRare52–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataSummer visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.00% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusSummer visitorRare21–28 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusSummer visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made