List of Species Covered on the Colorado Birds CD-ROMs, Checklist Order
460 species. The letters P, A and V indicate species
that have P = Pictures, A = Audio, V = Video. U
indicates birds that are unusual throughout Colorado, and R indicates
rare species (less than 10 records in the state.) Range maps are available
for all 460 species.
Reference: Field Checklist of Colorado Birds, prepared
by the Colorado Field Ornithologists, conforms to American Ornithologists
Union Checklist of North American Birds, 39th Supplement, 1993.
Loons
_ Red-throated Loon (P, U)
_ Pacific Loon
_ Common Loon (P)
_ Yellow-billed Loon (P, R)
Grebes
_ Pied-billed Grebe (PAV)
_ Horned Grebe
_ Red-necked Grebe (U)
_ Eared Grebe (PV)
_ Western Grebe (PAV)
_ Clark's Grebe
Pelicans
_ American White Pelican (PV)
_ Brown Pelican (PV, R)
Cormorants
_ Double-crested Cormorant (PV)
_ Olivaceous Cormorant (R)
Darters
_ Anhinga (R)
Frigatebirds
_ Magnificent Frigatebird (R)
Bitterns & Herons
_ American Bittern (P)
_ Least Bittern
_ Great Blue Heron (PAV)
_ Great Egret (PV)
_ Snowy Egret (PV)
_ Little Blue Heron (U)
_ Tricolored Heron (U)
_ Reddish Egret (R)
_ Cattle Egret
_ Green Heron (P)
_ Black-crowned Night-Heron (PA)
_ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises & Spoonbills
_ White Ibis (P, R)
_ Glossy Ibis (R)
_ White-faced Ibis (PAV)
_ Roseate Spoonbill (R)
Storks
_ Wood Stork (R)
Swans, Geese, & Ducks
_ Fulvous Whistling-Duck (R)
_ Tundra Swan (P)
_ Trumpeter Swan (P, U)
_ Greater White-fronted Goose (P)
_ Snow Goose (P)
_ Ross' Goose (P)
_ Brant (R, P)
_ Canada Goose (PAV)
_ Wood Duck (PAV)
_ Green-winged Teal (PAV)
_ American Black Duck (P, U)
_ Mallard (PAV)
_ Northern Pintail (PA)
_ Garganey (R)
_ Blue-winged Teal (PAV)
_ Cinnamon Teal (PV)
_ Northern Shoveler (PAV)
_ Gadwall (PAV)
_ Eurasian Wigeon (U, PV)
_ American Wigeon (PAV)
_ Canvasback (P)
_ Redhead (P)
_ Ring-necked Duck (PAV)
_ Greater Scaup
_ Lesser Scaup (P)
_ Harlequin Duck (R)
_ Oldsquaw (PV)
_ Black Scoter (U)
_ Surf Scoter (PV)
_ White-winged Scoter (P)
_ Common Goldeneye (PAV)
_ Barrow's Goldeneye (V)
_ Bufflehead (PAV)
_ Hooded Merganser (PV)
_ Common Merganser (PAV)
_ Red-breasted Merganser (V) _ Ruddy Duck (PV)
Vultures
_ Turkey Vulture (PV)
_ Black Vulture (P, R)
Kites, Eagles, & Hawks
_ Osprey (PAV)
_ American Swallow-tailed Kite (P, R)
_ Mississippi Kite
_ Bald Eagle (PAV)
_ Northern Harrier (PAV)
_ Sharp-shinned Hawk (P)
_ Cooper's Hawk (P)
_ Northern Goshawk (PAV)
_ Common Black Hawk (R)
_ Red-shouldered Hawk (P, U)
_ Harris' Hawk (R)
_ Broad-winged Hawk (P)
_ Swainson's Hawk (PAV)
_ Red-tailed Hawk (PAV)
_ Ferruginous Hawk (PV)
_ Rough-legged Hawk (PV)
_ Golden Eagle (PV)
Falcons
_ American Kestrel (PAV)
_ Merlin (P)
_ Peregrine Falcon (P)
_ Prairie Falcon (PA)
_ Gyrfalcon (R)
Grouse, Turkeys, & Quail
_ Chukar (PA)
_ Ring-necked Pheasant (PAV)
_ Blue Grouse (PAV)
_ White-tailed Ptarmigan (PV)
_ Ruffed Grouse (P, R)
_ Sage Grouse (PAV)
_ Greater Prairie-Chicken (PA)
_ Lesser Prairie-Chicken (A)
_ Sharp-tailed Grouse (P)
_ Wild Turkey (PA)
_ Northern Bobwhite (PA)
_ Gambel's Quail (AV)
_ Scaled Quail (P)
Rails, Gallinules, & Coots
_ Yellow Rail (R)
_ Black Rail (R)
_ King Rail (R)
_ Virginia Rail (PA)
_ Sora (PAV)
_ Purple Gallinule (P, R)
