week 2 BIrd ID: swifts, hummers, shorebirds, hawks, etc

Order containing: Nightshade and allies

Caprimulgiformes

Order Caprimulgiformes

what is the family?

Family: Caprimulgidae

Capri = goat

Mulg = to milk

Nighthawks

Goat-milkers = shaped birds

Common Name: Common Nighthawk

BIrd Banding name: CONI

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Caprimulgidae

Large mouth

Sounds: “Peeent…..Peeent” (alien laser, very nasal)

Swifts

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Apodidae

A = without

Pod = foot

Common Name: white-throated swifts

Banding name: WTSW

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Apodidae

Sound: harsh, repeated; ki ki ki kir kiir Kirsten fast sound

Common Name: Vaux's swifts

Banding name: VASW

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Apodidae

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds

Trochi = small bird

Common Name: Rofous Hummingbird

Banding name: RUHU

Sound: chu chu chu (note the wings “humming” high pitch)

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family Trochilidae

Banding name: CUHU

Common name: Calliope Hunmingbird

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Trochilidae

Purple under the beak to neck

Common name: Sora

Banding name: SORA

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Rallidae

Sounds: a long, squealing whiny, descending and slowly at end Ko-weeeee-e-e-e

Common name: American Coot

Banding name: AMCO

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Rallidae

Weird alien like web feet

Crane birds

Order: Gruiformes

Gru = crane

Family: Gruidae

Gru = cranes

Common name: Sandhill crane

Banding code: SACR

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Gruidae

Sound: loud, resonant, wooden rattle, machine-like, sounds also like its saying ‘hard work’

Stilts and avocets

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadri = a bird of ravines, Riverbeds, or stony channels

Family: Recurvistridae

Rescruvi = curved back

Rostr = beak/bill

Common name: Black-necked Silt

Banding code: BNST

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Order: charadriiformes

Family: Recurvirostidae

Long pointed beak

Long curved beak

Common name: American Avocet

Banding code: AMAV

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Recurvirostridae

Lovers and Lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadri bird of ravines, riverbeds, or stony channels

Family: Charadriidae

Common name: Killdeer

Banding Code: KILL

Sound: shrill, “kill-deer, kill-deer”

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Charadriidae

Sandpaper and allies

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadri = a bird of ravines, riverbeds, or stony channels

Family: Scolopaccidae

Scolopac = “woodcock-like”, ie. With long, spear-like bill

Common name: Long-billed Curlew

Banding code: LBCU

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

Bill curves down

Light-colored legs

Common name: Marbled Godwit

Banding code: MAGO

Bill curved: up

Dark-colored legs

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

Common name: Wilson's Snipe

Banding code: WISN

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

Sound: haunting, wavering “hu-hu-hu”, similar to an owl call

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

Common name: Wilson's Phalarope

Small shorebird

Banding code: WIPH

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

Common name: Spotted Sandpiper

Banding code: SPSA

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadri = a bird of ravines, riverbeds, or stony channels

Family: Laridae

Lari = gull

Black bald head

Common name: Boneparte's Gull

Banding code: BOGU

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

Common name: Ring-billed Gull

Black ring around its beak

Banding code: RBGU

Common name: Black Tern

Banding code: BLTE

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

One of the smallest terns here compared to a Sandwich tern.

Loons

Order: Gaviiiformes

Family: Gaviidae

Gavi = seabird-like

Order: Gaviiiformes

Family: Gaviidae

Common name: Loon

Banding code: COLO

Sound: eerie, wavering echo-y yodel (splashing) or wolf-bird

Babies have to stay on mother's back or die

Cormorants and shags

Bald-faced birds on this Family

Order: Suliformes

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Suli = booby-like

Phalacro = Bald

Corac = crow

Order: Suliformes

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Common name: double-crested Cormorant

Banding code: DCCO

Similar look alike to an Angina but not it

Pelicans

Order : Pelecaniformes

Family: Pelecanidae

Pelecan = pelican-like waterbirds

Order : Pelecaniformes

Family: Pelecanidae

Common name: American White Pelican

Banding code: AWPE

Herons

Order : Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

Arde = heron

Pelecan = pelican-like waterbirds

Order : Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

Common name: Great Blue Heron

Banding code: GBHE

Vultures

Order: Cathariformes

Family: Catharidae

Cathar = to clean/ purify

Order: Cathariformes

Family: Catharidae

Common name: Turkey Vulture

Banding code: TUVU

Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Pandionidae

A special unique bird

Pandio = a king in Greek mythology

Accipit = to seize, grasp, snatch

Common name: Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Pandionidae

Banding code: OSPR

Also known as a seahawk

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Accipi = to seize, grasp, snatch

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Common name: golden eagle

Banding code: GOEA

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Common name: Bald eagle

Banding code: BAEA

Sound: weak sound not a high strong sound like Hollywood claims

“Suprisely” weak sounding call - usually a series of high-pitched pips and whistling

Common name: Northern Harrier

Banding code: NOHA

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Common name: American Goshawk

Banding code: AGOS

Common name: Sharp-shinned Hawk

banding code: SSHA

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Tiniest hawk

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Common name: Swaison's hawk

Banding code: SWHA

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Common name: Ferruginous Hawk

Banding code: FEHA

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Common name: Red-tailed hawk

Banding code: RTHA

Sound: classic hawk cry

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Common name: Rough-legged Hawk

Banding code: RLHA