1 / 45

BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Gaviidae through Cathartidae

BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Gaviidae through Cathartidae. 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).

tamra
Download Presentation

BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Gaviidae through Cathartidae

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. BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Gaviidae through Cathartidae 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)

  2. The only heron with a black crown and back, clean whitish underparts Black-crowned Night Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  3. Blackish body and nearly feather-less grayish black head Black Vulture; Cathartidae; Accipitriformes

  4. Only the White-faced Ibis has a decurved bill like this, and it isn’t white White Ibis; Threskiornithidae; Pelecaniformes

  5. Bare head like a vulture; bill decurved at tip Wood Stork; Ciconiidae; Ciconiiformes

  6. Tawny crown and center of breast; pale bill and legs Cattle Egret; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  7. The only heron with complex, brown plumage; note the blackish malar American Bittern; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  8. The only bird, much less heron, with a yellowish crown; note uniform gray underparts Yellow-crowned Night Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  9. Specimens never have heads this red, but they are never blackish Turkey Vulture; Cathartidae; Accipitriformes

  10. Small heron with green feathers in back, dark crown, dark reddish brown neck, breast, and face Green Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  11. The only heron with reddish brown head (variable) and grayish blue body Little Blue Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  12. All white heron with black bill Unfortunately the yellow feet don’t retain that color much in the specimens Snowy Egret; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  13. All white heron with yellowbill Great Egret; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  14. Large gray heron with black crown Great Blue Heron; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  15. Large, black, long FORKED tail, hooked bill Magnificent Frigatebird; Fregatidae; Suliformes

  16. Large, black, relatively short tail, hooked bill; posterior border of facial skin relatively rounded; lores not feathered Double-crested Cormorant; Phalacrocoracidae; Suliformes

  17. Small, blackish, white upper tail coverts; single elevated tubular nostril, visible even in this photo Wilson’s Storm-Petrel; Hydrobatidae; Procellariiformes

  18. Like Double-crested, but posterior border of facial skin relatively angular, often bordered by white feathers; lores feathered Neotropic Cormorant; Phalacrocoracidae; Suliformes

  19. Tiny heron with dark back and crown, tawny brown face and upper wing coverts Least Bittern; Ardeidae; Pelecaniformes

  20. Large, black, relatively long tail, straight bill (no hook like cormorants); silvery feathers in upperwing coverts; notice corrugated central rectrices, tipped light brownish Anhinga; Anhingidae; Suliformes

  21. Decurved bill and not white, so … May look black, but … White-faced Ibis; Threskiornithidae; Pelecaniformes

  22. Blackish brown above, white below; note parallel tubular nostrils on bill (barely visible at the base of the bill in this photo) Audubon’s Shearwater; Procellariidae; Procellariiformes

  23. What else could it be? Roseate Spoonbill; Threskiornithidae; Pelecaniformes

More Related