Class Aves Flashcards
1
Q
Taxonomy

A
Order Anseriformes
2
Q
Taxonomy

A
Order Columbiformes
3
Q
Taxonomy

A
Order Accipitriformes
4
Q
Taxonomy

A
Order Galliformes
5
Q
Taxonomy

A
Order Passeriformes
6
Q
Taxonomy

A
Order Pelecaniformes
7
Q
Taxonomy

A
Piciformes
8
Q
What is this area called?

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Pharynx
9
Q

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Crop
10
Q

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Kidney
11
Q

A
Cloaca
12
Q
Attached to the Cloaca is the

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Large intestine
13
Q

A
Small intestine
14
Q

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Contour feather
15
Q

A
Down feather
16
Q

A
Gallbladder
17
Q

A
Proventriculus
18
Q

A
Gizzard
19
Q

A
Duodenum
20
Q

A
Pancreas
21
Q

A
Filoplume feather
22
Q

A
Down feather
23
Q

A
Contour feather
24
Q

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Quill
25
Q

A
Shaft
26
Q

A
Vane
27
Q

A
Smallest - Hooks
Barbules
Barbs
28
Q

A
Upper mandible
(lower mandible under it)
29
Q

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Keeled sternum
30
Q

A
Furcula / furculum
31
Q

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Pygostyle
32
Q

A
Caudal vertebrae
33
Q

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Synsacrum
34
Q

A
Ribs
35
Q

A
Tibiotarsus
36
Q

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Femur
37
Q

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Tarsometatarsus