Final San Luis Valley HCP October 2012

Final San Luis Valley HCP October 2012
Final_SLV_HCP-Oct_2012.pdf12.65 MB
Facility
Landscape image of the Indian Peaks Wilderness in the summer; Storm Over the Continental Divide
Colorado Ecological Services Field Office
The Colorado Ecological Services Field Offices have staff in Lakewood and Grand Junction who work with partners to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants, and the environments upon which they depend.
Conservation Office
Lakewood,CO
Grand Junction,CO
Species
a grey bird with a white chin and breast and large yellow bill perches on a tree branch

Yellow-billed cuckoos are fairly large, long, and slim birds. The mostly yellow bill is almost as long as the head, thick and slightly downcurved. They have a flat head, thin body, and very long tail. Wings appear pointed and swept back in flight. Yellow-billed cuckoos are warm brown above and...

FWS Focus
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank
Species
Small; usually a little less than 6 inches in length, including tail. Conspicuous light-colored wingbars. Lacks the conspicuous pale eye-ring of many similar Empidonax species. Overall, body brownish-olive to gray-green above. Throat whitish, breast pale olive, and belly yellowish. Bill relatively...
FWS Focus
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank
Subspecies
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Mountain-Prairie