Galloanseres Flashcards
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Galloanseres
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Neognathae; Gallinaceous birds
- 300 species
- Terrestrial, chicken like birds with short, rounded wings, well developed keel
- Sturdy legs, “walking” feet
- Short turned down bills
- Cryptically colored to brightly colored
- Typically produce large clutches, precoccial with downy feathers
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Galliseriformes: Moundbuilders
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Australasia, Malaysia
- Large feet, rarely fly
- 4th toe level with others
- Enormous nests-eggs incubated with heat of rotting vegetation
- Young fully feathered and capable of flight when they emerge
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Guans, currasows, chachalacas
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Neotropics
- Large birds, turkeys with long tails
- Loud!
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Guineafowl
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Africa
- Oldest of Galliformes
- Bare head and kneck
- Rudimentary spurs
- Found in flocks in bushy grasslands and open forests
- Follow monkeys and ungulates feed on manure
- Typically monogamous
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New world Quail
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N/S America
- Small, ground dwelling
- Precocial young
- 4th toe not elevated
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Pheasants and allies
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Worldwide
- Ground living birds, don’t fly for long
- Spurs on back of legs
- 4th toe elevated
- Domesticated
- Peacocks (upper tail coverts greatly lengthened)
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Screamers
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South america
- Loud
- Marshland
- Long, slender toes with rudimentary webs
- Wing spurs
- No uncinate process
- Skin filled with air bubbles; produce a crackling sound
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Magpie Goose
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Australia
- Long hind toe, partially webbed feet
- Breeds in large colonies
- Presents food to its young (unique behavior)
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Anatidae: Swans, geese, ducks
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Worldwide 174 species
- Palmate webbed feet
- Flattened, blunt bill with nail at tip and lamellae
- Weatherproof feathers, distinct tracts, layer of down beneath
- Terrestrial grazers to deep water divers
- Bill form varies with diet
- Monogamous, males do not assist with parental care
- In northern temperate species, drakes pair with hens on wintering grounds and return to mates birthplace
