Bird Orders- Exam 2

Question 1

Phoenicopteriformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 1

Neonaves/Flamingos/African coast, Southern South America, Florida, Central American Islands/6 species

Question 2

Podicepidiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 2

Neonaves/Grebes/Worldwide/23 spp

Question 3

Opisthocomiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 3

Neonaves/Hoatzin/South America/1spp

Question 4

Gruiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 4

Neonaves/Cranes, rails, limpkin, trumpeters, finfoots/Worldwide/188 spp

Question 5

Charadiiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 5

Neonaves/Shorebirds (Puffin, Gull, Etc)/Worldwide/383 species

Question 6

Eurprygiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 6

Neonaves/Sunbittern and Kagu/Neotropical and New Caledonia (Gondwanan lineage/Each one spp

Question 7

Phaethontiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 7

Neonaves/Tropicbirds/3spp/worldwide

Question 8

Gaviiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 8

Neonaves/Loons/5spp/Northern Hemisphere

Question 9

Sphenisciformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 9

Neonaves/Penguins/18 spp/Southern Hemisphere

Question 10

Procellariiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 10

Neonaves/Petrel, Albatross, Shearwaters (tube-nose seabirds)/147 spp/worldwide

Question 11

Ciconiiformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 11

Neonaves/Storks/19 spp/Worldwide

Question 12

Suliformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 12

Neonaves/Frigate birds, boobies, anhingas, cormorants/worldwide/60spp

Question 13

Pelecaniformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 13

Neonaves/Pelicans, shoebills, herons, egrets, bitterns, spoonbills/Worldwide/118 spp

Question 14

Accipitriformes: Subclass/Common Names/Location/# Species

Answer 14

Neonaves/Raptors/Worldwide/266 spp