_ Common Moorhen (P, R)
_ American Coot (PAV)
Cranes
_ Sandhill Crane (PAV)
_ Whooping Crane (R)
Plovers
_ Black-bellied Plover (P)
_ Lesser Golden-Plover (P)
_ Snowy Plover
_ Semipalmated Plover (P)
_ Piping Plover (U)
_ Killdeer (PAV)
_ Mountain Plover (PV)
Stilts & Avocets
_ American Avocet (PAV)
_ Black-necked Stilt (PAV)
Sandpipers & Phalaropes
_ Greater Yellowlegs (P)
_ Lesser Yellowlegs (P)
_ Solitary Sandpiper (P)
_ Willet (PAV)
_ Spotted Sandpiper (PAV)
_ Upland Sandpiper
_ Eskimo Curlew (R)
_ Whimbrel (P)
_ Long-billed Curlew (P)
_ Hudsonian Godwit (U)
_ Marbled Godwit (PV)
_ Ruddy Turnstone (P, U)
_ Red Knot
_ Sanderling (PAV)
_ Semipalmated Sandpiper (P)
_ Western Sandpiper (P)
_ Least Sandpiper (P)
_ White-rumped Sandpiper
_ Baird's Sandpiper (PAV)
_ Pectoral Sandpiper (P)
_ Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (R)
_ Dunlin
_ Stilt Sandpiper (P)
_ Buff-breasted Sandpiper (U)
_ Ruff (R)
_ Short-billed Dowitcher (P)
_ Long-billed Dowitcher (P)
_ Common Snipe (P)
_ American Woodcock (P, R)
_ Wilson's Phalarope (PV)
_ Red-necked Phalarope (P)
_ Red Phalarope (P, U)
Jaegers
_ Pomarine Jaeger (P, U)
_ Parasitic Jaeger (P, U)
_ Long-tailed Jaeger (R)
Gulls & Terns
_ Laughing Gull (P, U)
_ Franklin's Gull (PAV)
_ Little Gull (R)
_ Common Black-headed Gull (R)
_ Bonaparte's Gull (PV)
_ Mew Gull
_ Ring-billed Gull (PV)
_ California Gull (PA)
_ Herring Gull (PAV)
_ Thayer's Gull
_ Lesser Black-backed Gull (R)
_ Glaucous-winged Gull (R)
_ Glaucous Gull
_ Great Black-backed Gull (R)
_ Black-legged Kittiwake (U)
_ RossÕ Gull (R)
_ SabineÕs Gull (P)
_ Ivory Gull (R)
_ Caspian Tern
_ Common Tern (P)
_ Arctic Tern (R)
_ Forster's Tern (PAV)
_ Least Tern (P)
_ Black Tern (PAV)
Murrelets
_ Long-billed Murrelet (P, R)
_ Ancient Murrelet (R)
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Dove (PAV)
Band-tailed Pigeon (PAV)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (P, U)
White-winged Dove (P, U)
Mourning Dove (PAV)
Inca Dove (P, R)
Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis
Black-billed Cuckoo (P)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (P)
Greater Roadrunner (P)
Groove-billed Ani (P, R)
Owls
Barn Owl (P)
Flammulated Owl (PAV)
Eastern Screech-Owl (PAV)
Western Screech-Owl (P)
Great Horned Owl (PAV)
Snowy Owl (P, U)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (PAV)
Burrowing Owl (PAV)
Spotted Owl (PA, U)
Barred Owl (P, R)
Long-eared Owl (P)
Short-eared Owl (P)
Boreal Owl (PA)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (PA)
Goatsuckers
Lesser Nighthawk (P, R)
Common Nighthawk (PAV)
Common Poorwill (PAV)
Whip-poor-will (A, R)
Swifts
Black Swift
Chimney Swift (PA)
White-throated Swift (PAV)
Hummingbirds
Blue-throated Hummingbird (P, R)
Magnificent Hummingbird (P, U)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (R)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (PAV)
AnnaÕs Hummingbird (PV, R)
Calliope Hummingbird (P)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (PAV)
Rufous Hummingbird (PAV)
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher (PAV)
Woodpeckers
Lewis' Woodpecker (PAV)
Red-headed Woodpecker (PAV)
Acorn Woodpecker (PAV, R)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (PAV)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (P)
