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Birds found during the
Focus On Nature Tours 
Colorado Tour 
 for Grouse and More 
in  2009 

also in adjacent Kansas, New Mexico, 
Oklahoma, & Wyoming
List compiled by Armas Hill, leader of the tour 


Photo at upper right: BLACK ROSY FINCH
Dates & Codes:
 April 10-16, 2009
 
 in Colorado (co) 
 in adjacent Kansas (ks)
 in nearby Oklahoma (ok)
 in nearby New Mexico (nm)
 in nearby Wyoming (wy)
              
        
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(i): introduced species

Links:

Cumulative List of Birds during our Colorado Tours

In cumulative lists of birds, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

North American Mammals

A list of Mammals during our April '09 tour in Colorado & adjacent states follows the bird-list. 

Upcoming North American Birding & Nature Tours



 Bird-List:
  1. American White Pelican - co,wy
  2. Double-crested Cormorant - wy
  3. Great Blue Heron - wy
  4. Great Egret - co
  5. Snowy Egret - wy
  6. White-faced Ibis - co
  7. Canada Goose - co,ok,wy
  8. Mallard - co,ok,wy
  9. Gadwall - co,wy
  10. Northern Pintail - wy
  11. American Wigeon - wy
  12. Northern Shoveler - co,wy
  13. Blue-winged Teal - ok,wy
  14. American Green-winged Teal - co,wy
  15. Redhead - wy
  16. Canvasback - co,wy
  17. Lesser Scaup - co,wy 
  18. Common Goldeneye - wy 
  19. Common Merganser - co
  20. Turkey Vulture - co
  21. Golden Eagle - co,ok,wy
  22. Northern Harrier - co,wy
  23. Sharp-shinned Hawk - co
  24. Swainson's Hawk - co,ks,ok,wy
  25. Red-tailed Hawk - co,ok
  26. Ferruginous Hawk (nt) - ok 
  27. Rough-legged Hawk - wy
  28. Merlin - wy
  29. American Kestrel - co,ks,ok,wy
  30. Scaled Quail - co
  31. Common (or Ring-necked) Pheasant (i) - co,ks,ok
  32. GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN (nt) - co
  33. GREATER SAGE-GROUSE - co
  34. Wild Turkey - ok
  35. American Coot - wy
  36. Mountain Plover (t3) - co
  37. Killdeer - co,ks,ok
  38. Greater Yellowlegs - ok,wy
     
  39. Long-billed Curlew (nt) - co
  40. Marbled Godwit - wy
  41. Franklin's Gull - co,wy
  42. Ring-billed Gull - co,wy
  43. (American) Herring Gull - wy
  44. Feral Pigeon (i) - co,ks,ok,wy
  45. Eurasian Collared-Dove (i) - co,ks,ok
  46. Mourning Dove - co,ks,ok,wy
  47. Burrowing Owl - co,ok
  48. Downy Woodpecker - co
  49. Hairy Woodpecker - co,wy
  50. "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker - co (in central & western Colorado) 
  51. "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker - co (in far-southeastern Colorado)  
  52. Eastern Phoebe - ok
  53. Say's Phoebe - co
  54. Loggerhead Shrike - co,ok
  55. Horned Lark - co,ok,wy
  56. Steller's Jay - co
  57. Gray Jay - co
  58. Black-billed Magpie - co,wy
  59. Northern Raven - co,ok,nm,wy
  60. Chihuahuan Raven - co,ok
  61. American Crow - co,ks,wy
  62. Black-capped Chickadee - co
  63. Mountain Chickadee - co,wy
  64. Red-breasted Nuthatch - co
  65. White-breasted Nuthatch - co
  66. Marsh Wren - wy
  67. Rock Wren - co
  68. Mountain Bluebird - co,wy
  69. Western Bluebird - co
  70. American Robin - co,ks,ok,wy
  71. Sage Thrasher - co
  72. European Starling (i) - co,ks,ok,wy
  73. American (or Buff-bellied) Pipit - co
  74. Western Meadowlark - co,ks,ok,wy
  75. Red-winged Blackbird - co,ok,wy
  76. Yellow-headed Blackbird - wy
  77. Brewer's Blackbird - co,ks,ok
  78. Great-tailed Grackle - co,ks,ok
  79. Brown-headed Cowbird - co
  80. Canyon Towhee - ok
  81. Rufous-crowned Sparrow - ok
  82. Clay-colored Sparrow - co
  83. Vesper Sparrow - co,ks,ok
  84. Lark Bunting - co
  85. White-crowned Sparrow - co
  86. Song Sparrow - wy
  87. "Slate-colored" Dark-eyed Junco - co
  88. "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco - co
  89. "Pink-sided" Dark-eyed Junco - co
  90. "Gray-headed" Dark-eyed Junco - co,wy  
  91. McCown's Longspur - co
  92. Chestnut-collared Longspur - co
  93. Pine Grosbeak - co
  94. Brown-capped Rosy-Finch - co  (almost endemic to Colorado)
  95. Black Rosy Finch - co 
  96. Cassin's Finch - co
  97. House Finch - co,wy
  98. Pine Siskin - co,ok
  99. House Sparrow (i) - co,ks,ok,wy  


 Mammals during the FONT April '09 Tour 
in Colorado & adjacent states

Codes:

co: Colorado
ks: Kansas
ok:  Oklahoma
wy: Wyoming

(rk):   also a road-kill
(rko): road-kill only

  1. Black-tailed Prairie Dog - co
  2. Wyoming Ground Squirrel - wy  (formerly conspecific with Richardson's Ground Squirrel)
  3. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel - co
  4. Least Chipmunk - co
  5. Eastern Fox Squirrel - co
  6. Abert's Squirrel - co  (all-black) 
  7. Red Squirrel - co
  8. Plains Pocket Mouse - co
  9. American Badger - co  (rk)
  10. North American Porcupine - wy  (rko)
  11. Striped Skunk - co,wy  (rko)
  12. Red Fox - wy  (rko)
     
  13. Eastern Cottontail - ok
  14. Black-tailed Jackrabbit - co,ok
  15. White-tailed Jackrabbit - wy
  16. Pronghorn - co,ok,wy
  17. Moose - co   
  18. Mule Deer - co,ok,wy
  19. White-tailed Deer - co