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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Colorado: Lekking Grouse

Cumulative Checklist

with Gavin Bieber as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of nine on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D = H = heard only
A B C D
7 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
4 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
3 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
9 Canada Goose 7 100 Branta canadensis
9 Wood Duck 2 2 Aix sponsa
9 Gadwall 8 220 Anas strepera
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
9 American Wigeon 5 30 Anas americana
9 Mallard 9 100 Anas platyrhynchos
9 Blue-winged Teal 4 40 Anas discors
9 Cinnamon Teal 4 25 Anas cyanoptera
9 Northern Shoveler 6 300 Anas clypeata
9 Northern Pintail 2 2 Anas acuta
9 Green-winged Teal 7 55 Anas crecca
8 Canvasback 3 40 Aythya valisineria
9 Redhead 4 60 Aythya americana
9 Ring-necked Duck 5 30 Aythya collaris
5 Greater Scaup 1 2 Aythya marila
9 Lesser Scaup 5 150 Aythya affinis
9 Bufflehead 6 8 Bucephala albeola
9 Common Goldeneye 5 12 Bucephala clangula
6 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
5 Hooded Merganser 1 3 Lophodytes cucullatus
9 Common Merganser 6 18 Mergus merganser
8 Red-breasted Merganser 1 3 Mergus serrato
9 Ruddy Duck 6 170 Oxyura jamaicensis
9 Scaled Quail 1 5 Callipepla squamata
2 Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
5 Northern Bobwhite 1 3 Colinus virginianus
6 Chukar 1 1 H Alectoris chukar
9 Ring-necked Pheasant 4 20 Phasianus colchicus
9 Greater Sage-Grouse 1 23 Centrocercus urophasianus
9 Gunnison Sage-Grouse 1 15 Centrocercus minimus
6 White-tailed Ptarmigan 1 1 H Lagopus leucurus
5 Dusky Grouse 1 1 Dendragapus obscurus obscurus
9 Sharp-tailed Grouse 1 11 Tympanuchus phasianellus
9 Greater Prairie-Chicken 1 29 Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus
9 Lesser Prairie-Chicken 1 27 Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
9 Wild Turkey 2 55 Meleagris gallopavo
3 Common Loon 3 2 Gavia immer
8 Pied-billed Grebe 5 6 Podilymbus podiceps
5 Horned Grebe 1 4 Podiceps auritus
9 Eared Grebe 6 115 Podiceps nigricollis
9 Western Grebe 6 450 Aechmophorus occidentalis
7 Clark's Grebe 3 150 Aechmophorus clarkii
9 American White Pelican 3 50 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
9 Double-crested Cormorant 8 27 Phalacrocorax auritus
9 Great Blue Heron 8 6 Ardea herodias
2 Great Egret 2 1 Ardea alba
4 Snowy Egret 2 1 Egretta thula
2 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 20 Nycticorax nycticorax
4 White-faced Ibis 5 140 Plegadis chihi
9 Turkey Vulture 9 60 Cathartes aura
9 Osprey 3 5 Pandion haliaetus
1 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
9 Bald Eagle 3 3 Haliaeetus leucocephalus
9 Northern Harrier 4 4 Circus cyaneus
9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 2 Accipiter striatus
9 Cooper's Hawk 3 2 Accipiter cooperii
1 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentils
3 Broad-winged Hawk 1 1 Buteo platypterus
9 Swainson's Hawk 7 12 Buteo swainsoni
9 Red-tailed Hawk 9 20 Buteo jamaicensis
9 Ferruginous Hawk 3 2 Buteo regalis
8 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
9 Golden Eagle 5 2 Aquila chrysaetos
9 American Kestrel 9 30 Falco sparverius
3 Merlin Falco columbarius
6 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 Falco peregrinus
9 Prairie Falcon 1 1 Falco mexicanus
3 Virginia Rail 1 2 Rallus limicola
9 American Coot 7 400 Fulica americana
9 Sandhill Crane 4 30 Grus canadensis
1 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
9 Snowy Plover 1 7 Charadrius alexandrinus
1 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
9 Killdeer 7 11 Charadrius vociferus
9 Mountain Plover 2 1 Charadrius montanus
7 Black-necked Stilt 2 55 Himantopus mexicanus
9 American Avocet 5 100 Recurvirostra americana
2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 2 Actitis macularius
1 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
6 Greater Yellowlegs 5 6 Tringa melanoleuca
1 Willet (Western) Tringa semipalmata inornatus
4 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 6 Tringa flavipes
