Birds & Mammals (BI 455)

Delphinidae

Common dolphin- spotted, striped, Pacific white sided

Phocoenidae

Porpoise- Dall’s, Vaquinta,

Monodontidae

Narwhal, balgua

Iniidae

[River dolphin]- Amazon

Ponteporiidae

[River dophin']- South America

Lipotidae

[River dolphin]- Yangtze *Extinct

Plantanistidae

[River dolphin]- Ganges

Ziphiidae

Beaked whale

Physteridae

Sperm whale

Balaenopteridae

Blue whale

Neobaleanidae

Pygmy whale

Balaenidae

Bowhead whale

Eschrichtiidae

Gray whale

What feature do Mysticeti have?

Balene

What feature do Odontoceti have?

Teeth

Charadriidae

snowy plover

Haematopodidae

Oystercatcher

Chionidae

Sheathbills

Phalacroncoracidae

Cormorant (think diving)

Anhingidae

Anhinga

Family Anatidae- Oxyurinae?

[diving ducks]- stiff tailed ducks

Family Anatidae- Merginae?

[Diving ducks]- scooters, eiders, mergansers

Family Anatidae- Aythyinae?

[Diving ducks]- scaup

(Family- Gaviidae) What order?

Gaviiformes

Alcidae?

Thick billed murres, common murres, great auk

Sulidae?

Northern Gennet, Blue-footed boobie

Fregatidae?

Great Frigatebird

Family Anatidae- Anserinae?

Swans

Family Anatidae- Anatinae?

Dabbling ducks

Podicipedae?

Western, Eared, Horned, Pied-billed Grebes

Gaviiformes?

Common (great N.), Artic (Pacific), red throated, yellow billed Loons

Spheniscidae?

Penguins

Family Spheniscidae- What order?

Sphenisciformes

Family Podicipedae- What order?

Podicipediformes

Pelicanidae? (+Ciconiiformes)

Brown Pelican

Phaethontidae

[tropic birds]- white tailed, red tailed terns

Pelecanoididae

Diving petrels

Hydrobatidae

Storm petrel, white faced storm petrel

procellariidae

Prions, Shearwater, Petrel

Diomedeidae

Albatross

Laridae

Tern, Jaegar, Gulls

Scolopacidae

Red-necked Phalarope