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Colorado State Symbols
State Bird: Lark Bunting
The Lark Bunting has been the Colorado state bird since 1931. The Lark Bunting primarily forages on the ground, mainly eating insects in the summer and seeds in the winter. A group of Buntings is known as a "decoration", "sacrifice", or a "mural".
The Colorado Blue Spruce is a member of the Pine Tree family that is native to the Rocky Mountain regions of North America. The tree has a mature hight of 70 to 80 feet. While the Blue Spruce grows relatively slowly, it is long-lived an may reach ages of 600-800 years.
Colorado Blue Spruce
State mammal: Rocky Mountain BigHorn Sheep
The Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep is the largest wild sheep in North America. Muscular Males can weigh over 300 pounds and stand over three feet tall at the shoulder. Females are roughly half this size.
State Rock: Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite is a Manganese carbonate mineral with chemical compositions MnCO3. In its (rare) pure form, it is typically rose-red color, but impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown.
State Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine
The deep-blue Columbine found growing in the Rocky Mountain region are direct dissidence from the earlier Columbines. Columbines are wildflowers, native to most temperate regions of the world, including Europe and North America. There are over 70 different species of columbine and innumerable hybrid species.
State Fish:Greenback Cutthroat Trout
The Greenback Cutthroat trout was listed as endangered in 1937 but down listed to threatened when a recovery plan began in 1978. The Greenback Cutthroat Trout's maximum size is 18 inches, and it has the largest spots of all cutthroats. Despite its name the Greenback Cutthroat is not particularly green.
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