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Taxonomy-Families Flashcards

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Cracidae

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Guans, chachalacas, curassows

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Odontophoridae

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Quails Mountain quail California quali

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Phasianidae

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Pheasants, grouse, etc Ring-necked pheasant Ruffed grouse Sooty grouse Wild turkey

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Gaviidae

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Loons Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon

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Spheniscidae

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Penguins

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Podicipedidae

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Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe

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Diomedeidae

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Albatrosses

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Procellariidae

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Shearwaters and petrels Sooty Shearwater

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Hydrobatidae

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Storm-petrels

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Ciconiidae

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Storks

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Sulidae

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Boobies and gannets

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Phalacrocoracidae

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Cormorants Brandt’s Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant

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Pelecanidae

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Pelicans Brown Pelican

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Ardeidae

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Herons, egrets, bitterns American Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron

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Threskiornithidae

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Ibises and spoonbills White-faced Ibis

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Cathartidae

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Vultures Turkey Vulture

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Pandionidae

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Osprey

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Accipitridae

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Hawks, Eagles, kites Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk

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Rallidae

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Rails, gallinules, coots Virginia Rail Sora American Coot

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Gruidae

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Cranes Sandhill Crane

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Recurvirostridae

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Stilts and avocets Black-necked Stilt American Avocet

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Haematopodidae

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Oystercatchers Black Oystercatcher

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Charadriidae

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Plovers and lapwings Black-bellied Plover Killdeer

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Scolopacidae

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Sandpipers and allies Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Dunlin Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe

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Alcidae

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Auks, murres, puffins Common Murre Pigeon Guillemot Marbled Murrelet

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Laridae

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Gulls, terns, skimmers Ring-billed Gull Western Gull California Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Caspian Tern

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Columbidae

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Pigeons and doves Rock Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove

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Cuculidae

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Tytonidae

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Barn owls Barn Owl

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Strigidae

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Owls Western Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Northern Pygmy-Owl Spotted Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl

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Caprimulgidae

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Nightjars and allies Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill

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Apodidae

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Swifts Vaux’s Swift

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Trochilidae

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Hummingbirds Anna’s Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird

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Trogonidae

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Momotidae

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Alcedinidae

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Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher

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Ramphastidae

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Picidae

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Woodpeckers Acorn Woodpecker Red-breasted Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker

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Falconidae

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Falcons and caracaras American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon

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Psittacidae

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Tyrannidae

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Tyrant flycatchers (Suborder tyranni) Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Black Phoebe Western Kingbird

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Laniidae

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Shrikes Loggerhead Shrike Northern Shrike

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Vireonidae

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Vireos Hutton’s Vireo

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Corvidae

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Crows, Jays, magpies Gray Jay Steller’s Jay Western Scrub-Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven

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Alaudidae

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Larks Horned Lark

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Hirundinidae

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Swallows Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow

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Paridae

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Chickadees and tits Black-capped Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee

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Aegithalidae

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Long-tailed tits Bushtit

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Sittidae

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Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch

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Certhiidae

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Creepers Brown Creeper

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Troglodytidae

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Wrens Rock Wren House Wren Pacific Wren Marsh Wren Bewick’s Wren

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Cinclidae

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Dippers American Dipper

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Regulidae

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Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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Sylvidae

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Old world warblers Wrentit

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Turdidae

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Thrushes and allies Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend’s Solitaire Swainson’s Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Varied Thrush

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Mimidae

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Mockingbirds and thrashers Sage Thrasher Northern Mockingbird

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Sturnidae

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Starlings European Starling

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Motacillidae

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Wagtails and pipits American Pipit

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Bombycillidae

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Waxwings Cedar Waxwing

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Calcariidae

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Longspurs and snow buntings Snow Bunting

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Parulidae

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New world warblers Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend’s Warbler Hermit Warbler Wilson’s Warbler

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Emberizidae

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Buntings, sparrows, allies Spotted Towhee Chipping Sparrow Brewer’s Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco

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Cardinalidae

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Cardinals and allies Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting

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Icteridae

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Blackbird like… Troupials and allies Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer’s Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Bullock’s Oriole

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Fringillidae

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Siskins, crossbills, allies House Finch Purple Finch Red Crossbill Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak

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Passeridae

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Old world sparrows House Sparrow

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Anatidae

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Ducks, geese etc Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Cackling Goode Canada Goose Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter Black Scoter Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow’s Goldeneye

Avian Systematics (6 decks)

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