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Aquatic Birds and Raptors Flashcards

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Very contrasting black and white
Blocky front of head
Red eyes
Sits low on water
Feet at the back of its body
Sounds almost like howling coyote

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Common loon

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Bill becomes bluer during breeding season
White and blue bill with black stripe around center
Lobed toes
Smallest grebe
Puffy shape
Feet at the back of its body
No tail, white butt

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Pied-billed grebe

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Small-mid sized grebe
Short, thin bill
Skinny neck
Breeding plumage - its black and brown with an orange eye line that turns into fluffy crests
Non-breeding plumage - it’s white and black with a white cheek

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Horned grebe

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Small head
Short thin bill
Proportionally large and fluffy body
Longer neck than other grebes
Red eyes
Breeding plumage - Red and black, plumage behind eye is yellow and fluffy
Non-breeding plumage- Grey, black, and white. White cheek and back of neck, white/grey underside

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Eared grebe

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Longer and pointier bill than other grebes
Long necks
Upright posture
Black - body, back of neck, most of head
White - underbelly, front of neck, cheek

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Western grebe

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Orange face
Blue eyes
All back body
Medium sized beak ending with a hook
Long tail
Only cormorant in Kansas

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Double crested cormorant

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Giant
All white body
Black primaries and secondaries
Very long beak with a pouch
Short tail
Yellow around eyes

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American white pelican

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8
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Mid sized
Vertical streaks along body
Face blends into beak
Looks like the tall grass it hides in
Funky honking noise

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American bittern

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Tiny
Blue head and back
White stripe on shoulder
Long legs
Hunched posture
Stalks prey
Red or tan body
Eyes forward facing

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Least bittern

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Green head and body
White line down chest
Brown front
Yellow eyes and feet
Black beak
Short neck
Long legs

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Green heron

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Large
Long legs and beak
Orange beak
Darker blue stripe above and behind eyes
Hunched posture, curved neck
Croaky honk sound (annoying)

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Great blue heron

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12
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Yellow bill
All dark legs and feet
White body
Fluffy white display feathers

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Great egret

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Dark bill and legs
Yellow eye ring and feet
Middle size egret
White body
White crest on neck
Fluffy tail

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Snowy egret

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Smallest egret
Thick neck
Peach colored patches on head, chest, and back
Red beak and feet

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Cattle egret

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Mid sized
Stocky, hunched compact
Black - head, back, primaries, secondaries, beak
The rest of the body is grey

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Black crowned night heron

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16
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Yellow crown
White cheek
Big, red eyes
Medium sized legs
Grey neck
Black head
Bulky and somewhat long beak

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Yellow crowned night heron

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Long legs
Long, curved bill
Males - Red and brown body, lavender beak, pink legs
Females - Brown with white beak

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White faced ibis

18
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Long wings that reach tail tip
Silver undersides of flight feathers
Red, bald head
Flies with wings in V shape

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Turkey vulture

19
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Extremely long wings
Very hooked beak
Brown “wrists”
Blocky head with black eyestripe
Brown and white mottled body, white mostly underneath, brown mostly on top

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Osprey

20
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Sleek shape and coloration
Dark, rectangular tail
Slender, agile
Long pointed wings
Grey and white body and wings
Small hooked beak

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Mississippi kite

21
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Very pronounced “fingers” at wing tips
Massive and stately
White head and tail
Brown body
Yellow feet and beak
Weak, flat, chirping whistle sound

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Bald eagle

22
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Large brown body
Yellow hooked beak with black tip
Muscular feet
Golden nape feathers

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Golden eagle

23
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Long broad wings
Long rectangular tail
White rump patch with dark end of tail
Stubby face with yellow eyes
Black top of beak, rest is yellow
Males - Grey with black wing tips
Females - Streaky brown

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Northern harrier

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Accipiter hawk
Dainty legs and feet
Cap all grey
Long black and white striped tail with square edges
Short and rounded wings
Big eyes and small beak
Yellow feet, grey beak

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Sharp-shinned hawk

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Accipiter hawk
Rounded tail
Large flat head with small, sharply hooked bill
Dark cap contrasting grey nape
Robust legs and feet
Striped peach and white chest
Grey wings

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Cooper’s hawk

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Buteo Hawk
Tail and flight feathers banded black and white
Reddish brown breast and belly
Round head and hooked beak
Brown head
Yellow feet

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Red-shouldered hawk

27
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Buteo hawk
Very long pointed wings for a buteo
Large
Brown hood
Can have white face and chin
White leg, butt, and underwing
Can also be entirely dark brown with no white

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Swainson’s hawk

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Buteo hawk
Pale chest and belly band
Red tail
Flight feathers light with dark ends
Brown back, white speckled belly
Machine like squealing, like how you expect an eagle to sound

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Red-tailed hawk

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Buteo hawk
Mottled back/wings brown and white
Legs feathered all the way to feet
Dark brown on tips of flight feathers and tail
Hooked yellow beak

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Rough-legged hawk

30
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White cheek with bold black bar
Big eye, small beak
Males - Blue and orange with black speckles
Females - Have rufous barred back
Shrill kli kli kli noise

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American kestrel

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Medium sized and stocky
Black eye line
Beak yellow or white with black tip
Male - Blue with faint streaks on rufous breast
Female - brown with spotted breast

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Merlin

32
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Large for a falcon
Robust, big chest
Blue or grey with white belly
Yellow eye ring, beak and feet

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Peregrine falcon

33
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Shy, secretive marsh bird
Laterally compressed
Bill longer than head
Short or no tail
Red feet and bill
Mid sized
Rufous throat and breast
Brown body with black or grey mottling
Grey head

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Virginia rail

34
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Upright tail
Short, yellow stubby bill
Grey/brown body
Black in front of eye
Thin grey feet
White butt
Peeping noise, repetitive, robotic sound, Ker-weee noise

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Sora

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Lobed grey feet
Tiny tails, short rounded wings
Blue head, grey body
Stark white bill with red at forehead
Honking like a bad kazoo; like buzzing on a reed

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American coot

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Tan grey color
Red forehead
Med length beak, equal to head
Long legs and neck
Upright posture
Black feet and beak
Fluffy tail
Loud woody “prehistoric” sounding rattle noise
Rolling Brr kind of sound

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Sandhill crane

37
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Tallest bird in North America
All white with black forehead, cheek, and wingtip
Long black legs
Grey bill, about longer than head

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Whooping crane

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