BIRDS!!!!!!!!! Flashcards
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Organism that generates its own body heat.
Perching Songbirds
Passerines which have more than half of all species of birds.
Cavity-nesters
Birds that build nests, lay eggs, and raise their young inside sheltered chambers or cavities.
Wading Birds
Long-legged birds that stay mostly in shallow waters. Cranes, storks, and herons.
Marine Birds
Birds that have adapted to live within the marine environment. Gulls
Penguins
Large flightless seabird that lives, naturally in the southern hemisphere. Emperor, Little, Galapagos.
Owls
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.
Flightless Birds
Birds that lack the ability to fly. Penguins, Ostrich, Emu, and Kiwi.
Waterfowl
A water bird, especially those that swim. Goose, Duck, Swan.
American Crow
All black, with tufts or domes on the tops of their heads.
American Goldfinch
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.
American Robin
Black heads with white circles around the eyes. Grey backs and an orange chest.
Baltimore Oriole
Bright orange breast with a solid black head and wings black with white stripes.
Barn Swallow
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.
Black-Capped Chickadee
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
Blue Jay
light blue all across body with streaks of black on the face.
Brown headed Cowbird
Shiny, black body with a brown head
Cedar Waxwing
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.
Common Grackle
dark brown body with solid blue head and big bug eyes.
Eastern Bluebird
rust colored chest
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow Belly
European Starling
Black body with shiny green back
Mourning Dove
Covered in snow
Northern Cardinal
All red with a black mask, and a point on the back of the head