Colorado – Animal, Insect, & Plant ID Guides

We have done our best to create ID guides for the common animals, insects, and plants that live in Colorado.

 

Below you will find the links. I hope you enjoy and learn something new!

 

If you find errors in any of the guides below, please leave a comment at the bottom of that specific page or send me a message HERE. Thanks!

 

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Types of BIRDS in Colorado:

• The MOST Common BACKYARD Birds (19)

• Doves and Pigeons (5)

• Ducks (20)

• Eagles (2)

• Falcons (4)

• Finches (14)

• Geese and Swans (7)

• Gulls (8)

• Hawks (9)

• Herons and Egrets (7)

• Hummingbirds (4)

• Orioles (4)

• Owls (13)

• Shorebirds (14)

• Sparrows (29)

• Vultures (1)

• Warblers (18)

• Water Birds (27)

• Woodpeckers (10)

• Wrens (7)

 

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Types of REPTILES/AMPHIBIANS in Colorado:

• Snakes (14)

• Turtles (5)

• Lizards (16)

• Frogs (6)

• Toads (9)

 

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Types of MAMMALS in Colorado:

• Mammals (42)

• Bats (17)

• Squirrels (3)

• Mice and Rats (15)

• Rodents (14)

 

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Types of INSECTS & ARACHNIDS in Colorado:

• Bees (15)

• Butterflies (31)

• Caterpillars (12)

• Cockroaches (4)

• Common Spiders (19)

• Ladybugs (12)

• Scorpions (4)

• Stink Bugs (10)

• Ticks (9)

 

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Types of PLANTS in Colorado:

• Blue Wildflowers (18)

• Purple Wildflowers (28)

• Orange Wildflowers (8)

• Red Wildflowers (8)

• White Wildflowers (11)

• Yellow Wildflowers (21)

• Milkweed (6)