Lab 4- pictures (lots of taxa)

rock pigeon*

Columbiformes

Columbidae

eurasian collared-dove

Columbiformes

Columbidae

Pigeons

- produce crop milk

- fleshy cere around nostrils

mourning dove*

Columbiformes

Columbidae

yellow-billed cuckoo*

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae

greater roadrunner

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae

black-billed cuckoo

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae

american barn owl

Strigiformes

Tytonidae

owls

- silent flyer

- outer toe rotates

-

eastern screech owls**

Strigiformes

Strigidae

great horned owl*

Strigiformes

Strigidae

snowy owl

Strigiformes

Strigidae

burrowing owl

Strigiformes

Strigidae

barred owl*

Strigiformes

Strigidae

long-eared owl

Strigiformes

Strigidae

short-eared owl

Strigiformes

Strigidae

common nighthawk*

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae

common poorwill

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae

eastern whip-poor-will*

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae

Chuck-will's-widow

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae

swifts

- most of life flying

- long-pointed legs

- small feet

chimney swift

Apodiformes

Apodidae

ruby-throated hummingbird

Apodiformes

Trochilidae

kingfishers

- syndactyl feet

- stocky short legs

- nest in burrows they have created

- eat fish

belted kingfisher*

Coraciiformes

Alcendinidae

woodpeakers

- barb-tipped tongue

- zygodactyl feet

- undulating flight

- rectrices w/ stiff shafts to prop them up on trunks (tail supports them)

red-headed woodpecker

Piciformes

Picidae

red-bellied woodpecker*

Piciformes

Picidae

yellow-bellied sapsucker

Piciformes

Picidae

downy woodpecker

Piciformes

Picidae

hairy woodpecker

Piciformes

Picidae

northern flicker*

Piciformes

Picidae

pileated woodpecker

Piciformes

Picidae