Types of Wetland Birds

Question 1

how many North American birds rely on wetlands?

Answer 1

80%

Question 2

wetland obligates

Answer 2

require wetlands year-round

Question 3

Loons

Answer 3

Common Loon; Red-throated Loon

Question 4

Grebes

Answer 4

Pied-billed Grebe; Horned Grebe; Eared Grebe; Western Grebe

Question 5

Pelicans

Answer 5

Brown Pelican; White Pelican

Question 6

Cormorants

Answer 6

Double-Crested Cormorant

Question 7

Anhingas

Answer 7

Anhinga

Question 8

Waterfowl birds:

Answer 8

Swans (Trumpeter); geese (Snow); whistling ducks (Black-bellied); dabbling ducks (Gadwall); bay ducks (Cavasback); sea ducks (Harlequin); stiff-tailed ducks (Ruddy)

Question 9

Rails

Answer 9

Virginia Rail; Sora, Clapper

Question 10

Shorebirds

Answer 10

Plovers; Sandpipers; Avocets; Stilts; Curlews; Whimbrels, Phalaropes; Oystercatchers

Question 11

Plovers

Answer 11

Killdeer; Black-bellied Plover

Question 12

Sandpipers

Answer 12

Upland Sandpiper; Solitary Sandpiper; Lesser Yellowlegs Sandpiper; Dunlin Sandpiper; Short-billed Dowitcher

Question 13

Avocets

Answer 13

American Avocet

Question 14

Stilts

Answer 14

Black-necked Stilt

Question 15

Curlews

Answer 15

Long-billed Curlew

Question 16

Whimbrel

Answer 16

Whimbrel

Question 17

Phalaropes

Answer 17

Wilson’s Phalarope

Question 18

Gulls

Answer 18

Laughing Gull; Bonaparte’s Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Herring Gull; Black-backed Gull

Question 19

Terns

Answer 19

Caspian Tern; Common Tern; Black Tern; Black Skimmer Tern

Question 20

Wading birds

Answer 20

Herons; Egrets; Night Herons; Bitterns; Ibis’; Spoonbills; Flamingos

Question 21

Herons

Answer 21

Great Blue Heron; Green Heron

Question 22

Egrets

Answer 22

Great Egret; Snowy Egret; Cattle Egret; Tri-colored Egret; Reddish Egret

Question 23

Night Herons

Answer 23

Black-crowned Night Heron; Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Question 24

Bitterns

Answer 24

American Bittern

Question 25

Ibis'

Answer 25

White Ibis; Glossy Ibis

Question 26

Spoonbills

Answer 26

Roseate Spoonbill

Question 27

Facultative Spp

Answer 27

require both wetland and upland habitats year round | most blackbirds; some sparrows, warblers, swallows; wrens; woodcock; snipe

Question 28

Blackbirds

Answer 28

Red-winged Blackbird; Yellow-headed Blackbird; Common Grackle; Baltimore Oriole

Question 29

Sparrows

Answer 29

Seaside Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow

Question 30

Warblers

Answer 30

Palm Warbler; Prothonatory Warbler; Northern Waterthrush Warbler; Common Yellowthroat Warbler

Question 31

Swallows

Answer 31

American Tree Swallow; Cliff Swallow

Question 32

Wrens

Answer 32

Sedge Wren; Marsh Wren

Question 33

Woodcock

Answer 33

Americn Woodcock

Question 34

Snipe

Answer 34

Wilson's Snipe

Question 35

Swans

Answer 35

Trumpeter

Question 36

Geese

Answer 36

Snow goose

Question 37

Whistling ducks

Answer 37

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Question 38

Dabbling Duck

Answer 38

Gadwall

Question 39

Bay Ducks

Answer 39

Canvasback

Question 40

Sea Ducks

Answer 40

Harlequin

Question 41

Stiff-tailed Ducks

Answer 41

Ruddy Stiff-tailed Ducks