TOP TEN ORDERS OF BIRDS

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TOP TEN ORDERS OF BIRDS
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• Waterfowl
• Birds of Prey
• Owls
• Chicken-like
• Wading birds

• Shore birds
• Pigeons/doves
• Swifts
• Woodpeckers
• Perching birds

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columns for orders of birds.
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1. Anseriformes

• 2 families, 148 species
• Waterfowl
• ducks, geese swans

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1. Anseriformes

• full-bodied, short-legged swimming birds
  undercoat of down feathers

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• three webbed toes straining beak
• Aquatic/herbivorous/ piscivorous/gregarious

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2. Falconiformes

• 2 families, 271 species
• Birds of Prey (raptors)
• hawks, falcons, eagles, vultures

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2. Falconiformes

• feet strong with talons
• beak hooked and downcurved powerful flyers,
  soarers.
• visual acuity 6-8X ours
• Diurnal birds of prey/solitary/carnivorous

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3. Strigiformes

• 2 families, 134 species
• Owls

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3. Strigiformes

• strong beak and talons large head and eyes
  asymmetrical ears
• long rounded wings plumage soft, feathers
  frayed, tail short
• carnivorous/solitary/nocturnal

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4. Galliformes

• 7 families, 241 species
• Chicken-like birds
• quail, turkey, pheasants

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4. Galliformes

• feet large,heavy wings short, rounded adapted
  for short bursts of flight (white meat)
• beak short,stout
• non-migratory/insectivores and herbivores/grainivo
  res
• gregarious

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5. Gruiformes

• 12 families, 199 species
• Wading Birds
• Cranes, rails, bitterns, bustards, etc.
• Very ancient, endangered group

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5. Gruiformes

• large, long-necked, long-legged, aquatic or marsh
  birds
• (run, wade,or swim)
• omnivorous/extremely variable group

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6. Charadriiformes

• 16 families, 314 species
• Shorebirds
• sandpipers, gulls, auks, snipes, plovers, terns

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6. Charadriiformes

• dense, waterproof plumage
• long, narrow wings - champion flyers
• aquatic/gregarious/ extremely variable

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7. Columbiformes

• 2 families 134 species
• Pigeons doves

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7. Columbiformes

• short-necked heavy plumage excellent flyers
• drink by sucking cropmilk
• herbivorous/terrestrial/
• gregarious

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8. Apodiformes

• 3 families, 398 species
• Swifts Hummingbirds

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8. Apodiformes

• small feet, short legs agile flyers only birds
  to fly backwards
• long, narrow wings
• insectivorous nectar feeding/arboreal

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9. Piciformes

• 7 families, 375 species
• Woodpeckers, toucans
• long, barbed tongue
• toes and tail adapted for bracing.

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9. Piciformes

• undulating flight nest in cavities
• insectivorous or frugivorous/arboreal/ solitary
• Also includes honeyguides and bee-eaters.

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10. Passeriformes

• 67 families, 4040 species
• Perching Birds
• Include the songbirds

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10. Passeriformes

• perching foot most developed hind toe
• warblers, crows, tanagers, starlings, finches,
  thrushes, etc.

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The Perching Foot
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Use the following slides and/or web to fill in
the back of the owl page.
Beaks
Feet
Foot
Feather
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Famous Extinct N. American Birds
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Other Orders

• Albatrosses
• Pelicans
• Herons Storks
• Parrots
• Cuckoos
• Whipoorwills
• Kingfishers
• Mousebirds
• Trogons

• Penguins
• Ostrich
• Rheas
• Emus
• Kiwi
• Loons
• Tinamous
• Grebes

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TEST Tues/Wed!

• Intro to birds lecture
• Vocabulary, beaks, etc.
• 40 top ten orders
• HOURS Monday 12/13

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• A. Waterfowl
• B. Birds of Prey
• C. Owls
• D. Chicken-like Birds
• E. Wading Birds
• F. Shorebirds
• G. Pigeons/Doves
• H. Swifts/Hummingbirds
• I. Woodpeckers
• J. Perching Birds

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Vocabulary

• Altricial
• Arboreal
• Carnivorous
• Crepuscular
• Diurnal
• Gregarious
• Herbivorous

• Nocturnal
• Ornithology
• Piscivorous
• Precocial
• Solitary
• Terrestrial

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Squaw Creek NWR
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• 4 hours credit for next three weekends only
• (Lots of pics)