Birds of Colorado
552 bird species have been recorded in Colorado on the eBird network — explore the 551 in the Birbs encyclopedia, and see which are being reported near you right now.
552 bird species have been recorded in Colorado on eBird, the global citizen-science database run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 551 of them have a full profile in the Birbs encyclopedia — start with the well-known birds below, browse the complete list, then check which are being reported near you right now.
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Birds to know first
Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American Barn OwlTyto furcata
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
American CootFulica americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American DipperCinclus mexicanus
American Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American Grey FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American KestrelFalco sparverius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalis
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
American White IbisEudocimus albus
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
American WoodcockScolopax minor
American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
The full checklist — 551 birds of Colorado in our library
- Acadian Flycatcher
- Acorn Woodpecker
- African Collared Dove
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Avocet
- American Barn Owl
- American Bittern
- American Black Duck
- American Black Swift
- American Bushtit
- American Cliff Swallow
- American Coot
- American Crow
- American Dipper
- American Dusky Flycatcher
- American Golden Plover
- American Goldfinch
- American Goshawk
- American Grey Flycatcher
- American Herring Gull
- American Kestrel
- American Pipit
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- American Tree Sparrow
- American White Ibis
- American White Pelican
- American Wigeon
- American Woodcock
- American Yellow Warbler
- Ancient Murrelet
- Anhinga
- Anna’s Hummingbird
- Arctic Tern
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Atlantic Canary
- Baikal Teal
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Baird’s Sparrow
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Bar-headed Goose
- Barn Swallow
- Barnacle Goose
- Barred Owl
- Barrow’s Goldeneye
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Bell’s Vireo
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bendire’s Thrasher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Phoebe
- Black Rail
- Black Rosy Finch
- Black Scoter
- Black Skimmer
- Black Swan
- Black Tern
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-white Warbler
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Black-billed Magpie
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Sparrow
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Black-headed Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Black-necked Grebe
- Black-necked Stilt
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Black-throated Grey Warbler
- Black-throated Loon
- Black-throated Sparrow
- Blackburnian Warbler
- Blackpoll Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-throated Mountaingem
- Blue-winged Teal
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Bobolink
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Boreal Owl
- Brambling
- Brant Goose
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Brewer’s Sparrow
- Broad-billed Hummingbird
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Bronzed Cowbird
- Brown Booby
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Pelican
- Brown Thrasher
- Brown-capped Rosy Finch
- Brown-crested Flycatcher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Budgerigar
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Bufflehead
- Burrowing Owl
- Cackling Goose
- Cactus Wren
- California Gull
- California Quail
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Canada Goose
- Canada Jay
- Canada Warbler
- Canvasback
- Canyon Towhee
- Canyon Wren
- Cape May Warbler
- Carolina Wren
- Caspian Tern
- Cassia Crossbill
- Cassin’s Finch
- Cassin’s Kingbird
- Cassin’s Sparrow
- Cassin’s Vireo
- Cave Swallow
- Cedar Waxwing
- Cerulean Warbler
- Chestnut-collared Longspur
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark
- Chihuahuan Raven
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Chukar Partridge
- Cinnamon Teal
- Clark’s Grebe
- Clark’s Nutcracker
- Clay-colored Sparrow
- Cockatiel
- Cocos Booby
- Common Black Hawk
- Common Gallinule
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Loon
- Common Merganser
- Common Myna
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Pheasant
- Common Poorwill
- Common Shelduck
- Common Starling
- Common Tern
- Common Yellowthroat
- Connecticut Warbler
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Costa’s Hummingbird
- Couch’s Kingbird
- Crested Caracara
- Crissal Thrasher
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Curve-billed Thrasher
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Dickcissel
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Dunlin
- Dusky Grouse
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Screech Owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Warbling Vireo
- Eastern Whip-poor-will
- Eastern Wood Pewee
- Emu
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Wigeon
- European Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak
- Ferruginous Hawk
- Field Sparrow
- Flammulated Owl
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher
- Forster’s Tern
- Franklin’s Gull
- Fulvous Whistling Duck
- Gadwall
- Gambel’s Quail
- Garganey
- Glaucous Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Glossy Ibis
- Golden Eagle
- Golden Pheasant
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Warbler
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker
- Golden-winged Warbler
- Grace’s Warbler
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Great Kiskadee
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Greater Prairie Chicken
- Greater Roadrunner
- Greater Scaup
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Green Heron
- Green Pheasant
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Grey Catbird
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Plover
- Grey Vireo
- Grey-cheeked Thrush
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch
- Greylag Goose
- Groove-billed Ani
- Gunnison Grouse
- Gyrfalcon
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hammond’s Flycatcher
- Harlequin Duck
- Harris’s Hawk
- Harris’s Sparrow
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Henslow’s Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hermit Warbler
- Hooded Merganser
- Hooded Oriole
- Hooded Warbler
- Horned Grebe
- Horned Lark
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Hudsonian Whimbrel
- Iceland Gull
- Inca Dove
- Indian Peafowl
- Indigo Bunting
- Ivory Gull
- Juniper Titmouse
- Kelp Gull
- Kentucky Warbler
- Killdeer
- King Rail
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lapland Longspur
- Lark Bunting
- Lark Sparrow
- Laughing Gull
- Lawrence’s Goldfinch
- Lazuli Bunting
- Least Bittern
- Least Flycatcher
- Least Sandpiper
- Least Tern
- LeConte’s Sparrow
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Lesser Nighthawk
- Lesser Prairie Chicken
- Lesser Scaup
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Lewis’s Woodpecker
- Limpkin
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Little Blue Heron
- Little Gull
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Long-billed Curlew
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Long-billed Murrelet
- Long-billed Thrasher
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Louisiana Waterthrush
- Lucy’s Warbler
- MacGillivray’s Warbler
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Magnolia Warbler
- Mallard
- Mandarin Duck
- Marbled Godwit
- Marsh Wren
- Merlin
- Mexican Duck
- Mexican Violetear
- Mexican Whip-poor-will
- Mississippi Kite
- Monk Parakeet
- Mottled Duck
- Mountain Bluebird
- Mountain Chickadee
- Mountain Plover
- Mountain Pygmy Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Mourning Warbler
- Muscovy Duck
- Mute Swan
- Myrtle Warbler
- Nanday Parakeet
- Nashville Warbler
- Nelson’s Sparrow
- Neotropic Cormorant
- Northern Bobwhite
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Harrier
- Northern House Wren
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Parula
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Raven
- Northern Red Bishop
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Northern Saw-whet Owl
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Shrike
- Northern Waterthrush
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Ovenbird
- Pacific Loon
- Pacific Wren
- Painted Bunting
- Painted Whitestart
- Palm Warbler
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Peregrine Falcon
- Phainopepla
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Pine Grosbeak
- Pine Siskin
- Pine Warbler
- Pink-footed Goose
- Pinyon Jay
- Piping Plover
- Plumbeous Vireo
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Prairie Falcon
- Prairie Warbler
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Purple Gallinule
- Purple Martin
- Purple Sandpiper
- Pygmy Nuthatch
- Pyrrhuloxia
- Red Crossbill
- Red Fox Sparrow
- Red Junglefowl
- Red Knot
- Red Phalarope
- Red Tanager
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Red-crowned Amazon
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-faced Warbler
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-naped Sapsucker
- Red-necked Grebe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-throated Loon
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Reddish Egret
- Redhead
- Redpoll
- Ring-billed Gull
- Ring-necked Duck
- Rivoli’s Hummingbird
- Rock Dove
- Rock Wren
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Roseate Spoonbill
- Ross’s Goose
- Ross’s Gull
- Rough-legged Buzzard
- Royal Tern
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ruddy Duck
- Ruddy Ground Dove
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Ruffed Grouse
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Rufous-backed Thrush
- Rufous-collared Sparrow
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sabine’s Gull
- Sage Grouse
- Sage Thrasher
- Sagebrush Sparrow
- Sand Martin
- Sanderling
- Sandhill Crane
- Sandwich Tern
- Savannah Sparrow
- Say’s Phoebe
- Scaled Quail
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- Scarlet Tanager
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Scott’s Oriole
- Sedge Wren
- Semipalmated Plover
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Sharp-tailed Grouse
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Short-billed Gull
- Short-eared Owl
- Slaty-backed Gull
- Smith’s Longspur
- Snow Bunting
- Snow Goose
- Snowy Egret
- Snowy Owl
- Snowy Plover
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Song Sparrow
- Sooty Tern
- Sora
- Spotted Owl
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Spotted Towhee
- Sprague’s Pipit
- Steller’s Jay
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Streak-backed Oriole
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
- Summer Tanager
- Sunda Zebra Finch
- Surf Scoter
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Swainson’s Warbler
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Swamp Sparrow
- Swan Goose
- Tennessee Warbler
- Thick-billed Kingbird
- Thick-billed Longspur
- Townsend’s Solitaire
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Tree Swallow
- Tricolored Heron
- Tropical Kingbird
- Tropical Parula
- Trumpeter Swan
- Tufted Duck
- Tundra Swan
- Turkey Vulture
- Two-barred Crossbill
- Upland Sandpiper
- Variable Hawk
- Varied Bunting
- Varied Thrush
- Vaux’s Swift
- Veery
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Vesper Sparrow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Virginia Rail
- Virginia’s Warbler
- Western Bluebird
- Western Cattle Egret
- Western Flycatcher
- Western Grebe
- Western Gull
- Western Kingbird
- Western Meadowlark
- Western Sandpiper
- Western Screech Owl
- Western Tanager
- Western Warbling Vireo
- Western Wood Pewee
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eared Hummingbird
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-faced Ibis
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- White-tailed Kite
- White-tailed Ptarmigan
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-throated Swift
- White-winged Dove
- White-winged Scoter
- Whooping Crane
- Wild Turkey
- Willet
- Williamson’s Sapsucker
- Willow Flycatcher
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Winter Wren
- Wood Duck
- Wood Stork
- Wood Thrush
- Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Yellow Grosbeak
- Yellow Rail
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-billed Loon
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-green Vireo
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Zone-tailed Hawk
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Birds of Colorado by bird group
- Ducks, Geese & Swans of Colorado (53 species)
- New World Warblers of Colorado (47 species)
- New World Sparrows of Colorado (33 species)
- Sandpipers & Allies of Colorado (33 species)
- Gulls, Terns & Skimmers of Colorado (31 species)
- Tyrant Flycatchers of Colorado (31 species)
- Hawks, Eagles & Kites of Colorado (19 species)
- True Finches of Colorado (19 species)
- New World Blackbirds & Orioles of Colorado (18 species)
Species lists and counts come from the eBird network; "recorded" means reported by birders to eBird. Tap any bird for its full profile, photos, sounds and ID notes.
Frequently asked questions
How many bird species are in Colorado?
552 species have been recorded in Colorado on eBird; 551 of them have a full profile on Birbs.
Where can I see birds in Colorado right now?
Use the Birds Near You tool to see species reported near you in the last few days, or browse the full checklist on this page.
