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Types of Wetland Birds Flashcards

1
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how many North American birds rely on wetlands?

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80%

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wetland obligates

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require wetlands year-round

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Loons

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Common Loon; Red-throated Loon

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Grebes

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Pied-billed Grebe; Horned Grebe; Eared Grebe; Western Grebe

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Pelicans

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Brown Pelican; White Pelican

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Cormorants

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Double-Crested Cormorant

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Anhingas

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Anhinga

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Waterfowl birds:

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Swans (Trumpeter); geese (Snow); whistling ducks (Black-bellied); dabbling ducks (Gadwall); bay ducks (Cavasback); sea ducks (Harlequin); stiff-tailed ducks (Ruddy)

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Rails

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Virginia Rail; Sora, Clapper

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Shorebirds

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Plovers; Sandpipers; Avocets; Stilts; Curlews; Whimbrels, Phalaropes; Oystercatchers

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Plovers

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Killdeer; Black-bellied Plover

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Sandpipers

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Upland Sandpiper; Solitary Sandpiper; Lesser Yellowlegs Sandpiper; Dunlin Sandpiper; Short-billed Dowitcher

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Avocets

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American Avocet

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Stilts

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Black-necked Stilt

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Curlews

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Long-billed Curlew

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Whimbrel

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Whimbrel

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Phalaropes

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Wilson’s Phalarope

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Gulls

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Laughing Gull; Bonaparte’s Gull; Ring-billed Gull; Herring Gull; Black-backed Gull

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Terns

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Caspian Tern; Common Tern; Black Tern; Black Skimmer Tern

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Wading birds

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Herons; Egrets; Night Herons; Bitterns; Ibis’; Spoonbills; Flamingos

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Herons

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Great Blue Heron; Green Heron

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Egrets

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Great Egret; Snowy Egret; Cattle Egret; Tri-colored Egret; Reddish Egret

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Night Herons

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Black-crowned Night Heron; Yellow-crowned Night Heron

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Bitterns

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American Bittern

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Ibis’

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White Ibis; Glossy Ibis

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Spoonbills

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Roseate Spoonbill

27
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Facultative Spp

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require both wetland and upland habitats year round

most blackbirds; some sparrows, warblers, swallows; wrens; woodcock; snipe

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Blackbirds

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Red-winged Blackbird; Yellow-headed Blackbird; Common Grackle; Baltimore Oriole

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Sparrows

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Seaside Sparrow; Swamp Sparrow

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Warblers

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Palm Warbler; Prothonatory Warbler; Northern Waterthrush Warbler; Common Yellowthroat Warbler

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Swallows

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American Tree Swallow; Cliff Swallow

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Wrens

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Sedge Wren; Marsh Wren

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Woodcock

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Americn Woodcock

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Snipe

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Wilson’s Snipe

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Swans

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Geese

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Snow goose

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Whistling ducks

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Black-bellied Whistling Duck

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Dabbling Duck

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Bay Ducks

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Canvasback

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Sea Ducks

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Stiff-tailed Ducks

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Ruddy Stiff-tailed Ducks

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