Family characteristics

Question 1

strigidae

Answer 1

nocturnal, soft feathers for silent flight, flexible necks

• eastern screech owl, barred owl

Question 2

Tytonidae

Answer 2

nest in structures/ledges/holes, mainly eat small mammals

• barn owl

Question 3

Pandionidae

Answer 3

coastal, nest in structures, eat fish
- osprey

Question 4

Accipitridae

Answer 4

diverse habitats, nests in crowns of trees, defend nesting territories, mainly eat mammals, 1-5 eggs
- hawk, eagle

Question 5

Falconidae

Answer 5

fast flyers, good eyesight, eat mammals birds insects
- falcons

Question 6

Ardeidae

Answer 6

wading birds, long neck and bill, ornamental plumes
- herons

Question 7

anatidae

Answer 7

major sport group, herbivorous, migrate
- ducks

Question 8

picidae

Answer 8

forage for insects in trees, drumming communication, cavity nesters
- woodpeckers, flickers

Question 9

tyrannidae

Answer 9

flycatchers, hawking feeding style(sitting on perch, flying to catch insect in the air, going back to perch), diverse habitats
- Acadian flycatcher

Question 10

Lannidae

Answer 10

hooked bills, impale prey on thorns, perch sites
- Loggerhead shrike

Question 11

Vireonidae

Answer 11

males sing majority of day, canopy dwellers
- red-eyed vireo

Question 12

Corvidae

Answer 12

one of largest brains, out perform mammals in food hunting, experience grief, use landmarks to remember location
- american crow

Question 13

Hirundinidae

Answer 13

areal feeders, pointed wings and streamlined bodies
- purple martin

Question 14

paridae

Answer 14

curious, eat insects and seeds, cavity nesters
- tufted titmouse, chickadee

Question 15

Sittidae

Answer 15

move down tree head first, hack seeds open, cavity nesters
- nuthatch

Question 16

Troglodytidae

Answer 16

search understory or ground for good, male begins nest construction
- winter wren, carolina wren

Question 17

Turdidae

Answer 17

feed on ground, blue eggs, variety of habitats
- eastern bluebird, american robin

Question 18

mimidae

Answer 18

mimicry, rarely form flocks, both sex care for young
- gray catbird, northern mockingbird

Question 19

Fringillidae

Answer 19

notched tails, seedeaters, sexually dimorphic, call in flight
- red crossbill, american goldfinch

Question 20

passerellidae

Answer 20

seed eaters(will eat insects), conical(cone shaped) bills
- sparrow

Question 21

icteridae

Answer 21

black plumage, majority tropical, sexually dimorphic, some colonial nesters
- meadowlark, blackbird

Question 22

parulidae

Answer 22

migrate long distances, large clutch size in relation to body size
- warbler

Question 23

cardinalidae

Answer 23

powerful bills, seed eaters, americas
- Northern Cardinal

Question 24

Trichechidae

Answer 24

coastal waters, hairs on snout
- manatee

Question 25

Talpidae

Answer 25

fossorial, broad forefoot and claws, moist soils, eimer's organ - mole

Question 26

Soricidae

Answer 26

high metabolism and heart beat(must eat a lot), long pointed snout, patrol under logs/rocks for insects - shrew

Question 27

Leporidae

Answer 27

- variety of habitats, nocturnal, herbivorous, eat poop

Question 28

Sciuridae

Answer 28

arched skulls, bushy tails, diurnal herbivores(awake during day) -chipmunks, squirrels

Question 29

Cricetidae

Answer 29

wide range of habitats (?) - vole, mouse, muskrat, lemming

Question 30

castoridae

Answer 30

largest north american rodent, paddle tail, partially webbed hind feet, dams and dens - beaver

Question 31

didelphidae

Answer 31

opposable hallux, arboreal, many teeth - virginia opossum

Question 32

Mustelidae

Answer 32

slender bodies, short legs, ferocious predators - otters, weasels, minks

Question 33

mephitidae

Answer 33

developed scent glands, warning colors -skunks

Question 34

Canidae

Answer 34

long narrow muzzles, developed canine teeth - wolf, fox

Question 35

Ursidae

Answer 35

largest terrestrial carnivore, developed sense of smell - bear

Question 36

procyonidae

Answer 36

partially arboreal, alternating dark and light banded tails, walk on soles of feet - raccoons

Question 37

felidae

Answer 37

compact face, long limbs, retractible claws, walk on toes, color vision - mountain lion, bobcat

Question 38

Vespertilionidae

Answer 38

solitary, roost in trees, migratory and nonmigratory, hibernate in caves, insectivorous - gray bat, red bat

Question 39

Cervidae

Answer 39

even toed hoofed, ruminants, no upper incisors, often in herds - elk, deer

Question 40

Delphinidae

Answer 40

males larger than females, conical teeth - dolphin

Question 41

balaenidae

Answer 41

largest baleen whales, thick blubber, large head - northern right whale