Wildlife ID Lab 2
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BONUS: juvenile swan name?
Define population.
One species able to find and reproduce with each other and pass on genetics.
Define Galliformes
chicken like birds
where are the primary feathers
long feathers on the outside of the wing. furthest from the body
Where are the secondary feathers
Where are the tertial feathers
wings closest to the body at the base of the wing
what is the alula
the wrist at the top of the wing
What kingdom are all upland birds in?
Animalia
What are characteristics of all in the animalia kingdom?
multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic
What are the characteristics of all in the phylum chordia…
backbone
What phylum are all the upland birds in?
What class are all upland birds in?
Aves
What are the characteristics for the class aves?
What order are the chickens, turkey, grouse, and quail?
galliformes
What do galliform birds have in common?
precocial young (poults), ground nesters, plant and insect eating, sexually dimorphic, feet adapted to scratch and run
What family are turkey, grouse, pheasants, and peacocks in?
Phasianidae
What sub family are grouse and ptarmigans in?
Tetraoninae
What is the scientific name for ruffed grouse?
Bonasa umbellus
What is an identifiable characteristic of the ruffed grouse?
feathered nostrils
When sexing a ruffed grouse while looking at the subterminal band how do you know when it is a female?
broken band when the tail feather is less than it equal to 5.5”
Can you tell a rudder grouse is a female just by a broken central band?
No. you must measure. must be equal to or less than 5.5”
On a ruffed grouse how do to tell the grouse is an adult by looking at the primary feather?
there will be ridging and past shed feather fabric in it.
What is the scientific name of the wild turkey?
Meleagris gallopavo
What family is a wild turkey in?
Phasianidae
What subfamily is the wild turkey in?
Meleagridinae
What shape is the skat of a male turkey and grouse?
J shaped
What is a snoot?
long fleshy appendage above the beak. can lengthen or shorten as part of breeding display
Caruncles
fleshy bumps…
beard
GEY TURKEY ANATOMY
When determining the sex of a turkey what will the male breast feathers look like?
age turkeys based on spur length
What is the scientific name of a ring neck pheasant?
Phasianus colchicus
bobwhite quail family
odontiforidae
bobwhite quail order
galliformes
Woodcock scientific name
Scolopax minor
woodcock habitat
early forest
woodcock food
worms and grub
woodcock identification
long beak and barring on forehead
on a bobwhite quail how does one tell if it is a juvenile
light color on the tip of the primary covert
woodcock order
charadriiformes
woodcock family
scolopacidae
what is the difference between the male and female woodcock
females are larger than males
male winnowing feathers width on a woodcock
less than or equal to 12.4 mm
female winnowing feather width woodcock
greater than or equal to 12.6 mm
female winnowing feather width woodcock
greater than or equal to 12.6 mm
how many winnowing feathers does a female woodcock have
14-15
what does a juvenile woodcock have on their covert feathers
a smiley face at the top of the feather
pigeon and dove order
columbiformes
pigeon and dove family
columbidae
mourning dove scientific name
Zenaida macroura
what color feet do mourning doves have
pink (especially males)