Birds week 1 Flashcards
Canada Goose
SN: Branta
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
black head, black neck
Tundra Swan
SN: Cygnus
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
long neck, black bill, narrow lore with yellow spot
Wood Duck
SN: Aix
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
male - green and white crest, chestnut breast with spotting
female - gray crest, large white eye ring
Mallard
SN: Anas
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
male - green head, yellow beak with black tip
female - mottled brown, bill dark orange and brown
Both - speculum bordered in white
American Wigeon
SN: Mareca
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
male - Green arc eye to neck, white forehead and checks
female - head mottled/speckled gray
both - blue bill with black tip, solid black secondaries
Blue-winged Teal
SN: Anas
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
male - speckled body
female - scalloped feather
both - powder blue coverts
Hooded Merganser
SN: Lophodytes
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
male - black head crest, white spot, black bill
female - rusty crest, dark brown body, tan breast
both - black and white speculum
Ring-necked Duck
SN: Aythya
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
male - top of head is pointed, black head, black back, white shoulder, bill with white ring and black tip
female - white eye ring, bill has muted white ring, black tip, chocolate flanks, white at base of bill
both - flight feathers white with black tips
Northern Bobwhite
SN: Colinus
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
male - white face
female - yellow orange face
both - pudgy with scaled belly
Ring-necked Pheasant
SN: Phasianus
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
male - long tail, rusty spotty body, red/green head/neck, white collar
female - black scaling on tan body, long tapered tail
Wild Turkey
SN: Meleagris
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasiantidae
male - bald head, red/white/blue, beard
female - bald head white/blue
both - barred feathers
Ruffed Grouse
SN: Bonasa
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasiantidae
black line at end of the tail, ruffed feathers around neck, light spots on back, barring on belly
Common Loon
SN: Gavia
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
breeding - black head, white spots on back, black pointed bill, striped collar
nonbreeding - body dull with gray scalloping, gray head and neck, white throat
Pied-billed Grebe
SN: Podilymbus
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
breeding - black throat, short neck, light bill with dark ring
nonbreeding - no ring, white throat, brown beak
both - weird ass feet
Double-crested Cormorant
SN: Phalacrocorax
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
dull brownish black
fine feather tufts on head
yellow skin patch on face, hooked bill
