BIRDS!!!!!!!!! Flashcards

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Endothermixc

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Organism that generates its own body heat.

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Perching Songbirds

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Passerines which have more than half of all species of birds.

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Cavity-nesters

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Birds that build nests, lay eggs, and raise their young inside sheltered chambers or cavities.

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Wading Birds

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Long-legged birds that stay mostly in shallow waters. Cranes, storks, and herons.

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Marine Birds

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Birds that have adapted to live within the marine environment. Gulls

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Penguins

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Large flightless seabird that lives, naturally in the southern hemisphere. Emperor, Little, Galapagos.

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Owls

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Nocturnal bird of prey with large, forward-facing eyes, surrounded by facial discs, a hooked beak, and typically loud call. Barn owl, Great-Horned Owl, Spotted, & Spectacled.

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Flightless Birds

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Birds that lack the ability to fly. Penguins, Ostrich, Emu, and Kiwi.

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Waterfowl

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A water bird, especially those that swim. Goose, Duck, Swan.

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American Crow

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All black, with tufts or domes on the tops of their heads.

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American Goldfinch

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Yellow based wing feathers that lead turn black then white and black striped towards the tips of the feathers.Yellow body and a black cap on the top of the head.

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American Robin

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Black heads with white circles around the eyes. Grey backs and an orange chest.

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Baltimore Oriole

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Bright orange breast with a solid black head and wings black with white stripes.

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Barn Swallow

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Shiny blue on the top of the head with it being brown from the beak down to end of the throat. The breast is a light cream color.

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Black-Capped Chickadee

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black dome on top of head and black under the beak with thick, broad white streaks from the beak to the back of the head/neck

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Blue Jay

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light blue all across body with streaks of black on the face.

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Brown headed Cowbird

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Shiny, black body with a brown head

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Cedar Waxwing

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Different shades of yellow all across body with a black mask covering just the eyes and a tuft of feathers sticking from back of head.

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Common Grackle

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dark brown body with solid blue head and big bug eyes.

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Eastern Bluebird

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rust colored chest

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Eastern Meadowlark

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Yellow Belly

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European Starling

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Black body with shiny green back

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Mourning Dove

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Covered in snow

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Northern Cardinal

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All red with a black mask, and a point on the back of the head

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Northern Mockingjay

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Fan-like, triangular tail

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Purple Finch

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Purple

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Red-Winged Blackbird

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Red and white on the tail

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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Red on the throat

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Song Sparrow

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Spherical, brown-speckled, and small