burds

Question 1

Passeriformes

Answer 1

-3 toed perching feet
-Altricial
-Sparrows, Crows, robins, warblers

Question 2

Apodiformes

Answer 2

-small bodies smallest birds
-428 species
-hummingbirds, swifts

Question 3

Piciformes

Answer 3

-sharp-chisel like bills
-grasping feet
-4 toed, two on top, two on bottom
-woodpeckers, toucans

Question 4

Coraciiformes

Answer 4

-crested
-kingfishers

Question 5

Psittaciformes

Answer 5

-very nice vocal chords
-powerful bills for crushing seeds
-cockatoos, parrots

Question 6

Charadriformes

Answer 6

-long, slender, probing bills
-stiltlike legs
-shorebirds, puffin, gull, auks

Question 7

Columbiformes

Answer 7

-stout bodied
-perching feet
-pigeons, doves

Question 8

Falconiformes

Answer 8

-birds of prey
-sharp, pointed beak
-eagles, hawks, vultures, falcons

Question 9

Galliformes

Answer 9

-round body
-limited flying ability
-Grouse, peacock, turkey, chicken

Question 10

Gruiformes

Answer 10

-marsh dwellers
-stilt legs
-coots, rails, bittern, cranes, snipes, woodcocks

Question 11

Anseriformes

Answer 11

-waterfowl
-webbed toes, broad bill with filtering ridges
-ducks, swans, geese

Question 12

Ciconiiformes

Answer 12

-long legged
-waders
-large bodies
-stork, heron, egret, flamingo, ibis

Question 13

Strigiformes

Answer 13

-nocturnal
-powerful beak and feet
-owls

Question 14

Procellariformes

Answer 14

-sea birds
-tube shaped bill
-can fly for long time
-Albatross, petrels

Question 15

Pelicaniformes

Answer 15

-communal group
-white/brown pelican, cormorant

Question 16

Sphenisiciformes

Answer 16

-marine, flightless
-southern Hemisphere
-penguins

Question 17

Apterygiformes

Answer 17

-small & flightless
-probing bill
-only in New Zealand
-Kiwi

Question 18

Struthioniformes

Answer 18

-large, flightless
-two toes
-ostrich