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2001: a chicken odyssey

OFFICIAL CHECKLIST OF COLORADO BIRD
These are all the "countable" birds in Colorado. Our official list checklist is posted as a *.pdf file.
FEBRUARY 2001

LOONS
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
 
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
 
PELICANS
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
 
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant

ANHINGAS
Anhinga 

FRIGATEBIRDS
Magnificent Frigatebird
 
BITTERNS & HERONS
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
 
IBISES & SPOONBILLS
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
 
STORKS
Wood Stork
   
SWANS, GEESE, & DUCKS
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Canada Goose
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Garganey
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
 
AMERICAN VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
 
KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES,HARRIERS
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Common Black-Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
 
CARACARAS & FALCONS
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
 
QUAIL, GROUSE, & TURKEY
Chukar
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Greater Sage Grouse
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Blue Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Scaled Quail
Gambel's Quail
Northern Bobwhite
 
RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOTS
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
 
CRANES
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
 
PLOVERS & LAPWINGS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
 
STILTS & AVOCETS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
 
SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Eskimo Curlew
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
 
 
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
 
GULLS, TERNS, & SKIMMERS
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull ++
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Ross's Gull
Ivory Gull
 
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
 
AUKS, MURRES, & PUFFINS
Long-billed Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
 
 
PIGEONS & DOVES
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-Dove
 
CUCKOOS, ROADRUNNERS, & ANIS
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
 
BARN OWLS
Barn Owl
 
TYPICAL OWLS
Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Spotted Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
 
GOATSUCKERS
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Whip-poor-will
 
SWIFTS
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
White-throated Swift
 
HUMMINGBIRDS
Green Violet-eared Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Magnificent Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
 
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
 
 
WOODPECKERS
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
 
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Buff-breasted Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
 
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
 
VIREOS
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Gray Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
 
 
JAYS, MAGPIES, & CROWS
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Pinyon Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
 
LARKS
Horned Lark
 
SWALLOWS
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
 
CHICKADEES & TITMICE
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Juniper Titmouse
Tufted Titmouse
 
BUSHTITS
Bushtit
 
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
 
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
 
WRENS
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
 
DIPPERS
American Dipper
 
 
OLD WORLD WARBLERS, OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS, & THRUSHES
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
 
MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Bendire's Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
 
STARLINGS & MYNAS
European Starling
 
WAGTAILS & PIPITS
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
 
WAXWINGS
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
 
SILKY-FLYCATCHERS
Phainopepla
 
WOOD-WARBLERS, TANAGERS
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Lucy’s Warbler
Virginia's Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-And-White Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Red-faced Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
 
 
SPARROWS & BLACKBIRDS
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Cassin's Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown's Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Scott's Oriole
 
NORTHERN FINCHES
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Black Rosy Finch
Brown-capped Rosy Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
 
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow

 

 

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