State Bird
Lark Bunting
This bird is often described as "active and acrobatic"
Mountain Chickadee
This rodent has the most advanced forms of language known to science.
Prairie Dogs
This big cat sounds like a woman screaming when making it's call.
Mountain Lion / Cougar / Puma

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in this city in 2004.
Commerce City
State Mammal:
Ram / Bighorn Sheep
The name of this bird refers to their behavioral characteristic of bobbing. They will duck their heads into the water, often 60 times per minute!
American Dipper
This creature hibernates in burrows 23 feet deep. They can weigh up to 11 pounds and grow 2 feet in length.
Yellow-bellied marmot
This cute cat may be small, but it is mighty!
Bobcat / Lynx
When were wolves reintroduced to Colorado?
December 2023
State Amphibian: 
Western Tiger Salamander
This bird is common in RMNP, with a white coat in winter and a dappled brown coat in summer.
Ptarmigan
This bird only reaches 17 centimeters in length, but it can take out birds three times its size!

Northern Pygmy-Owl
This animal requires campers to hide their food up in trees to prevent it from being eaten!
What is Colorado's State Fossil?
The Stegosaurus
State Fish: 
Greenback Cutthroat Trout
This huge bird has a wingspan of 5-7 feet, native to the Western American Plains (and strangely, Siberia), and are known to frequent edges of water.
Sandhill Crane![]()
This animal were declared extinct twice, but now are protected in Soapstone Prairie Natural Area.
Black-Footed Ferrets
Black bears can run up to how many miles per hour?
25 mph
What fossilized plant was discovered at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument?
Roses
State Insect:
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
Will also just accept butterfly
This bird measures between 11-14 inches in length. While these birds typically migrate north to south depending on the season, in Colorado they are year-round.
Belted Kingfisher
This rodent is related to rabbits and look like a smaller version of them. Despite their adaptations meant to keep them warm, they require cold to live. Males will also sing to females.
Pika
These cats are primarily seen in the San Juan Mountains and the Sawatch Range near Leadville. They were reintroduced from Canada and Alaska.
Lynx
The Lindenmeier Site in Soapstone Prairie revealed evidence of Paleo-Indians hunting this giant creature.
Bison.