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24 Cards in this Set
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Scolopacidae - pectoral sandpiper - rhynchokinesis - 360 degree worldview
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lesser yellowlegs - scolopacidae - 360 degree worldview - rhynchokinesis
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lesser yellowlegs - scolopacidae - 360 degree worldview - rhynchokinesis
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Scolopacidae - ruff - 360 degree worldview - sexual size dimorphism - lekking = non resource defense territory, sattelite males have white plumage, rhyncokinesis
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Charadriidae - ringed plover - black-bellied plover, lack hallux
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Charadriidae - black bellied plover - lacks hallux
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Jacanidae - northern jacana - extremely long toes to distribute weight, territorial polyandry, carpometacarpal spike in females
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Rostratulidae - painted snipe -
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Dromadidae - crab plover - black and white pied plumage- forage on sandy beaches
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Chionidae - snowy sheathbill, breeds in solitary pairs, special leg scutate scales
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pedionomidae -
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Thinocoridae - white bellied seedsnipe - dove like - pigeon like forms
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Burhinidae - bumps in legs - cape dikkop
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Haematopodidae - blackish oystercatcher - cultural learning to utilize a particular niche - lack hallux, fine chiseled beak
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Ibidorhynchidae - ibisbill
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Recurvirostridae - Eurasian Avocet, long forcep-like beak
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Recurvirostridae - long forcep like beak - black necked stilt
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Glareolidae - eurasian pratincole -
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Ring billed gull - Laridae - 88 species
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Laridae - Arctic Tern - plunge diver
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Stercorariidae - chilean skua - biparental care
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Rynchopidae - black skimmer - swims with beak in the water, ridges on beak in flow with the water
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Alcidae - wing propelled diving bird - atlantic puffin -high mortality in first year
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Alcidae - dovekie - wing propelled diver -
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