1 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
9 Long-billed Curlew 2 11 Numenius americanus
1 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
5 Marbled Godwit 3 7 Limosa fedoa
3 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 30 Calidris pusilla
3 Western Sandpiper 2 10 Calidris mauri
4 Least Sandpiper 1 8 Calidris minutilla
8 Baird's Sandpiper 2 25 Calidris bairdii
3 Long-billed Dowitcher 2 20 Limnodromus scolopaceus
6 Wilson's Snipe 1 2 Gallinago delicate
5 Wilson's Phalarope 2 16 Phalaropus tricolor
8 Bonaparte's Gull 4 30 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
9 Franklin's Gull 5 25 Leucophaeus pipixcan
9 Ring-billed Gull 6 60 Larus delawarensis
9 California Gull 4 40 Larus californicus
5 Herring Gull 2 2 Larus argentatus
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
1 Caspian Tern 1 1 Hydroprogne caspia
2 Forster's Tern 2 6 Sterna forsteri
9 Rock Pigeon 8 30 Columba livia
4 Band-tailed Pigeon 3 3 Patagioenas fasciata
9 Eurasian Collared-Dove 9 150 Streptopelia decaocto
4 White-winged Dove 2 1 Zenaida asiatica
9 Mourning Dove 7 70 Zenaida macroura
1 Inca Dove Columbina inca
2 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
8 Barn Owl 3 3 Tyto alba pratincola
9 Great Horned Owl 2 1 Bubo virginianus subarcticus
9 Burrowing Owl 3 15 Athene cunicularia hypugaea
7 Long-eared Owl 1 1 Asio otus tuftsi
6 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
3 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
8 White-throated Swift 2 24 Aeronautes saxatalis
1 Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
2 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1 1 Selasphorus platycercus
8 Belted Kingfisher 2 1 Megaceryle alcyon
9 Lewis's Woodpecker 2 1 Melanerpes lewis
5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 1 Melanerpes carolinus
1 Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
4 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
9 Downy Woodpecker 2 1 Picoides pubescens
6 Hairy Woodpecker 1 2 Picoides villosus
4 American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus dorsalis
9 Northern Flicker 8 8 Colaptes auratus
9 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 3 Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]
1 Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
2 Black Phoebe 1 2 Sayornis nigricans
6 Eastern Phoebe 2 1 Sayornis phoebe
9 Say's Phoebe 6 7 Sayornis saya
1 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
1 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
1 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
3 Western Kingbird 2 5 Tyrannus verticalis
8 Loggerhead Shrike 6 9 Lanius ludovicianus
2 Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
5 Gray Jay Periscoreus canadensis capitalis
9 Steller's Jay 3 12 Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha
8 Blue Jay 2 12 Cyanocitta cristata
9 Western Scrub-Jay 2 11 Aphelocoma californica
6 Pinyon Jay 1 50 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
7 Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
9 Black-billed Magpie 9 100 Pica hudsonia
9 American Crow 7 60 Corvus brachyrhynchos
8 Chihuahuan Raven 1 10 Corvus cryptoleucus
9 Common Raven 9 20 Corvus corax
9 Horned Lark 6 400 Eremophila alpestris
9 Tree Swallow 6 60 Tachycineta bicolor
2 Violet-green Swallow 2 15 Tachycineta thalassina
8 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 10 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
2 Bank Swallow 2 5 Riparia riparia
9 Barn Swallow 7 12 Hirundo rustica
3 Cliff Swallow 3 20 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
9 Black-capped Chickadee 4 4 Poecile atricapilla
9 Mountain Chickadee 3 8 Poecile gambeli gambeli
5 Juniper Titmouse 2 2 Baeolophus griseus
5 Bushtit 1 5 Psaltriparus minimus
7 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 1 Sitta canadensis
3 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) Sitta carolinensis carolinensis
8 White-breasted Nut. (Mountain) 3 3 Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
6 Pygmy Nuthatch 1 6 Sitta pygmaea
3 Brown Creeper 1 1 Certhia americana
9 Rock Wren 2 12 Salpinctes obsoletus
8 Canyon Wren 3 2 Catherpes mexicanus
1 Carolina Wren Thryomanes ludovicianus
