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Orders of birds Flashcards

1
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Ducks and geese

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Anseriformes
fam Anatidae

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Pheasant and Grouse

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Galliformes
fam: phesianidae

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Grebes

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Podicipediformes
Fam: podicipedidae

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Pigeons

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Columbiformes
Fam: Columbidae

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Cuckoos

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Cuculiformes
Fam: Cuculidae

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Goatsuckers

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Caprimulgiformes
fam: caprimulgidae

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7
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Hummingbird

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Apodiformes
fam: Trochilidae

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Swift

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Apodiformes
fam: apodidae

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9
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Cranes

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Gruiformes
Gruidae

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10
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Rails

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Gruiformes
Rallidae

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11
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Shorebirds

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Charadriiformes

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12
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Plovers

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Charadriiformes
charadriidae

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Sandpipers and phalarpes

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Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae

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14
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Skua and Jaegers

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Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae

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15
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Auks and puffis

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Charadriiformes
Alcidae

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16
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Gulls

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Charadriiformes
Laridae

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17
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Terns

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Charadriiformes
Laridae

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18
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Loons

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Gaviiformes
Gaviidae

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19
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Tube nose swimmers

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Procellariiformes

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20
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Frigatebird, booby, cormorant

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Suliformes

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21
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Gannet

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Suliformes
sulidae

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22
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Cormorant

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Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae

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23
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Pelican

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Pelecaniformes
Pelecanidae

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24
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Herons and Bitterns

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Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae

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25
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Turkey Vulture

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Cathartiformes
cathartidae

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26
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Osprey

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Accipitriformes
Pandionidae

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27
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Hawks, eagles, harrier

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Accipitriformes
Accipitridae

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28
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Owls

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Strigiformes
Tytonidae
Strigidae

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29
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Barn Owl

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Strigiformes
Tytonidae

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30
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Kingfisher

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Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae

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31
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Woodpeckers

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Piciformes
Picidae

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32
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Falcons

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Falconiformes
Falconidae

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33
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Order with Syndactyl toes

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Coraciiformes

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34
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Family with pamprodactyl toes

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Apodiformes

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35
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Orders with Zygodactyl toes

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Cuculiformes, Strigiformes, Piciformes

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36
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Families with reticulate scales

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Charadriidae, falconidae (falconifromes)

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37
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Birds with lobate toes

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Podicipediformes, Rallidae

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38
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Birds with semi-palmate feet

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Galliformes, semi-palmated plover, sandpiper

39
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Order/fams with totipalmate feet

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Suliformes (inc phalacrocoracidae) and Pelecanidae

40
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Birds with palmate feet

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Anatiformes, stercroariidae, alcidae, laridae, gaviidae

41
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Birds with no crop

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Gruiformes

42
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Birds that cough up pellets

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Strigiformes

43
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Birds with reversed sexual dimorphism

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Phalaropes and Alcedinidae

44
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Birds with waterproofing powder

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Ardeidae

45
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Birds with pectinate toe

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Caprimulgidae, ardeidae, tytonidae

46
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Toe arrangement of Anisodactyl

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3:1

47
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Toe arrangement of Zygodactyl

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2:2

48
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Toe arrangement of Syndactyl

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2 fused

49
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Toe arrangement of pamprodactyl

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can switch 2-4

50
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What is totipalmare

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4 toes joined

51
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Birds with afterfeather insulation

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Pheseanidae

52
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Bird with a reversible toe

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Pandionidae

53
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Bird with a bustle

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sandhill crane

54
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bird with a gorget

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ruby throated hummingbird

55
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Order with salt ejection from nose

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Procellariiformes

56
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Bird with no septum (aseptate)

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Turkey vulture

57
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Endangered species

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King Rail
Whooping Crane
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Golden Eagle
Barn Owl
Acadian Flycatcher
Kirtland’s Warbler
Loggerhead Shrike
Henslow’s sparrow
Prothonotary Warbler

58
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Introduced Species

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Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Gray Partridge
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
European Starling
House Sparrow
Rock Pigean

59
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Birds with colour morphs

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Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Ruffed Grouse
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Great Blue Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl

60
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Lumped Species

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Dark-eyed Junco (Slate and Orgeon)
northern flicker

61
Q

Split species

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Blue headed vireo
Alder and willow flycatcher split from Traills
Gray cheeked thrush

62
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Flycatchers

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Tyrannidae

63
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Shrikes

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Laniidae

64
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Vireos

A

Vireonidae

65
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Corvids

A

Corvidae

66
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Horned Lark

A

Alaudidae

67
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Swallows

A

Hirundinidae

68
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Chickadees

A

Paridae

69
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Nuthatches

A

Sittidae

70
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Brown Creeper

A

Certhiidae

71
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Wrens

A

Troglodytidae

72
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Kinglets

A

Regulidae

73
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Thrushes

A

Turdidae

74
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Mockingbirds and Thrashers

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Mimidae

75
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European Starling

A

Sturnidae

76
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Waxwings

A

Bombycillidae

77
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House Sparrow

A

Passeridae

78
Q

American Pipit

A

Motacillidae

79
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Finches

A

Fringillidae

80
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Snow Bunting

A

Calcariidae

81
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New world Sparrows and Old World Buntings

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Emberizidae

82
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Blackbirds and Allies

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Icteridae

83
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Warblers

A

Parulidae

84
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Cardinals and Allies

A

Cardinalidae

85
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Bird with long back toenail and who walks

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American Pipit
Motacillidae

86
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Family with only 9 primaries

A

Parulidae

87
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Family with long scapular plumes

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Ardeidae

88
Q

Bird with long inner rectrices

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Northern Pintail
Long tailed duck
Long-tailed Jaeger

89
Q

Bird with long outer rectrices

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Terns

90
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bird that grows scale snow-shoes

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Ruffed Grouse

91
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Difference between ruffed and spruce grouse

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Ruffed has subterminal tail band Spruce have chestnut tail-ends

92
Q

Buteos

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Big head, short wings
Broad winged
Red Tailed
Rough legged
Golden Eagle

93
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Accipters

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Coopers
Sharp-shinned
Northern Goshawk

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