10:Birds

Question 1

Species of song birds

Answer 1

Passerines

Question 2

Species of birds w hooked beaks (eat lots of seeds)

Answer 2

Psittacines

Question 3

Birds need large amounts of this for flight

Answer 3

CO2

Question 4

Slit in roof of mouth which cleans, warms and humidifies air

Answer 4

Choana

Question 5

Thin walled balloon-like O2 storage areas thro body

Answer 5

Air sacs

Question 6

Food storage prior to digestion

Answer 6

Crop

Question 7

What is the proventriculus

Answer 7

True glandular stomach

Question 8

Grinds food, muscular

Answer 8

Gizzard/ ventriculus

Question 9

Where the digestive tract and reproductive tract converge

Answer 9

Cloaca

Question 10

Opening from cloaca out of the body

Answer 10

Vent

Question 11

Only the (left/right) ovary and oviduct are functional

Answer 11

Left

Question 12

This is ovulated from the ovary

Answer 12

Yolk

Question 13

The egg white that is secreted

Answer 13

Albumen

Question 14

The shell gland that secretes egg shell and pigment is located where

Answer 14

Uterus

Question 15

Transit time for egg laying

Answer 15

24 hrs

Question 16

Pasty white waste from kidneys

Answer 16

Urates

Question 17

Normal feces color

Answer 17

Dark-green (worm like)

Question 18

How many eliminations a day normally

Answer 18

25-30

Question 19

Rule of thumb: a bird that appears ill is …

Answer 19

Seriously ill

Question 20

What to tell the owner before bringing the bird in

Answer 20

Don’t clean cage, remove water, bring a sample of food

Question 21

Use gloves only when handling

Answer 21

Birds of prey

Question 22

Most effective weapons of pet birds

Answer 22

Beak/bill

Question 23

Primary goal of restraining raptors

Answer 23

Restrain talons

Question 24

This device is used to hold open beak

Answer 24

Avian speculum

Question 25

Area dorsal to bill where nostrils are located

Answer 25

Cere

Question 26

Breast bone

Answer 26

Keel

Question 27

Can you determine bird sex by external genitalia

Answer 27

No, they don’t have external genitalia

Question 28

What sexually dimorphic mean

Answer 28

Have external characteristics to distinguish sex (ex different colored plumage)

Question 29

A parakeet w a blue cere is (male/female)

Answer 29

Male

Question 30

Heart rate of macaws and canaries

Answer 30

Macaws: 200 bpm Canaries: 500-880

Question 31

What causes psittacosis

Answer 31

Chlamydia psittaci

Question 32

Signs of psittacosis

Answer 32

Chronic URI w exudates, fever, green watery diarrhea, may be asymptomatic

Question 33

Why clip wings

Answer 33

Reduces flying ability, decreases dominance