8 Cinnamon-rumped [White-collared] Seedeater 2 1 Sporophila torqueola
2 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
7 Marsh Wren 1 3 Cistothorus palustris
9 American Dipper 2 2 Cinclus mexicanus
9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 2 Regulus calendula
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 3 Polioptila nigriceps
7 Eastern Bluebird 1 3 Sialia sialis
9 Western Bluebird 1 2 Sialia mexicana
9 Mountain Bluebird 4 30 Sialia currucoides
9 Townsend's Solitaire 1 1 Myadestes townsendi
2 Hermit Thrush 1 1 Catharus guttatus
9 American Robin 9 60 Turdus migratorius
1 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
5 Northern Mockingbird 2 4 Mimus polyglottos
7 Sage Thrasher 2 2 Oreoscoptes montanus
2 Brown Thrasher 2 2 Toxostoma rufum
7 Curve-billed Thrasher 4 2 Toxostoma curvirostre
9 European Starling 9 500 Sturnus vulgaris
1 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
7 Cedar Waxwing 2 60 Bombycilla cedrorum
8 American Pipit 1 10 Anthus rubescens
1 Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
3 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 3 Oreothlypis celata
1 Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae
1 Northern Parula Parula americana
1 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2 4 Dendroica coronata auduboni
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 12 Dendroica coronata coronata
1 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica
3 Wilson's Warbler 2 1 Wilsonia pusilla
9 Spotted Towhee 5 5 Pipilo maculatus
9 Canyon Towhee 2 2 Melozone fuscus
3 Cassin's Sparrow 1 1 Peucaea cassinii
4 Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
4 Chipping Sparrow 5 200 Spizella passerina
2 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
1 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
1 Black-chinned Sparrow 1 1 Spizella atrogularis
8 Vesper Sparrow 5 650 Pooecetes gramineus
2 Lark Sparrow 3 10 Chondestes grammacus
7 Black-throated Sparrow 2 6 Amphispiza bilineata
3 Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli canescens
5 Lark Bunting 2 30 Calamospiza melanocorys
3 Savannah Sparrow 2 2 Passerculus sandwichensis
3 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
2 Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored) Passerella iliaca
9 Song Sparrow 6 4 Melospiza melodia
8 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 2 Melospiza lincolnii
3 White-throated Sparrow 1 1 Zonotrichia albicollis
4 Harris's Sparrow 1 1 Zonotrichia querula
9 White-crowned Sparrow 7 300 Zonotrichia leucophrys
8 "Slate-colored" Junco 2 1 Junco hyemalis hyemalis
9 "Oregon" Junco 2 3 Junco hyemalis oreganus
9 "Pink-sided" Junco 6 6 Junco hyemalis mearnsi
1 "White-winged" Junco Junco hyemalis aikeni
9 "Gray-headed" Junco 6 80 Junco hyemalis caniceps
3 McCown's Longspur Calcarius maccownii
2 Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
1 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
4 Northern Cardinal 2 1 Cardinalis cardinalis
9 Red-winged Blackbird 9 2000 Agelaius phoeniceus
1 Eastern Meadowlark (Lilian's) Sturnella magna lilanae
9 Western Meadowlark 9 60 Sturnella neglecta
9 Yellow-headed Blackbird 7 30 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
4 Brewer's Blackbird 3 6 Euphagus cyanocephalus
9 Common Grackle 7 100 Quiscalus quiscula
9 Great-tailed Grackle 4 40 Quiscalus mexicanus
9 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 30 Molothrus ater
8 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis tephrocotis
4 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Hepburn's) 1 1 Leucosticte tephrocotis [littoralis Group]
8 Black Rosy-Finch 1 4 Leucosticte atrata
9 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 3 120 Leucosticte australis
9 Pine Grosbeak 1 5 Pinicola enucleator montanus
9 Cassin's Finch 5 12 Carpodacus cassinii
9 House Finch 9 30 Carpodacus mexicanus
6 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
1 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
9 Pine Siskin 5 120 Spinus pinus vagans
2 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
9 American Goldfinch 4 40 Spinus tristis
6 Evening Grosbeak 2 5 Coccothraustes vespertinus brooksi
9 House Sparrow 9 100 Passer domesticus

