Birds of Colorado

Over 500 birds are identified in Colorado as per the records published by the CRBC or Colorado Bird Records Committee of the Colorado Field Ornithologist. The Clear Creek Canyon region is home to several migratory birds like the Swainson’s Thrush, Yellow Warbler, and Western Tanager.

You would find birds of several sizes here, of which the golden eagle is the largest. Other eagle and hawk species also count among the big birds living here. Of the small birds, the prominent ones include the black-capped chickadee, house finch, and American goldfinch.

The lark bunting has been the official state bird of Colorado since 1931.

Lark Bunting
Brown-capped Rosy Finch
American Dipper
Gray Jay
Mourning Dove
Dark-eyed Junco
Belted Kingfisher
MacGillivrays Warbler
House Finch
Lazuli Bunting
Great Blue Heron
White-breasted Nuthatch
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-breasted Chat
Black-capped Chickadee
American Kestrel
Golden Eagle
Eastern Towhee
Bullock’s Oriole
Hudsonian Godwit
Western Gull
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Ruddy Ground Dove
Canvasback
Kentucky Warbler
Turkey Vulture
Magnificent Frigatebird
Pine Warbler
Prairie Falcon
Common Goldeneye
Northern Pintail
Wild Turkey
King Rail
American Bittern
Red-throated Loon
Yellow-throated Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Painted Redstart
Neotropic Cormorant
Bohemian Waxwing
Black-billed Magpie
Curve-billed Thrasher
Bald Eagle
Common Starling
Golden-crowned Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Fox Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Mountain Bluebird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Purple Martin
Common Grackle
Steller’s Jay
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Red-tailed Hawk
Gadwall
Mountain Chickadee
Snowy Egret

Birds of Prey: Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle

Mountain Birds: White-tailed Ptarmigan, Three-toed Woodpecker, Mountain Chickadee

Water Birds: American Bittern, American Dipper, Great Blue Heron

Backyard Birds: Black-capped Chickadee, House Finch, Black-billed Magpie

Migratory Birds:

In Summer: Mourning Dove, Common Grackle, House Wren;

In Winter: Dark-eyed Junco

Rare Birds: Tundra Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Short-billed Dowitcher

Common Birds Identification by Color

Black Birds

Yellow-Headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Red-Winged Blackbird
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Great-Tailed Grackle

White Birds

White-breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged gull

Yellow Birds

American Goldfinch
American Yellow Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

Blue Birds

Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Black-Throated Blue Warbler
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay

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