Ornithology Lab Exam!!!

Common Loon, Gaviidae

Pied-billed Grebe, Podicipedidae

Northern Fulmar, Procellariidae

Sooty Shearwater, Procellariidae

Leach’s Storm Petrel, Hydrobatidae

Northern Gannet, Sulidae

Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocoracidae

American Bittern, Ardeidae

Black-crowned Night Heron, Ardeidae

Great Blue Heron, Ardeidae

American Black Duck, Anatidae

Canada Goose, Anatidae

Hooded Merganser, Anatidae

Red-breasted Merganser, Anatidae

Common Eider, Anatidae

White-winged Scoter, Anatidae

Northern Shoveler, Anatidae

Blue-winged Teal, Anatidae

Turkey Vulture, Cathartidae

Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipitridae

Northern Goshawk, Accipitridae

Northern Harrier, Accipitridae

What is a bird from the Accipitridae Family that we did not see?

Bald Eagle

Osprey, Pandionidae

American Kestrel, Falconidae

Merlin, Falconidae

Ruffed Grouse, Phasianidae

Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianidae

American Coot, Rallidae

Sora, Rallidae

Virginia Rail, Rallidae

Semipalmated Plover, Charadriidae

Black-bellied Plover, Charadriidae

American Woodcock, Scolopacidae

Lesser Yellowlegs, Scolopacidae

Great Black-backed Gull, Laridae

Common Tern, Laridae

Thick-billed Murre, Alcidae

Razorbill, Alcidae

Dovekie, Alcidae

Pigeon (rock dove), Columbidae

Mourning Dove, Columbidae

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Cuculidae

Barred Owl, Strigidae

Long-eared Owl, Strigidae

Short-eared Owl, Strigidae

Snowy Owl, Strigidae

Northern Saw-whet Owl, Strigidae

What animal did we not see from the Tytonidae family?

Barn Owl, Tytonidae

Common Nighthawk, Caprimulgidae

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Trochilidae

Belted Kingfisher, Alcedinidae

Northern Flicker, Picidae

What did we not see from the Picidae Family?

Hairy Woodpecker, Picidae

What did we not see from the Picidae Family?

Downy Woodpecker, Picidae

What bird did we not see from the Apodidae family? What foot type does it have and why?

Chimney Swift, Apodidae

Northern Parula, Parulidae

Northern Waterthrush, Parulidae

Common Grackle, Icteridae

Pine Grosbeak, Fringillidae

Common Yellowthroat, Parulidae

Chestnut-sided Warbler, Parulidae

Black and White Warbler, Parulidae

White-winged Crossbill, Fringillidae

Fox Sparrow, Passerellidae

Yellow-breasted Chat, Icteriidae

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cardinalidae

Dark-eyed Junko, Passerellidae

Red-eyed Vireo, Vireonidae

Black-throated Blue Warbler, Parulidae

American Redstart, Parulidae

Purple Finch, Fringillidae

Pine Siskin, Fringillidae

White-throated Sparrow, Passerellidae

Evening Grosbeak, Fringillidae

Black-throated Green Warbler, Parulidae

European Starling, Sturnidae

American Goldfinch, Fringillidae

Ovenbird, Parulidae

Magnolia Warbler, Parulidae

Ipswich Sparrow, Passerellidae

Brown-headed Cowbird, Icteridae

House Sparrow, Passeridae

Yellow-rumpled Warbler, Parulidae

What bird in the Fringillidae family did we not see? What does it look like?

The Red Crossbill. They have crossed bills. Males are an orangy-red while females are a mustard yellow

What bird did we not see from the Cardinalidae family? What does it look like?

The Northern Cardinal. It is all red with a black face and orange beak. (Spiky “hair”. Think Trudeau with an orange mask)

What bird did we not see from the Icteridae family? What does it look like?

The Red-winged Blackbird. Think a tiny itty bitty crow but with red-orange wing on upper part closest to body and a yellow-white stripe further down on wing after orange ends. Think black car with cool exterior stripe

Barn Swallow, Hirundinidae

Winter Wren, Troglodytidae

Horned Lark, Alaudidae

Cedar Waxwing, Bombycillidae

Tree Swallow, Hirundinidae

Brown Creeper, Certhiidae

American Crow, Corvidae

Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannidae

Brown Thrasher, Mimidae

Northern Shrike, Laniidae

Cliff Swallow, Hirundinidae