Ornithology Lab

Order Gaviiformes

• “Duck-like”

• Family Gaviidae (Common Loon)

Family Gaviidae

Common Loon

Order Podicipediforms

• “Grebe” order

• Family Podicipedidae (Pie-billed Grebe)

Family Podicipedidae

Pie-billed Grebe

Order Procellariiforms

• “True” Seabirds

• Family Diomedeidae (Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross)

Family Diomedeidae

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Order Pelecaniforms

• “Wading” Birds

• Family Pelecanidae, Ardeidae, Threkiornithidae

Family Pelecanidae

• “Pelican” Family

• American White Pelican, Brown Pelican

Family Ardeidae

• Herons and Egrets

• American Bittern, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Western Cattle Egret, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron

Family Threskiornithidae

• Ibls

• White-faced Ibis, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill

Order Suliforms

• Not true seabirds

• Family Fregatidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae

Family Fregatidae

Magnificant Frigatebird

Family Phalacrocoracidae

Double-crested Cormorant, Neotropical Coemorant

Family Anhingidae

Anhinga

Order Ciconiiformes

• Family Ciconiidae (Wood Stor)

Family Ciconiidae

Wood Stork

Order Anseriforms

• Ducks, Geese, Swan

• Family Anatidae

Family Anatidae

• Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, American

• Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Bufflehead, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, Canvasback, Northern Pintail, Canada Goose, Ross's Goose, Hooded Merganser, Gadwall

Order Accipitriformes

• Family Pandionidae, Accipitridae

Family Pandionidae

Osprey

Family Accipitridae

• Golden Eagle, Bald Eagle, Mississippi Kite, Swallow-tailed Kite, Northern Harrier, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson’s Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk

Order Falconiformes

• Family Falconidae

Family Falconidae

• American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Crested Caracara

Order Cathartiforms

• Family Cathartidae (Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture)

Family Cathartidae

Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture

Order Galliformes

• Family Phasianidae, Odontophoridae

Family Phasianidae

• Ring-necked Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Greater Prairie Chicken

Family Odontophoridae

• Northern Bobwhite, Scaled Quail, Montezuma Quail

Order Gruiformes

• Family Rallidae, Gruidae

Family Rallidae

• Clapper Rail, Sora, Common Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, American Coot

Family Gruidae

Sandhill Crane, Whooping Crane

Order Charadriiformes

• Stonebirds, terns and gulls

• Family Charadriidae, Recurvirostridae, Scolopacidae, Laridae

Family Charadriidae

Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer

Family Recurvirostridae

American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt

Family Scolopacidae

• Willet, Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Upland Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson Snipe, American Woodcocks

Family Laridae

• Gulls, terns, skimmers

• Franklin’s Gull, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Black Skimmer, Royal Tern

Order Columbiformes

• Doves and Dodos

• Family Columbidae

Family Columbidae

• Pigeons and Doves

• Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, White-winged Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove

Order Cuculiforms

• Family Cuculidae (Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Greater Roadrunner)

Family Cuculidae

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Greater Roadrunner

Order Coraciiformes

• Family Alcedinidae (Belted Kingfisher)

Family Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher

Order Stringiformes

• Owls

• Family Tytonidae, Strigidae

Family Tytonidae

American Barn Owl

Family Strigidae

• Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Eastern Screech Owl, Burrowing Owl

Order Caprimulgiformes

• Family Caprimuldidae

Family Caprimulgidae

• “Nightjar” Family

• Common Nighthawk, Common Poorwill, Chuck-will’s-widow

Order Apodiformes

• Family Apodidae

• Family Trochilidae

Family Apodidae

Chimney Swift

Family Trochilidae

• “Hummingbird” Family

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird

Order Piciformes

• woodpeckers

• Family Picidae

Family Picidae

• Northern Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-billed Sapsucker