Birds week 3: appearances Flashcards
Rock Pigeon
gray body
iridescent collar
white cere
2 black bands on wings
Mourning Dove
Tanish body
Black spots on wings
black face spot
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Brown neck, cap, and back
long tail with large white spots
bicolored bill
Eastern Screech-Owl
gray or brown with spots and streaks on belly
ear tufts
Great Horned Owl
ear tufts
orange face disks
white bib
barring on belly
Barred Owl
Large gray face disk
black spotted with white bars
vertical belly streaking
Common Nighthawk
fix
large mouth, small bill
long narrow wings
cryptic coloration
white bar across primaries
Chimney Swift
small bill, stubby tail
crossed wings at rest
black body, white throat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
long thin beak
white collar
male: red throat, black mask, green crown
female: white throat, white spot behind eye
Belted Kingfisher
large head, messy crest
large thick bill
blue upper, white lower
blue belt
Female: Has rusty belt
Red-bellied Woodpecker
male: Red head and nape
red on belly
black and white barred back
female: red on nape only
Downy Woodpecker
white patch on back
white spots on wing
Male: red crown
female: no crown
Northern Flicker (Eastern)
Red crescent on gray nape
spotted belly, barring on back
black bib
Male: black mustache
Female: no mustache
Northern Flicker(Western)
gray nape
spotted belly, barring on back
black bib
Male: red mustache
Female: no mustache
Eastern Wood-Pewee
peaked, triangular head
2 thin white wing bars
long dark wings
dark olive gray back
