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73 Cards in this Set
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Accipitriformes |
Birds of prey: eagles, hawks, vultures Catharthidae Pandionidae Accipitridae |
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Catharthidae |
New world vultures, aka turkey vulture |
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Pandionidae |
Osprey |
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Accipitridae |
hawks, eagles, old world vultures aka the bald eagle, northern harrier, coopers hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, red tailed hawk |
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Strigiformes |
Owls Tytonidae Strigidae |
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Falconiformes |
Falcons, caracaras Falconidae |
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Tytonidae |
Barn owl
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Strigidae |
Typical owl, for example short eared owl, great horned owl, barred owl, eastern screech owl |
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Falconidae |
Falcons, for example american kestrel and the merlin
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Pterocliformes |
sandgrouse |
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Pteroclidae |
sandgrouse
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Columbiformes |
doves, pigeons |
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Columbidae |
Doves and pigeons, for example the Rock dove and mourning dove |
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Opisthocomiformes |
Hoatzin |
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Opisthocomidae |
Hoatzin |
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Musophagiformes |
Turacos |
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Musophagidae |
Turacos |
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Cuculiformes |
Cuckoos |
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Cuculidae |
Cuckoos, like yellow-billed cuckoo |
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Caprimulgiformes |
Nightjars |
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Caprimulgidae |
nightjar, like common nighthawk and whip-poor-will |
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Apodiformes |
Swift, hummingbird Apodidae Trochilidae |
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Apodidae |
Swifts, like the chimney swift |
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Trochilidae |
Hummingbird, like the Ruby throated hummingbird |
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Coliiformes |
Mousebird |
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Coliidae |
mousebird |
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Trogoniformes |
Trogons |
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Trogonidae |
Trogon |
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Leptosomatiformes |
Cuckoo roller |
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Leptosomatidae |
Cuckoo roller |
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Coraciiformes |
Kingfisher, bee-eaters Alcedinidae Meropidae |
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Alcedinidae |
Kingfisher, like the belted kingfisher |
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Meropidae |
bee-eaters |
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Bucerotiformes |
Hornbill, hoopoes, woodhoppoes |
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Bucerotidae |
Hornbill |
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Piciformes |
Woodpecker, barbets, toucans, Galbulidae Ramphastidae Picidae |
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Galbulidae |
jacamars |
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Ramphastidae |
toucans |
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Picidae |
Woodpeckers, such as Red-headed woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, northern flicker, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, pileated woodpecker |
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Psittaciformes |
parrots, cockatoos |
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Psittacidae |
Parrot |
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Passeriformes |
Song birds, perching birds |
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Tyrannidae |
Such as eastern wood pewee, empidonax sp., great crested flycatcher, eastern kingbird |
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Laniidae |
Such as Northern Strike |
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Vireonidae |
Yellow throated vireo, blue headed vireo, red eyes vireo |
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Coryidae |
Blue jay, gray jay, american crow, common raven |
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Bombycillidae |
Cedar waxwing |
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Paridae |
Tufted titmouse, black-capped chickadee |
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Alaudidae |
Horned lark |
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Hirundinidae |
Tree swallow, purple martin, bank swallow, barn swallow |
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Phylloscopidae |
a |
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Acrocephalidae |
a |
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Locustellidae |
a |
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Timaliidae |
a |
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Sylviidae |
a |
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Regulidae |
such as golden crowned kinglet and ruby crowned kinglet |
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Troglodytidae |
Such as the house wren and the carolina wren |
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Polioptillidae |
such as the blue-gray gnatcatcher |
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Sittidae |
Such as the white breasted nuthatch and red breasted buthatch |
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Certhiidae |
such as the brown creeper |
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Mimidae |
Mimics, mockingbirds, thrasher, catbird such as gray catbird and brown thrasher |
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Sturnidae |
starling such as the eastern starling |
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Turdidae |
Thrushea such as eastern bluebird, wood thrush, american robin |
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Cinclidae |
Dippers such as the american dipper |
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Nectariniidae |
Sunbird |
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Passeridae |
Old world sparrow such as house sparrow |
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Motacillidae |
pipits, wagtails such as American pipit |
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Fringillidae |
Finches such as house finch, red crossbill and american goldfinch |
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Parulidae |
New world warblers Such as ovenbird, yellow throated, black and white, black throated green, yellow, magnolia, blackburnian, chestnut sided, american redstart, common yellowthroat |
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Icteridae |
New world blackbirds such as eastern meadowlark, common grackle, red winged blackbird, brown headed cowbird, baltimore oriole |
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Emberizidae |
Bunting and new world sparrow such as eastern towhee, chipping sparrow, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, white throated sparrow, dark-eyed junco |
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Calcariidae |
Longspurs, snow bunting Such as snow bunting C |
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Cardinalidae |
Cardinal Such as rose breasted grosbeak, northern cardinal, scarlet tanager, indigo bunting |