Birds 1

Question 1

All orders of birds include the word ______ which means “in the form of”.

Answer 1

formes

Question 2

List the 5 orders of birds.

Answer 2

1. galliformes
2. anseriformes
3. columbiformes
4. passeriformes
5. psittaciformes

Question 3

Match each bird order to what it means: “in the form of _______”.

1. galliformes
2. anseriformes
3. columbiformes
4. passeriformes
5. psittaciformes

Answer 3

1. chicken
2. goose
3. dove
4. sparrow
5. parrot

Question 4

What is the main use of the order galliformes?

Answer 4

food supply (meat & eggs)

Question 5

Which bird order includes most songbirds?

Answer 5

passeriformes

Question 6

_________ is not an order of bird but is a term meaning “to snatch” based on common behavior.

Answer 6

raptor

Question 7

Term for the type of bird with a flat sternum, and therefore, it has poor flight muscles and cannot fly well.

Answer 7

ratites

Question 8

Examples of ratites.

Answer 8

ostrich, emu, kiwi

Question 9

(T/F) Avian skin is less vascular than mammals and may be less sensitive to pain.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

(T/F) Birds have sweat glands.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

The ________ gland is commonly called the “preen gland” made of ___ lobes and a central _______.

Answer 11

uropygial
2
papilla

Question 12

What mode of secretion does the uropygial gland produce? Where is this gland located?

Answer 12

holocrine
dorsal surface of rump

Question 13

Function of secretions from uropygial gland. (3)

Answer 13

water-proofing
anti-UV
anti-bacterial

Question 14

Term for specialized areas on avian breast with increased vascularity and decreased feathers.

Answer 14

brood patches

Question 15

Function of brood patches.

Answer 15

thermoregulation/heat support for babies

Question 16

Match what term corresponds to each definition regarding head structures of the chicken:

1. projection on median plane
2. flaps of skin at junction of beak and head
3. between external auditory meatus

Answer 16

1. comb
2. wattles
3. ear lobe

Question 17

Function of comb, wattles, and ear lobes in the chicken.

Answer 17

heat transfer & courtship display

Question 18

What are 3 possible variations of the comb in the chicken?

Answer 18

single comb
rose comb
pea comb

Question 19

A white ear lobe in the chicken vs. red means what?

Answer 19

white-shelled eggs
brown-shelled eggs

Question 20

Turkeys have a frontal process or _________, a projection of skin between upper beak and head. What kind of muscle is it made of?

Answer 20

snood
smooth muscle

Question 21

Term for fleshy protuberance hanging from a turkey’s neck. What tissue type is its core made of?

Answer 21

caruncles
mucous connective tissue

Question 22

Term for large projection of hair-like feathers at junction of neck and trunk, typical in male turkeys.

Answer 22

beard

Question 23

Term for sharp, cutting edges of upper and lower beak.

Answer 23

tomia

Question 24

What hard keratin plaque develops at the tip of a bird’s upper beak during incubation so it can crack through the shell?

Answer 24

egg tooth

Question 25

Term for swelling on upper beak in pigeons and psittacine birds.

Answer 25

cere

Question 26

What can the cere be used to determine birds?

Answer 26

sex
blue = male
brown = female

Question 27

Purpose of “debeaking” or beak trimming.

Answer 27

prevent feather pulling and injury to flock mates (production birds)

Question 28

Birds have a tuft of feathers above the ear lobe which covers the external acoustic meatus called __________.

Answer 28

ear coverts

Question 29

Birds have one auditory ossicle in the middle ear from the tympanic membrane to the vestibular window called __________.

Answer 29

columella