Orders of birds Flashcards
Ducks and geese
Anseriformes
fam Anatidae
Pheasant and Grouse
Galliformes
fam: phesianidae
Grebes
Podicipediformes
Fam: podicipedidae
Pigeons
Columbiformes
Fam: Columbidae
Cuckoos
Cuculiformes
Fam: Cuculidae
Goatsuckers
Caprimulgiformes
fam: caprimulgidae
Hummingbird
Apodiformes
fam: Trochilidae
Swift
Apodiformes
fam: apodidae
Cranes
Gruiformes
Gruidae
Rails
Gruiformes
Rallidae
Shorebirds
Charadriiformes
Plovers
Charadriiformes
charadriidae
Sandpipers and phalarpes
Charadriiformes
Scolopacidae
Skua and Jaegers
Charadriiformes
Stercorariidae
Auks and puffis
Charadriiformes
Alcidae
Gulls
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Terns
Charadriiformes
Laridae
Loons
Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
Tube nose swimmers
Procellariiformes
Frigatebird, booby, cormorant
Suliformes
Gannet
Suliformes
sulidae
Cormorant
Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae
Pelican
Pelecaniformes
Pelecanidae
Herons and Bitterns
Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae
Turkey Vulture
Cathartiformes
cathartidae
Osprey
Accipitriformes
Pandionidae
Hawks, eagles, harrier
Accipitriformes
Accipitridae
Owls
Strigiformes
Tytonidae
Strigidae
Barn Owl
Strigiformes
Tytonidae
Kingfisher
Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae
Woodpeckers
Piciformes
Picidae
Falcons
Falconiformes
Falconidae
Order with Syndactyl toes
Coraciiformes
Family with pamprodactyl toes
Apodiformes
Orders with Zygodactyl toes
Cuculiformes, Strigiformes, Piciformes
Families with reticulate scales
Charadriidae, falconidae (falconifromes)
Birds with lobate toes
Podicipediformes, Rallidae
Birds with semi-palmate feet
Galliformes, semi-palmated plover, sandpiper
Order/fams with totipalmate feet
Suliformes (inc phalacrocoracidae) and Pelecanidae
Birds with palmate feet
Anatiformes, stercroariidae, alcidae, laridae, gaviidae
Birds with no crop
Gruiformes
Birds that cough up pellets
Strigiformes
Birds with reversed sexual dimorphism
Phalaropes and Alcedinidae
Birds with waterproofing powder
Ardeidae
Birds with pectinate toe
Caprimulgidae, ardeidae, tytonidae
Toe arrangement of Anisodactyl
3:1
Toe arrangement of Zygodactyl
2:2
Toe arrangement of Syndactyl
2 fused
Toe arrangement of pamprodactyl
can switch 2-4
What is totipalmare
4 toes joined
Birds with afterfeather insulation
Pheseanidae
Bird with a reversible toe
Pandionidae
Bird with a bustle
sandhill crane
bird with a gorget
ruby throated hummingbird
Order with salt ejection from nose
Procellariiformes
Bird with no septum (aseptate)
Turkey vulture
Endangered species
King Rail
Whooping Crane
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Golden Eagle
Barn Owl
Acadian Flycatcher
Kirtland’s Warbler
Loggerhead Shrike
Henslow’s sparrow
Prothonotary Warbler
Introduced Species
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Gray Partridge
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
European Starling
House Sparrow
Rock Pigean
Birds with colour morphs
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Ruffed Grouse
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Great Blue Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Lumped Species
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate and Orgeon)
northern flicker
Split species
Blue headed vireo
Alder and willow flycatcher split from Traills
Gray cheeked thrush
Flycatchers
Tyrannidae
Shrikes
Laniidae
Vireos
Vireonidae
Corvids
Corvidae
Horned Lark
Alaudidae
Swallows
Hirundinidae
Chickadees
Paridae
Nuthatches
Sittidae
Brown Creeper
Certhiidae
Wrens
Troglodytidae
Kinglets
Regulidae
Thrushes
Turdidae
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Mimidae
European Starling
Sturnidae
Waxwings
Bombycillidae
House Sparrow
Passeridae
American Pipit
Motacillidae
Finches
Fringillidae
Snow Bunting
Calcariidae
New world Sparrows and Old World Buntings
Emberizidae
Blackbirds and Allies
Icteridae
Warblers
Parulidae
Cardinals and Allies
Cardinalidae
Bird with long back toenail and who walks
American Pipit
Motacillidae
Family with only 9 primaries
Parulidae
Family with long scapular plumes
Ardeidae
Bird with long inner rectrices
Northern Pintail
Long tailed duck
Long-tailed Jaeger
Bird with long outer rectrices
Terns
bird that grows scale snow-shoes
Ruffed Grouse
Difference between ruffed and spruce grouse
Ruffed has subterminal tail band Spruce have chestnut tail-ends
Buteos
Big head, short wings
Broad winged
Red Tailed
Rough legged
Golden Eagle
Accipters
Coopers
Sharp-shinned
Northern Goshawk