Birds of Rocky Mt

Birds of Rocky Mt. National Park, as seen by Todd Tracy

Note:  This list includes only those species seen by T.T.T.

Codes are personal assessments and may not be 100% accurate.

Time of occurrence:

Y= Year-round

S=Summer

W=Winter

M=Migrant (fall, spring, late summer visitor)

I=irregular visitor

Abundance codes:

A=abundant

C=common

FC=fairly common

U=uncommon

R=rare

D=does not occur

I=irregular

Canada goose                                       S             FC

Mallard                                                 S             C

Ring-necked duck                                 S             C

Red-tailed hawk                                    S             C

White-tailed ptarmigan                           Y             U

Blue grouse                                           Y             FC

Spotted sandpiper                                 S             FC

California gull                                         S             U

White-throated swift                              S             FC

Broad-tailed hummingbird                      S             A

Rufous hummingbird                              M            R

Northern flicker                                     Y             C

Downy woodpecker                              Y             FC

Hairy woodpecker                                Y             C

Red-headed woodpecker                      I              R

Red-naped sapsucker                            S             C

Williamson's sapsucker                          S             FC

Oliv-sided flycatcher                              S             U

Western wood  pewee                           S             C

Hammond's flycatcher                            S             U

Dusky flycatcher                                    S             R

Say's phoebe                                         S             R

Western flycatcher                                 S             C

Horned lark                                           S             FC

Tree swallow                                         S             C

Violet-green swallow                             S             A

Gray jay                                                Y             C

Steller's jay                                            Y             A

American crow                                      Y             C

Common raven                                      Y             A

Clark's nutcracker                                 Y             C

Black-billed magpie                               Y             A

Black-capped chickadee                       Y             U

Mountain chickadee                               Y             C

White-breasted nuthatch                        Y             C

Pygmy nuthatch                                     Y             C

Brown creeper                                      Y             U

House wren                                           S             C

Rock wren                                            S             U

Dipper                                                   Y             C

Ruby-crowned kinglet                            S             FC

American robin                                      W            U

                                                             S             A

Western bluebird                                   S             U

Mountain bluebird                                 S             C

Townsend's solitaire                               Y             U

Brown thrasher                                      M/S?       R

American pipit                                       S/M         A

European starling                                   Y             C

Warbling vireo                                       S             C

Yellow-rumped warbler                         S             C

Wilson's warbler                                    S             FC

Yellow warbler                                      S             U

MacGillivray's warbler                           S             U

Yellow-throated warbler                        M            R

Western tanager                                    S             FC

Black-headed grosbeak                         S             U

Green-tailed towhee                              S             C

Chipping sparrow                                  S             C

Lincoln's sparrow                                  S             U

Song sparrow                                        S             C

White-crowned sparrow                        S             C

Dark-eyed junco (var. races)                 Y             C

Red-winged blackbird                           S             FC

Cassin's finch                                         Y             FC

House finch                                           Y             U

Red crossbill                                          I              R

Pine siskin                                             Y             C

House sparrow                                      Y             A