Birdsong field guide

Birds of Colorado

552 species have been recorded in Colorado. Tap any bird to hear its call and learn how to identify it.

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 CootFulica americana American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos American DipperCinclus mexicanus American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica American GoldfinchSpinus tristis American GoshawkAstur atricapillus 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 PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos American WigeonMareca americana American WoodcockScolopax minor Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus AnhingaAnhinga anhinga Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna Arctic LoonGavia arctica Arctic TernSterna paradisaea Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata Bank SwallowRiparia riparia Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis Barred OwlStrix varia Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea Bell's VireoVireo bellii Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon Bendire's ThrasherToxostoma bendirei Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis Black Rosy-FinchLeucosticte atrata Black ScoterMelanitta americana Black SkimmerRynchops niger Black SwanCygnus atratus Black SwiftCypseloides niger Black TernChlidonias niger Black VultureCoragyps atratus Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri Black-chinned SparrowSpizella atrogularis Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineata Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea Blue JayCyanocitta cristata Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius Blue-throated Mountain-gemLampornis clemenciae Blue-winged TealSpatula discors Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia Boreal OwlAegolius funereus BramblingFringilla montifringilla BrantBranta bernicla Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus Brewer's SparrowSpizella breweri Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus Brown BoobySula leucogaster Brown CreeperCerthia americana Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum Brown-capped Rosy-FinchLeucosticte australis Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus Buff-breasted FlycatcherEmpidonax fulvifrons Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis BuffleheadBucephala albeola Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia BushtitPsaltriparus minimus Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus California GullLarus californicus California QuailCallipepla californica Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope Canada GooseBranta canadensis Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis CanvasbackAythya valisineria Canyon TowheeMelozone fusca Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia Cassia CrossbillLoxia sinesciuris Cassin's FinchHaemorhous cassinii Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica Chihuahuan MeadowlarkSturnella lilianae Chihuahuan RavenCorvus cryptoleucus Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina ChukarAlectoris chukar Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota CockatielNymphicus hollandicus Cocos BoobySula brewsteri Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus Common GallinuleGallinula galeata Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina Common LoonGavia immer Common MerganserMergus merganser Common MynaAcridotheres tristis Common NighthawkChordeiles minor Common PoorwillPhalaenoptilus nuttallii Common RavenCorvus corax Common RedpollAcanthis flammea Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna Common TernSterna hirundo Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae Couch's KingbirdTyrannus couchii Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis DickcisselSpiza americana Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens DunlinCalidris alpina Dusky FlycatcherEmpidonax oberholseri Dusky GrouseDendragapus obscurus Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens EmuDromaius novaehollandiae Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis European StarlingSturnus vulgaris Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis Field SparrowSpizella pusilla Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolus Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana Forster's TernSterna forsteri Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor GadwallMareca strepera Gambel's QuailCallipepla gambelii GarganeySpatula querquedula Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciae Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis Gray FlycatcherEmpidonax wrightii Gray PartridgePerdix perdix Gray VireoVireo vicinior Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis Graylag GooseAnser anser Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus Great Blue HeronArdea herodias Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus Great EgretArdea alba Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus Greater Sage-GrouseCentrocercus urophasianus Greater ScaupAythya marila Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca Green HeronButorides virescens Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor Green-tailed TowheePipilo chlorurus Green-winged TealAnas crecca Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris Gunnison Sage-GrouseCentrocercus minimus GyrfalconFalco rusticolus Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus Hammond's FlycatcherEmpidonax hammondii Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina Horned GrebePodiceps auritus Horned LarkEremophila alpestris House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus House SparrowPasser domesticus House WrenTroglodytes aedon Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus Iceland GullLarus glaucoides Inca DoveColumbina inca Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea Island CanarySerinus canaria Ivory GullPagophila eburnea Juniper TitmouseBaeolophus ridgwayi Kelp GullLarus dominicanus Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa KilldeerCharadrius vociferus King RailRallus elegans Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla Lawrence's GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena Least BitternBotaurus exilis Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla Least TernSternula antillarum LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis Lesser Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus pallidicinctus Lesser ScaupAythya affinis Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis LimpkinAramus guarauna Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix Long-billed ThrasherToxostoma longirostre Long-eared OwlAsio otus Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla Lucy's WarblerLeiothlypis luciae MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia MallardAnas platyrhynchos Mandarin DuckAix galericulata Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris MerlinFalco columbarius Mexican DuckAnas diazi Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus Mexican Whip-poor-willAntrostomus arizonae Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides Mountain ChickadeePoecile gambeli Mountain PloverAnarhynchus montanus Mourning DoveZenaida macroura Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia Muscovy DuckCairina moschata Mute SwanCygnus olor Nanday ParakeetAratinga nenday Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis Northern FlickerColaptes auratus Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos Northern ParulaSetophaga americana Northern PintailAnas acuta Northern Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium gnoma Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata Northern ShrikeLanius borealis Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius OspreyPandion haliaetus OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla Pacific LoonGavia pacifica Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus Painted BuntingPasserina ciris Painted RedstartMyioborus pictus Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator Pine SiskinSpinus pinus Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus Piping PloverCharadrius melodus Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeus Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica Purple MartinProgne subis Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea PyrrhuloxiaCardinalis sinuatus Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra Red JunglefowlGallus gallus Red KnotCalidris canutus Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber Red-crowned AmazonAmazona viridigenalis Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus Red-faced WarblerCardellina rubrifrons Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis Red-throated LoonGavia stellata Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens RedheadAythya americana Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus Rivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens Rock PigeonColumba livia Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja Ross's GooseAnser rossii Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus Royal TernThalasseus maximus Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres RuffCalidris pugnax Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus Rufous-backed RobinTurdus rufopalliatus Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus Sabine's GullXema sabini Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus Sagebrush SparrowArtemisiospiza nevadensis SanderlingCalidris alba Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis Say's PhoebeSayornis saya Scaled QuailCallipepla squamata Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus Scott's OrioleIcterus parisorum Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis Snow GooseAnser caerulescens Snowy EgretEgretta thula Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria Song SparrowMelospiza melodia Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus SoraPorzana carolina Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueii Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris Summer TanagerPiranga rubra Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana Swan GooseAnser cygnoides Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina Thick-billed KingbirdTyrannus crassirostris Thick-billed LongspurRhynchophanes mccownii Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator Tufted DuckAythya fuligula Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus Turkey VultureCathartes aura Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda Variable HawkGeranoaetus polyosoma Varied BuntingPasserina versicolor Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi VeeryCatharus fuscescens Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina Virginia RailRallus limicola Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae Warbling VireoVireo gilvus Western BluebirdSialia mexicana Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis Western FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis Western GullLarus occidentalis Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta Western SandpiperCalidris mauri Western Screech-OwlMegascops kennicottii Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana Western Warbling VireoVireo swainsoni Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus White IbisEudocimus albus White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys White-eared HummingbirdBasilinna leucotis White-eyed VireoVireo griseus White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus White-tailed PtarmiganLagopus leucura White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi Whooping CraneGrus americana Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo WilletTringa semipalmata Williamson's SapsuckerSphyrapicus thyroideus Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis Wood DuckAix sponsa Wood StorkMycteria americana Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina Woodhouse's Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum Yellow GrosbeakPheucticus chrysopeplus Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsii Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus