Birds in Colorado
Explore 94 species found in this region.
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Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Year-round

Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Sep

Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescensLC
Year-round

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Year-round

Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Year-round

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Year-round

Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Oct–Apr

Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
May–Oct
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Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Year-round

Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Year-round

Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Apr–Oct

Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Nov–Apr

Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Nov–Mar

Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Oct

Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Year-round

Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Apr–Oct

Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatusLC
Sep–May

Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Oct–Apr

Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Year-round

House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanusLC
Year-round

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Year-round

Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoidesLC
Nov–Mar

Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
May–Sep