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Bird Identification Guide for Students

This comprehensive bird identification guide provides information on various bird species, including their order, family, species, common names, physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats. A valuable resource for students studying ornithology or birdwatching.

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Bird Identification Guide for Students

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  1. B A 1a. Identify the order, family, species, common name of each. 1b. How fast can each beat their wings? (beats per sec) 1c. What behavior do the males of each species use to attract mates and defend territory? 1d. How are these birds useful to the plant life cycle?

  2. 2a. Identify the order, family, species, common name. 2b. Among flocks of what species can this bird often be found? 2c. Describe the materials that generally comprise this bird’s nest? 2d. Is this a migratory species?

  3. 2a. Identify the order, family, species, common name. 2b. What is on the bird’s forehead? 2c. This bird has a well-known nickname in Jamaica. What is it and why? 2d. What is this bird’s primary habitat?

  4. 4a. Identify the order, family, species, common name. 4b. This bird’s ________ is/are each covered by a single, tiny feather. 4c. What is the significance of the feather(s)? 4d. Is this a monogamous species?

  5. A 5a. Identify the order, family, species and common name of each. 5b. What, if any, federal protection do birds of species A receive? 5c. How do pairs of species A work together in hunts? 5d. Is species A an adult or juvenile? How can you tell, or is it possible to tell? B

  6. 6a. Identify the order, family, species and common name. 6b. This is a “keystone” species. What does that term mean and why is this bird one? 6c. Is this a migratory species? 6d. How does the female differ from the male?

  7. B A 7a. Identify the species, common name of each. 7b. What is the meaning of B’s common family name? 7c. Males of Species A have blue eyerings in breeding season. True or False? 7d. What uncommon foraging behavior do A and B share?

  8. 8a. Identify the order, family, species and common name. 8b. What is unique about this particular bird’s feeding habits from others in its order? 8c. What physical adaptation enables this bird to perch on branches? 8d. If you saw this bird overhead, how would you know that it is not any other bird in its order?

  9. 9a. Identify the order, family, species, common name. 9b. What is a significant characteristic of this bird’s tail? 9c. This bird’s reproduction cycle depend upon another specie’s life cycle. Which one? 9d. In what biome does this bird live?

  10. 10a. Identify the order, family, species, common name. 10b. What is the function of this bird’s specialized beak? 10c. Is this a migratory species? 10d. How is this bird classified by the IUCN?

  11. 1a. Apodiformes, Trochilidae, Lampornisclemenciae, Blue-throated Hummingbird and Archilochuscolubris, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1b. 23 bps, 52 bps 1c. Vocalizations, Aerial display 1d. Pollinate flowers from which they feed 2a. Passeriformes, Paridae, Poecilecarolinensis, Carolina Chickadee 2b. Tufted Titmouse 2c. Coarse materials such as moss, lined with plant material such as grass and feather hair 2d. No 3a. Charadriiformes, Jacanidae, Jacana Spinosa, Northern Jacana 3b. Frontal Shield 3c. “Jesus bird”, appears to walk on water because of its extremely long toes 3d. Marshes, flooded fields, slow-moving water 4a. Passeriformes, Regulidae, Regulussatrapa, Golden-crowned Kinglet 4b. Nostrils 4c. Protects from wood dust 4d. Yes 5a. A- Falconiformes, Accipitridae, Aquila chrysaetos, Golden Eagle; B – Falconiformes, Accipitridae, Haliaeetusleucocephalus, Bald Eagle 5b. Protected in US –posession of feather or other body part is a felony 5c. One chases prey to exhaustion, Second swoops down for the kill 5d. Juvenile – dark brown with variable white mottling on wings and tail (first 4 years of life) 6a. Piciformes, Picidae, Sphyrapicusvarius, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6b. One whose existence is vital for the maintenance of a community; drills holes in trees to get sap, holes used as homes by other birds 6c. Yes 6d. Female has a white throat, Male has a red throat w black border 7a. A- Mniotiltavaria Black and White Warbler; B- Sittacarolinensis, White-breasted Nuthatch 7b. Gathers nuts and seeds, jams into tree bark, hammers of “hatches” food open with their bills 7c. False 7d. Much foraging is done by crawling under and over branches, up and down trunks of trees 8a. Falconiiformes, Accipitridae, PandionHaliaetis, Osprey 8b. Feeds exclusively on fish 8c. Opposable toe 8d. Holds wings at an angle, kinked like a gull 9a. Charadriiformes, Stercoriidae, Stercorariuspomarinus, PomarineJaegar 9b. Two longest central feathers are twisted together vertically 9c. Lemmings 9d. Tundra 10a. Passeriformes, Fringillidae, Loxiacurvirostna, Red crossbill 10b. Extract seeds from [pine] cones 10c. No. 10d. Least Concern

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