This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
No established/huntable Colorado population.Only confirmed historical CO record is from Hoy Mountain, far NW Moffat County. CPW reintroduction attempts (1992 approval, collapsed by 1995; 2016 release of 25 Utah-sourced birds at Garfield Creek SWA under a 2015 Range Expansion Plan) have not produced a huntable population; species absent from CPW's 2026 regulated small-game-bird list.