BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes

1. BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID. Then, you’ll see the full photo with the name and perhaps some ID tips on specimens (not field ID)

3. American Wigeon; Anatidae; Anseriformes No other bird, much less other duck, has a whitish forehead with green on the face

5. Green-winged Teal; Anatidae; Anseriformes Green face patch on reddish-chestnut head unique. Warning = that white mark on the sides of the breast sometimes hard to see in study skins

7. Blue-winged Teal; Anatidae; Anseriformes No other bird, much less other duck, has a whitish crescent on face; pale blue secondary coverts are a bonus

9. Bufflehead; Anatidae; Anseriformes

10. Two species!

11. Canada Goose and Cackling Goose; Anatidae; Anseriformes Check out the difference in bill shape: Cackling is disproportionately shorter, more triangular

13. Reddish head, white back, black breast Canvasback; Anatidae; Anseriformes

15. You can barely see the line of black feathers down the back of the neck; note the plain light-brown face Fulvous Whistling-Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

17. Brown head, with clean white breast and white extending up sides of neck Northern Pintail; Anatidae; Anseriformes

19. GRAY! But compare to N. Pintail and Green-winged Teal Gadwall; Anatidae; Anseriformes

21. Unmistakable; those wavy dark markings on the breast and belly are distinctive Northern Bobwhite; Odontophoridae; Galliformes

23. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes No other duck has plain face and solid black belly

25. Greater White-fronted Goose; Anatidae; Anseriformes Either the irregular black markings on the breast and belly OR the white on the face is diagnostic (compare with Blue-winged Teal)

27. Green head, white neck ring, brown breast … Mallard; Anatidae; Anseriformes

28. Tough one!

29. Snow Goose (blue phase); Anatidae; Anseriformes

31. Reddish head, black breast, gray back – compare to Canvasback Redhead; Anatidae; Anseriformes

33. White patch on head diagnostic, but compare to Bufflehead Hooded Merganser; Anatidae; Anseriformes

35. Blackish head and breast with paler back (varies almost white to fairly dark grayish, usually mottled) Lesser Scaup; Anatidae; Anseriformes

37. Shaggy reddish-brown head, narrow bill (which will show serrations clearly in the specimen) Female Red-breasted Merganser; Anatidae; Anseriformes

39. Expanded bill tip diagnostic Northern Shoveler; Anatidae; Anseriformes

41. Nothing else has those colors and patterns on the back or wings Wild Turkey; Phasianidae; Galliformes

43. Vaguely like a Mallard, but skinny serrated bill, and much “messier” overall Red-beasted Merganser; Anatidae; Anseriformes

45. Dark head AND black back – contrast with Lesser Scaup Ring-necked Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

47. Dark crown with clean white face Ruddy Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

49. What else could it be? Wood Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

50. Two species