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17 Cards in this Set
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Anseriformes |
Waterfowl (ducks, geese, swans) -webbed feet -flattened bills |
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Galliformes |
Grouse, quail, pheasants, chicken, turkey -short, rounded wings -capable runners |
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Accipitriformes |
Raptors: hawks, eagles, vultures, osprey, kites -diurnal birds of prey -hooked bill -sharp talons |
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Apodiformes |
Swifts, hummingbirds -short legs with skin Swifts: Long, stiff, slender wings Hummingbirds: Feed while hovering and can fly backward |
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Caprimulgiformes |
Nighthawks and Nightjars -nocturnal insectivores -large flat heads, small bills, large mouths |
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Charadriiformes |
Shorebirds: sandpipers, plovers, stilts, gulls, terns -long pointed wings, long legs or webbed feet -migratory |
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Columbiformes |
Pigeons and doves -Small-headed, short-legged, swift-flying birds -All species coo, bob heads when walking |
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Coraciiformes |
Kingfishers, tody, motmot Kingfishers: Large-headed, short-tailed Dive for fish |
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Cuculiformes |
Cuckoos and roadrunners -Long graduated tails -Slender birds with rounded wings |
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Falconiformes |
Raptors: falcons, kestrels -Heavy, sharp, hooked bill and sharp talons -Falcons closer to songbirds and parrots |
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Gruiformes |
Rails, coots, cranes -Wading birds with long legs |
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Passeriformes |
Perching birds, songbirds, passerines -Over 50% of species -Perching feet: toes forward, hallux behind -Good vocal abilities |
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Pelecaniformes |
Herons, ibises, spoonbills, pelicans -Bare throat (gular) patch -Breathe through their mouths |
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Piciformes |
Woodpeckers, barbets, toucans, honeyguides -Strong, sharply pointed bill for getting wood-boring insects from trees -Stiff tail used as prop -Zygodactyl feet |
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Procellariiformes |
Tube-nosed seabirds: petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses -External tubular nostrils -Eat fish |
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Psittaciformes |
Parrots, macaws, lories, cockatoos -Brightly colored, tropical birds -Short, heavy, strongly hooked beaks |
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Strigiformes |
Owls -Mostly nocturnal -Large eyes fixed in sockets -Facial disk conceals ear flaps |
