Orders of birds Flashcards
(93 cards)
1
Q
Ducks and geese
A
Anseriformes
fam Anatidae
2
Q
Pheasant and Grouse
A
Galliformes
fam: phesianidae
3
Q
Grebes
A
Podicipediformes
Fam: podicipedidae
4
Q
Pigeons
A
Columbiformes
Fam: Columbidae
5
Q
Cuckoos
A
Cuculiformes
Fam: Cuculidae
6
Q
Goatsuckers
A
Caprimulgiformes
fam: caprimulgidae
7
Q
Hummingbird
A
Apodiformes
fam: Trochilidae
8
Q
Swift
A
Apodiformes
fam: apodidae
9
Q
Cranes
A
Gruiformes
Gruidae
10
Q
Rails
A
Gruiformes
Rallidae
11
Q
Shorebirds
A
Charadriiformes
12
Q
Plovers
A
Charadriiformes
charadriidae
13
Q
Sandpipers and phalarpes
A
Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae
14
Q
Skua and Jaegers
A
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae
15
Q
Auks and puffis
A
Charadriiformes
Alcidae
16
Q
Gulls
A
Charadriiformes
Laridae
17
Q
Terns
A
Charadriiformes
Laridae
18
Q
Loons
A
Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
19
Q
Tube nose swimmers
A
Procellariiformes
20
Q
Frigatebird, booby, cormorant
A
Suliformes
21
Q
Gannet
A
Suliformes
sulidae
22
Q
Cormorant
A
Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae
23
Q
Pelican
A
Pelecaniformes
Pelecanidae
24
Q
Herons and Bitterns
A
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
25
Turkey Vulture
Cathartiformes
cathartidae
26
Osprey
Accipitriformes
Pandionidae
27
Hawks, eagles, harrier
Accipitriformes
Accipitridae
28
Owls
Strigiformes
Tytonidae
Strigidae
29
Barn Owl
Strigiformes
Tytonidae
30
Kingfisher
Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae
31
Woodpeckers
Piciformes
Picidae
32
Falcons
Falconiformes
Falconidae
33
Order with Syndactyl toes
Coraciiformes
34
Family with pamprodactyl toes
Apodiformes
35
Orders with Zygodactyl toes
Cuculiformes, Strigiformes, Piciformes
36
Families with reticulate scales
Charadriidae, falconidae (falconifromes)
37
Birds with lobate toes
Podicipediformes, Rallidae
38
Birds with semi-palmate feet
Galliformes, semi-palmated plover, sandpiper
39
Order/fams with totipalmate feet
Suliformes (inc phalacrocoracidae) and Pelecanidae
40
Birds with palmate feet
Anatiformes, stercroariidae, alcidae, laridae, gaviidae
41
Birds with no crop
Gruiformes
42
Birds that cough up pellets
Strigiformes
43
Birds with reversed sexual dimorphism
Phalaropes and Alcedinidae
44
Birds with waterproofing powder
Ardeidae
45
Birds with pectinate toe
Caprimulgidae, ardeidae, tytonidae
46
Toe arrangement of Anisodactyl
3:1
47
Toe arrangement of Zygodactyl
2:2
48
Toe arrangement of Syndactyl
2 fused
49
Toe arrangement of pamprodactyl
can switch 2-4
50
What is totipalmare
4 toes joined
51
Birds with afterfeather insulation
Pheseanidae
52
Bird with a reversible toe
Pandionidae
53
Bird with a bustle
sandhill crane
54
bird with a gorget
ruby throated hummingbird
55
Order with salt ejection from nose
Procellariiformes
56
Bird with no septum (aseptate)
Turkey vulture
57
Endangered species
King Rail
Whooping Crane
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Golden Eagle
Barn Owl
Acadian Flycatcher
Kirtland's Warbler
Loggerhead Shrike
Henslow's sparrow
Prothonotary Warbler
58
Introduced Species
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Gray Partridge
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
European Starling
House Sparrow
Rock Pigean
59
Birds with colour morphs
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Ruffed Grouse
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Great Blue Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
60
Lumped Species
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate and Orgeon)
northern flicker
61
Split species
Blue headed vireo
Alder and willow flycatcher split from Traills
Gray cheeked thrush
62
Flycatchers
Tyrannidae
63
Shrikes
Laniidae
64
Vireos
Vireonidae
65
Corvids
Corvidae
66
Horned Lark
Alaudidae
67
Swallows
Hirundinidae
68
Chickadees
Paridae
69
Nuthatches
Sittidae
70
Brown Creeper
Certhiidae
71
Wrens
Troglodytidae
72
Kinglets
Regulidae
73
Thrushes
Turdidae
74
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Mimidae
75
European Starling
Sturnidae
76
Waxwings
Bombycillidae
77
House Sparrow
Passeridae
78
American Pipit
Motacillidae
79
Finches
Fringillidae
80
Snow Bunting
Calcariidae
81
New world Sparrows and Old World Buntings
Emberizidae
82
Blackbirds and Allies
Icteridae
83
Warblers
Parulidae
84
Cardinals and Allies
Cardinalidae
85
Bird with long back toenail and who walks
American Pipit
Motacillidae
86
Family with only 9 primaries
Parulidae
87
Family with long scapular plumes
Ardeidae
88
Bird with long inner rectrices
Northern Pintail
Long tailed duck
Long-tailed Jaeger
89
Bird with long outer rectrices
Terns
90
bird that grows scale snow-shoes
Ruffed Grouse
91
Difference between ruffed and spruce grouse
Ruffed has subterminal tail band Spruce have chestnut tail-ends
92
Buteos
Big head, short wings
Broad winged
Red Tailed
Rough legged
Golden Eagle
93
Accipters
Coopers
Sharp-shinned
Northern Goshawk