Red-naped Sapsucker (PAV)
Williamson's Sapsucker (P)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (P)
Downy Woodpecker (PAV)
Hairy Woodpecker (PA)
Three-toed Woodpecker (PV)
Northern Flicker (PAV)
Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher (PV)
Western Wood-Pewee (PAV)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (PAV, U)
Alder Flycatcher (R)
Willow Flycatcher (P)
Least Flycatcher (PA)
Hammond's Flycatcher (PA)
Dusky Flycatcher (P)
Gray Flycatcher (A)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (PAV)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (R)
Black Phoebe (PAV, U)
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe (PA)
Vermilion Flycatcher (P, U)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (P, R)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (PA)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird (P)
Thick-billed Kingbird (P, R)
Western Kingbird (PAV)
Eastern Kingbird (PAV)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (P)
Larks
Horned Lark (PAV)
Swallows
Purple Martin (P)
Tree Swallow (PA)
Violet-green Swallow (PAV)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (PAV)
Bank Swallow (P)
Cliff Swallow (PAV)
Barn Swallow (PAV)
Jays, Magpies & Crows
Gray Jay (PV)
Steller's Jay (PAV)
Blue Jay (PAV)
Western Scrub-Jay (PAV)
Pinyon Jay (PAV)
Clark's Nutcracker (PAV)
Black-billed Magpie (PAV)
American Crow (PAV)
Chihuahuan Raven (P)
Common Raven (PAV)
Titmice
Black-capped Chickadee (PAV)
Mountain Chickadee (PAV)
Juniper Titmouse (PAV)
Bushtits
Bushtit (PAV)
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch (PAV)
White-breasted Nuthatch (PAV)
Pygmy Nuthatch (PAV)
Creepers
Brown Creeper (PAV)
Wrens
Rock Wren (PAV)
Canyon Wren (PA)
Carolina Wren (U)
Bewick's Wren (PAV)
House Wren (PAV)
Winter Wren (P)
Sedge Wren (U)
Marsh Wren (PAV)
Dippers
American Dipper (PV)
Kinglets & Gnatcatchers
Golden-crowned Kinglet (PAV)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (PAV)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (PAV)
Solitaires & Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird (P)
Western Bluebird (P)
Mountain Bluebird (PAV)
Townsend's Solitaire (PAV)
Veery (P)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (P, U)
Swainson's Thrush (PAV)
Hermit Thrush (PA)
Wood Thrush (P, U)
American Robin (PAV)
Varied Thrush (P, U)
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Gray Catbird (PA)
Northern Mockingbird (PAV)
Sage Thrasher (P)
Brown Thrasher (PAV)
Long-billed Thrasher (P, R)
BendireÕs Thrasher (P, U)
Curve-billed Thrasher (P)
Pipits
American Pipit (PAV)
SpragueÕs Pipit (R)
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing (P)
Cedar Waxwing (PAV)
Silky-Flycatchers
Phainopepla (P, R)
Shrikes
Northern Shrike (P)
Loggerhead Shrike (PAV)
Starlings
European Starling (PAV)
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo (PAV, U)
Bell's Vireo (PAV)
Gray Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo (U)
Cassin's Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo (PAV)
Yellow-throated Vireo (U)
Warbling Vireo (PA)
Philadelphia Vireo (P, U)
Red-eyed Vireo (P)
Warblers, Wood-
Blue-winged Warbler (P, U)
Golden-winged Warbler (P, U)
Tennessee Warbler (P)
Orange-crowned Warbler (P)
