Animal Kingdog #2 Flashcards
The study of birds
Ornithology
Bird’s food storage area prior to digestion
Crop
Bird’s “muscular” stomach for grinding food
Gizzard
Bird’s vocal organ
Syrinx
Fastest Flying Bird
Peregrine Falcon
Largest, Fastet Running Bird, with largest eggs
Ostrich
Large, flightless south American Bird
Rhea
Largest Flightless Australian Bird
Emu
Large, Flightless Australian Bird, just smaller than an emu
Cassowary
Small New Zealand Flightless Bird and Native Fruite
Kiwi
Large, extinct new Zealand flightless bird
Moa
Adelie, Emperor, and king bird
Penguins
Snow, Canadian, and Blue Breeds
Geese
North Atlantic “Sea Parrot”
Puffin
Brown and White “Fishhawk” Bird
Osprey
Nocturnal Singing Bird
Nightingale
Only North American bird that hybernates
Whippoorwill
North America’s Most Common Dove
Mourning Dove
“Gooney Bird” Unlucky to Sailors
Albatross
“Ruffed” Bird
Grouse
“Ringnecked” bird
Pheasant
Trumpeter, Mute, Cordoba and Whistling
Swans
Sandhill and Whooping Birds
Cranes
Tallest Bird of North America
Whooping Crane
Redwing and Grackle Birds
Blackbirds
Golden and Bald Type of Bird
Eagle
Bird that mimics other birds
MockingBird
Ruby-throated bird, only bird that can fly backwards
Hummingbird
Smallest Bird
Bee Hummingbird
South American Vulture
Andean Condor
South American Bird with Largest Bill
Toucan
“Laughing Jackass” of Australia
Kookaburra
Shangri-La Bird
Bird of Paradise
Largest Member of Crow Family
Raven
“Scarlet” parrot
Macaw
Purple-black Asian Bird that mimics humans
Mynah Bird
Yellow Songbird
Goldfinch
Down Duck that Can dive 180 Ft
Eider
Flack-footed and red-footed sea bird
Booby
Arizona Bird that can run 18.5 mph
Roadrunner
Sacred Egyptian Bird
Ibis
Mythical Bird that rose from the ashes
Phoenix
Bird that migrates from arctic to antactic
Arctic Tern
Most common domesticated bird
Chicken
Young Swan
Cygnet
Young Pigeon
Squab
Pigeon extinct since 1914
Passenger Pigeon
Large Penguin-like bird, extinct since 1850
Great Auk
Large, flightless extinct land pigeon
Dodo
First known feathered bird to become extinct
Archaeopteryx
Flying Dinosaur
Pterodactyl
Legendary Bird Encountered by sinbad
Roc
World’s largest cat
Tiger
the America’s largest cat
Jaguar
Most popular breed of domesticated cat
Persian
“Clouded” cat
Clouded Leopard
Pointed-eared cat
Lynx
Lynx North Am relative with short tail
Bobcat
Tailless cat named for an island
Manx
Other names for cougar
Mountain Lion, Puma
Ethiopian Domestic cat
Abyssinian
Nearly-hairless cat
Sphinx cat
Cat with “tiger” coat
Tabby
Southeast Asian domestic cat
Siamese
Fever caused by parvo-virus
Distemper
Swollen Lymph Nodes
Cat scratch fever
Tallest dog
Irish Wolfhound
Smallest domestic breed
Chihuahua
Most common registered breed
Labrador Retriever
Dog of the netherlands
Keeshond
Non-barking African dog
Basenji
Chinese Royal Dog
Pekingese
Chinese wrinkled-skin dog
Shar-Pei
“Lion Dog” of Chinese nobles
Shih Tzu
Ancient Chinese dog with lion=like name
chow chow
Mediterranean island lap dog
Maltese
Stag hunting dog
Deerhound
Loose skinned dog used in finding people
Blood hound
Tibetan dog
Lhasa Apso
Fluffy White Siberian sled dog
Samoyed
Sled dog with Blue eyes
Siberian Husky
Japanese Guard Dog
Akita
Whippet Breed
Greyhound
Queen Victoria’s dog
Collie
French “Butterfly” dog
Papillion
St. John’s dog
Labrador Retriever
Russian Wolfhound
Borzoi
Dog named after eastern US bay
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
South African-bed Dog
Rhodesian Ridgeback
South African While Hunting Dog
Cape Hunting Dog
Large dog from swiss alps
St. Bernard
Australian Wild Dog
Dingo
African wild dog
Jackal
World’s premier sheep dog
Border Collie
Silky and Yorkshire breeds
Terrier
Irish, Gordon, and English breeds
Setter
Largest Terrier
Airedale terrier
“Toto”s breed
Cairn Terrier
Richard Nixon’s dog
Checkers
FDS’s dog
Fala
Lyndon Johnson’s Beagles
Him and Her
George Bush’s dog
Millie
Obama’s Dogs
Bo and Sunny
German Shepherd with TV show
Rin Tin Tin
Dog from Petticoat Junction who later made movies
Benji
George Jetson’s dog
Astro
Sgt. Preston’s Dog
(Yukon) King
Dog in call of the wild
Buck
RCA trademark dog
Nipper
Tittle Dog in 1972 Cicely Tyson Movie
Sounder
Top American Dog Show
Westminster Kennel Club
Number of Breeds recognized by AKC
167
World’s longest Dogsled race
Iditarod
The study of fish
Ichthyology
Sargasso Sea fish
Eel
Blood-sucking eel
Lamprey
Skipjack Fish
Tuna
Polluck and Haddock type
Cod
“Tiger of the Sea”
Barracuda
Mako, Tyope, and nurse types
Shark
Three types of man-eating sharks
Great White, Hammerhead, tiger
Shark Skeletal material
Cartledge
Largest Fish
Whale Shark
Largest Predatory Fish
Great White Shark
Fish that attaches itself to a Shark
Remora
Fish with fangs
Viper Fish
Cowled Fish
Monk Fish
South American Predatory Fish
Piranha
“Devil Fish”
Manta ray
Recently discovered prehistory fish
Coelacanth
Caviar comes from this fish
Sturgeon
“Freshwater shark”
Pike
Fish that inflates when threatened
Puffer Fish
Brook, steelhead, and rainbow fish
Trout
Sepia Ink Fish
Cuttlefish
Portugese man’o-war and seawasp
Jellyfish
Full name for Musky
Muskellunge
Muskellunge Family
Pike
Thai Aquarium Fish
Fighting fish
Species that has ability to change color
Grouper
Pipe fish relative: male carriers young in its pouch
Sea Horse
Fish that spawns on beach under full moon
Grunion
Most Poisonous fish
Rock Fish
Fish in the old man and the sea
Marlin
Fish disease characterized by white spots
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