Birds Exam 1 Set 3 Flashcards
Spotted Towhee
- Black wings with white spots
- Looks like American Robin, but Robin has orange bill
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
California Towhee
- all brown with reddish brown by legs & on throat
- conical bill
Diet: Seeds
FM: Ground glean
Dark-eyed Junco
- Black hood, white belly
Diet: Seeds
FM: Ground glean
Song Sparrow
- Darkly streaked like Belding’s Savannah Sparrow, but no yellow on face
- Streaking stops on belly
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Belding’s Savannah Sparrow
- Yellow on face and lores
- White with black streaks
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Grasshopper Sparrow
- Pale orange throat and upper breast
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Chipping Sparrow
- Looks like Rufus Crown Sparrow, but has no black malar
- Solid black bill
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Yellow crown surrounded by black
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
- Brownish-red head with black malar
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Adult White-crowned Sparrow
- White cap surrounded by black (zebra striped head)
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Immature White-crowed Sparrow
- all brown with orange stripe on head
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Immature White-crowed Sparrow
all brown with orange stripe on head
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Ground glean
Female House Finch
- Brown vertical streaks that go all the way down the body
- conical bill
Diet: Seeds
FM: Ground glean
Male House Finch
- Red head, red rump, red chest
Diet: Seeds
FM: Ground glean
Female Lesser Goldfinch
- yellow on chest
- conical bill
- No black cap like males
Diet: Seeds
FM: Foliage glean
Male Lesser Goldfinch
- Black cap
- Yellow conical bill
Diet: Seeds
FM: Foliage glean
Male House Sparrow
- Black bib , black lores, and gray cap
- Conical bill
Diet: Seeds
FM: Ground glean
Female House Sparrow
- Throat white-ish-brown
- Breast NOT streaked like other sparrows
- Black lines and streaks on back
- conical bill
Diet: Seeds
FM: Ground glean
Female House Sparrow
- Throat white-ish-brown
- Breast NOT streaked like other sparrows
- Black lines and streaks on back
- conical bill
Diet: Seeds
FM: Ground glean
Wrentit
- Dark on back, lighter on underside
- Bigger than the Bushtit
- Does not have a crest like the Phainopepla
- Sounds like a ping-pong ball dropping when this bird sings
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
California Gnatcatcher
- Small blue-gray bird, darker on top, lighter on bottom
- long black tail with light colored tip
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Prominent red mark on top of head
- very little brown, green, & yellow bird
- bill more delicate than the Warbling Vireo
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
Cliff Swallow
- Flat, wide bill
- Long wings
- Orange throat with cream colored forehead
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Aerial foraging
Barn Swallow
- Flat, wide bill
- Forked tail
- Orange throat & forehead (Cliff Swallow has cream colored forehead)
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Aerial foraging
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Very long pointed wings
- Leading edge of feathers are frayed (rough)
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Aerial foraging
Tree Swallow
- Black/ white demarkation is below eyes (above eyes on Violet-green Swallow)
- very long, pointed wings
- wide, flat bill
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Aerial foraging
Violet-green Swallow
- The SMUSHED ONE!
- Black/white demarkation is above the eyes (it’s below eyes on Tree Swallow)
- wide, flat bill
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Aerial foraging
Violet-green Swallow
- The SMUSHED ONE!
- Black/white demarkation is above the eyes (it’s below eyes on Tree Swallow)
- wide, flat bill
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Aerial foraging
Orange-crowned Warbler
- little orange crown on head
- thin, narrow bill
- yellow belly
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
Orange-crowned Warbler
little orange crown on head
thin, narrow bill
yellow belly
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
Nashville Warbler
- White eye ring
- Yellow throat & belly
- thin, narrow bill
Diet:Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
Yellow Warbler
- Orange streaks on breast
- Yellow throat & breast
- thin, narrow bill
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
Female Audubon’s Warbler
- Females have no black breast like males do
- Yellow, white, & black warbler
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean
Male Audubon’s Warbler
- Males have black breast
- Yellow, white, & black warbler
Diet: Terrestrial invertebrates
FM: Foliage glean