Lab - Birds Orders & Families Flashcards
Class: Aves
Number of species?
Distribution?
Five special adaptations (for what purpose)?
Type of birth?
Social behaviors?
Order: Galliformes
Common name?
Number of species? Common birds included?
Body types/mobility?
Courtship behaviors?
Seasonal behavior?
Value to humans?
Type of young?
Family: Phasianidae
Common name?
Order?
Common birds included?
Display adaptations?
Type of young?
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
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Order?
Number of species/distribution?
Comparison to phasianids?
North American specific distribution?
Type of young?
Order: Galliformes
Order: Charadriiformes
Common name?
Number of species?
Habitat?
Three major groups?
Parental strategy?
Seasonal behavior?
Family: Scolopacidae
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Number of species?
Common birds included?
Habitat?
Diet?
Seasonal behavior?
Value to humans?
Type of young?
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Columbidae
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Number of species/distribution?
Special habitat adaptation?
Body description/mobility?
Diet?
Cultural importance?
Family: Accipitridae
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Common birds included?
Diet?
Body description?
Habitat?
Reproductive rate?
Type of young?
Family: Falconidae
Common name?
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Number of species/distribution?
Circadian rhythm?
Relationship to Accipitriformes?
Food acquisition?
Type of young?
Family: Strigidae
Common name?
Order?
Number of species/distribution?
Food acquisition/circadian rhythm?
Social behavior?
Special adaptions for hunting?
Type of young?
Family: Picidae
Common name?
Order?
Number of species/distribution?
Foot type?
Special adaptations?
Nesting habit?
Type of young?
Order: Passeriformes
Common name?
Number of species/distribution?
Foot type?
Type of young?
Territorial/mating behaviors?
Body/coloration?
Family: Tyrannidae
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Family size/diversity?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
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Number of species/distribution?
Special adaptations?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
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Order?
Number of species?
Body size?
Social behavior?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sittidae
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Number of species?
Body type?
Diet/Food acquisition?
Food storage/consumption?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Troglodytidae
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Number of species?
Distribution?
Body size/song behavior?
Diet?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
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Order?
Number of species?
Body size?
Diet?
Plumage?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Bombycillidae
Common name?
Order?
Number of species?
Special markings?
Diet?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Parulidae
Common name?
Order?
Number of species/distribution?
Habitat use?
Body size?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Common name?
Order?
Number of species/distribution?
Common bird groups included?
Dimorphism?
Bill shape?
Singing style?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Common name?
Order?
Number of species/distribution?
Diet/adaptation?
Social behavior?
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Icteridae
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Order?
Number of species/distribution?
Common bird groups included?
Predominant coloration?
Dimorphism?
Breeding season behavior?
Order: Passeriformes
