Birds of Great Sand Dunes National Park
The birds most often spotted in Great Sand Dunes, ranked by recent research-grade observations.
Most-observed birds in Great Sand Dunes
Mountain Bluebird
Sialia currucoides
43 observations
Green-tailed Towhee
Pipilo chlorurus
39 observations · iNaturalist
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
32 observations
Common Raven
Corvus corax
25 observations
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
25 observations
Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia
24 observations
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
23 observations · iNaturalist
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
20 observations
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
17 observations
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
16 observations
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
15 observations
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
14 observations
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
13 observations
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
12 observations
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
11 observations
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
11 observations
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
10 observations
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
10 observations
Townsend's Solitaire
Myadestes townsendi
10 observations
Western Wood-Pewee
Contopus sordidulus
10 observations · iNaturalist
Western Warbling Vireo
Vireo swainsoni
10 observations · iNaturalist
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
9 observations
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
9 observations
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
9 observations
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
8 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
8 observations
Say's Phoebe
Sayornis saya
8 observations
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
8 observations
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
7 observations
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
7 observations
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
7 observations · iNaturalist
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
6 observations
Dusky Grouse
Dendragapus obscurus
5 observations
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
5 observations
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
5 observations
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella breweri
5 observations · iNaturalist
Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
5 observations
Plumbeous Vireo
Vireo plumbeus
5 observations · iNaturalist
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
5 observations
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
4 observations
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
4 observations
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
4 observations
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
4 observations
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
4 observations
Red-naped Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
4 observations · iNaturalist
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
4 observations · iNaturalist
Sagebrush Sparrow
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
4 observations
Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
3 observations
Northern House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
3 observations
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
3 observations · iNaturalist
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