Mammals

9 Eastern Cottontail X Sylviagus floridanus
8 Desert Cottontail X Sylviagus audubonii
3 Mountain Cottontail Sylviagus nuttallii
5 Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
1 Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
4 White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii
9 Eastern Fox Squirrel X Sciurus niger
1 Abert's Squirrel Sciurus aberti
7 Red Squirrel X Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
8 Least Chipmunk X Tamias minimus
1 Uinta Chipmunk Tamias umbrinus
3 Colorado Chipmunk X Tamias quadrivittatus
2 Hopi Chipmunk X Tamias rufus
7 Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel X Spremophilus lateralis
6 Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
2 Spotted Ground Squirrel Spermophilus spilisoma
8 Rock Squirrel X Spermophilus variegatus
9 Wyoming Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus slegans
9 Black-tailed Prairie Dog X Cynomys ludovicianus
5 White-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys leucurus
8 Gunnison's Prairie Dog X Cynomys gunnisoni
3 Yellow-bellied Marmot Marmota flaviventris
1 White-tailed Antelope Squirrel X Amnospermophilus leucurus
3 Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
1 Virginia Opossum Dildelphis virginiana
3 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
8 North American Porcupine X Erethizon dorsatum
3 American Beaver Castor canadensis
7 Common Muskrat X Erethizon dorsatum
1 Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis
1 American Mink Mustela vison
2 American Badger Taxidea taxus
2 Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
1 Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine) Mustela erminea
9 Coyote X Canis latrans
4 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
1 Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
1 Swift Fox Vulpes velox
1 Bobcat Lynx rufus
9 White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
9 Mule Deer X Odocoileus hemionus
4 Moose Alces alces
9 Elk X Cervus elaphus
9 Pronghorn X Antilocapra americana
7 Bighorn Sheep X Ovis canadensis
2 Feral Horse X Equus caballus
2 House Mouse Mus musculus
1 North American Deermouse Peromyscus maniculatus
1 Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys meglotis
3 Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
2 Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii
1 Montane Vole Microtus montanus

Amphibians and Reptiles

1 Western Chorus Frog X H Pseudacris triseriata
1 Red-eared Slider X Trachemys scripta
1 Texas Horned Lizard X Phrynosoma cornutum

Herps

1 Yellow Mud Turtle X Kinosternon flavescens

Butterflies

1 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
2 Cabbage White X Pieris rapae
1 Spring White Pontia sisymbrii
2 Clouded Sulphur X Colias philodice
1 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme
2 Dainy Sulphur X Nathalis iole
1 Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia
1 Goatweed Leafwing X Anaea andria
1 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
1 Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis
2 Mourning Cloak X Nymphalis antiopa
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
2 Monarch X Danaus plexippus
1 Common Checkered-Skipper X Pyrgus communis

Butterflies and Skippers

1 Western Tiger Swallowtail X Papilio rutulus