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Bird Family Taxonomy Flashcards

1
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Podicipedidae

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Pied-billed grebe

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2
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Pelecanidae

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White pelican

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3
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Ardeidae

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Great blue heron

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Anatidae

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Redhead, Common merganser, Canvasback, Hooded merganser

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5
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Accipitridae

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Bald eagle (immature), Red-tailed hawk, Osprey

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Falconidae

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Peregrine falcon, American kestrel

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Phasianidae

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Ruffed grouse, Ring-necked pheasant

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Odontophoridae

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Northern bobwhite

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9
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Rallidae

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Sora

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Charadriidae

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Killdeer

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Laridae

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Common tern, Ring-billed gull

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Columbidae

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Mourning dove, Rock dove/ Pigeon

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Cuculidae

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Black-billed cuckoo

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Strigidae

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Barred owl, Great horned owl, Eastern screech-owl

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Caprimulgidae

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Common nighthawk

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Apodidae

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Chimney swift

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Trochilidae

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Ruby-throated hummingbird

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Alcedinidae

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Belted kingfisher

19
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Picidae

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Northern flicker, Hairy woodpecker, Pileated woodpecker

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Tyrannidae

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Eastern kingbird

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Alaudidae

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Horned lark

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Hirundinidae

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Barn swallow

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Corvidae

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Blue jay, American crow

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Paridae

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Tufted titmouse

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Sittidae

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White-breasted nuthatch

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Troglodytidae

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House wren

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Mimidae

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Gray catbird, brown thrasher

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Turdidae

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Wood thrush, American robin

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Regulidae

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Golden-crowned kinglet

30
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Motacillidae

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American pipet

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Bombycillidae

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Cedar waxwing

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Sturnidae

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European starling

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Vireonidae

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Red-eyed vireo

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Parulidae

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Yellow-rumped warbler, American redstart, Common yellowthroat

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Emberizidae

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Chipping sparrow

36
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Cardinalidae

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Indigo bunting, Northern cardinal, Rose-breasted grosbeak

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Icteridae

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Baltimore oriole, Brown-headed cowbird, Common grackle, Red-winged blackbird

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Passeridae

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House Sparrow (male and female)

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Fringillidae

A

Red-crossbill

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