Birds of Colorado

The birds most often spotted in Colorado, ranked by recent research-grade observations.

Most-observed birds in Colorado

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

9,305 observations

Black-billed Magpie

9,303 observations

Anas platyrhynchos

8,943 observations

Branta canadensis

7,792 observations

Turdus migratorius

7,530 observations

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

6,397 observations

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

5,942 observations

Haemorhous mexicanus

5,178 observations

Great Blue Heron

4,891 observations

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

4,566 observations

Dark-eyed Junco

4,528 observations

Cyanocitta stelleri

4,337 observations · iNaturalist

Meleagris gallopavo

4,118 observations

Pipilo maculatus

3,922 observations

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

3,795 observations · iNaturalist

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

3,433 observations

American White Pelican

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

3,403 observations

Double-crested Cormorant

Nannopterum auritum

3,161 observations

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

3,039 observations

Western Meadowlark

Sturnella neglecta

3,022 observations

Mountain Bluebird

Sialia currucoides

3,002 observations

Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

2,912 observations

2,756 observations

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

2,676 observations

2,624 observations · iNaturalist

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Aphelocoma woodhouseii

2,614 observations

Mountain Chickadee

Poecile gambeli

2,534 observations

American Goldfinch

2,534 observations

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

2,531 observations

Passer domesticus

2,418 observations

Pandion haliaetus

2,316 observations

Charadrius vociferus

2,279 observations

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

2,253 observations

Perisoreus canadensis

2,205 observations

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

2,205 observations

Cyanocitta cristata

2,176 observations

Melospiza melodia

2,167 observations

Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

2,157 observations

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

2,101 observations

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

2,057 observations

Zenaida macroura

2,048 observations

Corvus brachyrhynchos

2,022 observations

Fulica americana

2,018 observations

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

2,002 observations

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

1,999 observations

Hirundo rustica

1,948 observations

Dendragapus obscurus

1,929 observations

Mareca strepera

1,918 observations

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

1,907 observations

1,901 observations