Nashville Warbler
Virginia's Warbler (PAV)
Lucy's Warbler (P, R)
Northern Parula (P)
Yellow Warbler (PAV)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (P)
Magnolia Warbler (P)
Cape May Warbler (P, U)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (P)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (PAV)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (PA)
Townsend's Warbler (P)
Hermit Warbler (P, R)
Black-throated Green Warbler (PV)
Blackburnian Warbler (P, U)
Yellow-throated Warbler (U)
Grace's Warbler (PA)
Pine Warbler (P, U)
Prairie Warbler (P, R)
Palm Warbler (P)
Bay-breasted Warbler (P, U)
Blackpoll Warbler (PV)
Cerulean Warbler (R)
Black-and-white Warbler (PV)
American Redstart (PAV)
Prothonotary Warbler (P, U)
Worm-eating Warbler (P, U)
SwainsonÕs Warbler (P, R)
Ovenbird (P)
Northern Waterthrush (PV)
Louisiana Waterthrush (P, R)
Kentucky Warbler (PAV, U)
Connecticut Warbler (R)
Mourning Warbler (P, R)
MacGillivray's Warbler (P)\plain
Common Yellowthroat (PAV)
Hooded Warbler (PA)
Wilson's Warbler (PAV)
Canada Warbler (P, U)
Red-faced Warbler (P, R)
Painted Redstart (P, R)
Yellow-breasted Chat (PA)
Tanagers
Hepatic Tanager (P, U)
Summer Tanager (PAV)
Scarlet Tanager (P, U)
Western Tanager (PAV)
Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Buntings
Northern Cardinal (PAV)
Pyrrhuloxia (P, R)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (PAV)
Black-headed Grosbeak (PAV)
Blue Grosbeak (PAV)
Lazuli Bunting (PAV)
Indigo Bunting (P)
Painted Bunting (P, U)
Dickcissel (PAV)
Towhees, Sparrows & Longspurs
Green-tailed Towhee (PAV)
Eastern Towhee (P, U)
Spotted Towhee (PAV)
Canyon Towhee (PAV)
Cassin's Sparrow (A)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (P)
American Tree Sparrow (PAV)
Chipping Sparrow (PAV)
Clay-colored Sparrow (P)
Brewer's Sparrow (PA)
Field Sparrow (P)
Vesper Sparrow (PAV)
Lark Sparrow (PAV)
Black-throated Sparrow (P)
Sage Sparrow (P)
Lark Bunting (P)
Savannah Sparrow (PA)
BairdÕs Sparrow (P, U)
Grasshopper Sparrow (PA)
HenslowÕs Sparrow (R)
LeConteÕs Sparrow (P, R)
NelsonÕs Sharp-tailed Sparrow (P, R)
Fox Sparrow (P)
Song Sparrow (PAV)
Lincoln's Sparrow (PAV)
Swamp Sparrow (P)
White-throated Sparrow (AV)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (P, U)
White-crowned Sparrow (PAV)
Harris' Sparrow (P)
Dark-eyed Junco (PAV)
McCown's Longspur (PA)
Lapland Longspur (P)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (P)
Snow Bunting (P)
Blackbirds & Orioles
Bobolink (PA)
Red-winged Blackbird (PAV)
Eastern Meadowlark (P, U)
Western Meadowlark (PAV)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (PAV)
Rusty Blackbird (P)
Brewer's Blackbird (PAV)
Great-tailed Grackle (PA)
Common Grackle (PAV)
Bronzed Cowbird (P, R)
Brown-headed Cowbird (PAV)
Orchard Oriole (P)
Baltimore Oriole (PA)
Bullock's Oriole (PAV)
Scott's Oriole (P)
Finches
Brambling (R)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (P)
Black Rosy-Finch (P) \
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (PAV)
Pine Grosbeak (PAV)
Purple Finch (PV, U)
Cassin's Finch (PAV)
House Finch (PAV)
Red Crossbill (PA)
White-winged Crossbill (P)
Common Redpoll (P)
Pine Siskin (PAV)
Lesser Goldfinch (PAV)
American Goldfinch (PAV)
Evening Grosbeak (PAV)
Weaver Finches
House Sparrow (PAV)