1 / 11

More Ornithology Practice

More Ornithology Practice. Numero dos 1/4/10. A. B. Passeriformes; Parulidae; Icteria virens (Yellow-breasted Chat) Large size, stout bill, long tail; display flight--hovering with slow, deep-flapping wings and dangling feet; also mimics other birds’ songs.

manton
Download Presentation

More Ornithology Practice

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. More Ornithology Practice Numero dos 1/4/10

  2. A B • Passeriformes; Parulidae; Icteria virens (Yellow-breasted Chat) • Large size, stout bill, long tail; display flight--hovering with slow, deep-flapping wings and dangling feet; also mimics other birds’ songs. • Habitat loss from deforestation, which also leads to increased brood parasitism from Brown-headed Cowbirds

  3. A B C • A: Charadriiformes, Jacanidae, Jacana spinosa (Jacana spinosa) • B: Charadriiformes, Recurvirostridae, Recurvirostraamericana (American Avocet) • C: Gruiformes, Rallidae, Rallus longirostris (Clapper Rail) • Extreeeeeemely long toes and claws allow it to walk on floating plantsappears to walk on water • Breeding adult has entire head and neck a darker rusty color. Winter adult has gray head and neck. • “Saltmarshes and mangrove swamps”

  4. Piciformes; Picidae; Colaptes auratus (Northern Flicker) • Females—no colored stripe on chin area. • Mainly ants, also other insects. Forages on ground and uses long tongue to catch food. • Rising and falling, alternating flapping and gliding.

  5. =O • Passeriformes; Tyrannidae; Tyrannus verticalis (Western Kingbird) • Pastures on the resulting land = lots of insects! • In trees or similar manmade things (poles, fence posts) • Wool, cotton, hair, feathers, cloth

  6. A B • Both: Passeriformes; A: Icteridae, Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink); B: Emberizidae, Calamospiza melanocorys (Lark Bunting) • Only American bird with white on back and black below. Yellowish with brown streaks and stripes on crown. • Grasslands and meadows • Colorado • Attempting to drink from livestock water tanks.

  7. Passeriformes; Alaudidae; Eremophila alpestris (Horned Lark) • Walking/running • Adults usually eat seeds, but feed insects to young • Open land—colonizes mowed areas around airports

  8. Passeriformes; Emberizidae; Calcarius lapponicus (Lapland Longspur) • Black face and chest, yellowy eyestripe • Arctic tundra! • Longspur = elongated hind toe

  9. Passeriformes; Cinclidae; Cinclus mexicanus (American Dipper) • Low metabolic rate, extra oxygen-carrying capacity in its blood, and a thick coat of feathers (yes, plagiarism =\) • In swift streams—swims and walks along river bottom • Domed/ball-like structure with two shells

  10. A B B • Falconiformes!; Acciptridae; Buteo swainsoni (Swainson’s Hawk) • Western Kingbird, but I meant to ask for family here. Lo siento. Most likely defending its territory from that pesky intruding hawk. • Older ones kill and eat the younger ones… • Open grasslands, farmlands, shrublands

  11. Passeriformes; Fringillidae; Coccothraustes vespertinus (Evening Grosbeak) • Coniferous forests • Crack open large seeds • Sunflower seeds

More Related