This ecoregion is centred on the mountain ranges of western Colorado: the Front Range, Park Range, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and the San Juan Mountains. Small parts of adjacent states in these same ranges are also included, those of Wyoming and New Mexico.
Description of the Ecoregion
A detailed description of the ecoregion can be found at WWF’s site (the map above is a screen shot from that Wildfinder site). There may also be additional information to be found in this ecoregion’s page at Wikipedia.
Briefly, the ecoregion is characterized by… [under construction]
Birds of the Ecoregion
The avifauna of the ecoregion… [under construction].
Although no bird species are endemic to this ecoregion, the following are noteworthy as being quite characteristic of the ecoregion and relatively difficult to see in other ecoregions:
[list under construction]
Resources for the Ecoregion Birder
Without any pretense to completeness, the following resources have caught my attention and would be of value to the birder traveling to this ecoregion:
- Floyd, Ted, 2014. ABA Guide to Birds of Colorado. Although a state-oriented book, this guide is very useful for the part of this ecoregion that falls in CO.