Taxonomy-Families Flashcards
Cracidae
Guans, chachalacas, curassows
Odontophoridae
Quails Mountain quail California quali
Phasianidae
Pheasants, grouse, etc Ring-necked pheasant Ruffed grouse Sooty grouse Wild turkey
Gaviidae
Loons Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon
Spheniscidae
Penguins
Podicipedidae
Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe
Diomedeidae
Albatrosses
Procellariidae
Shearwaters and petrels Sooty Shearwater
Hydrobatidae
Storm-petrels
Ciconiidae
Storks
Sulidae
Boobies and gannets
Phalacrocoracidae
Cormorants Brandt’s Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant
Pelecanidae
Pelicans Brown Pelican
Ardeidae
Herons, egrets, bitterns American Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron
Threskiornithidae
Ibises and spoonbills White-faced Ibis
Cathartidae
Vultures Turkey Vulture
Pandionidae
Osprey
Accipitridae
Hawks, Eagles, kites Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk
Rallidae
Rails, gallinules, coots Virginia Rail Sora American Coot
Gruidae
Cranes Sandhill Crane
Recurvirostridae
Stilts and avocets Black-necked Stilt American Avocet
Haematopodidae
Oystercatchers Black Oystercatcher
Charadriidae
Plovers and lapwings Black-bellied Plover Killdeer
Scolopacidae
Sandpipers and allies Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Dunlin Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe
Alcidae
Auks, murres, puffins Common Murre Pigeon Guillemot Marbled Murrelet
Laridae
Gulls, terns, skimmers Ring-billed Gull Western Gull California Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Caspian Tern