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32 Cards in this Set
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-Reduced Keel (can fly) -4 toes -Chicken-like bills -C. & S. America
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Tinamiformes -Tinamous
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-Largest bird -Fastest Runner -Reduction to 2 toes -Feathers not in tracts nor neck nor head -Found in Africa only |
Struthioniformes (Ratites) -Ostrich |
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-Long wings with strong claw on each -3 toes only -Feathered neck and head -Good eyesight and hearing -S. America |
Rheiformes (Ratites) -Rhea |
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-3 toes -Aftershaft almost as long as main feather -Flat bill -Australia |
Casuariiformes -Emu -Southern Cassowary |
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-No rectrices -No aftershafts -Hair-like feathers -Huge Eggs -Nocturnal (poor eyesight, good hear/smell) -4 toes -Flexible bill, nostrils at tip, valves at base -New Zealand |
Apterygiformes -Kiwi |
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-Aquatic/semi-aquatic (swim and fly) -Webbed feet, short-legs -Long-neck -Precocial young -Worldwide |
Anseriformes -Anatidae: Swans, Geese, Ducks -Anhimidae: Screamers |
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-Medium to large terrestrial species -Strong legs, heavy feet, hind tow -Bill short, conical, curved culmen -Large clutches -Precocial young -Worldwide |
Galliformes -Grouse, Turkey, Quail, Ptarmigan, Pheasant |
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-Aquatic, duck-like -Breed in fresh water, winter on ocean -Legs far back on body -3 front toes fully webbed -Spear-shaped bills -Plumage heavy and waterproof -Holartic |
Gaviiformes -Loons |
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-Flightless, but well-developed keel -Flattened wings with fused bones (flippers) Plumage dense and waterproof, no tracts -Webbed feet, far back on body -Southern Hemisphere |
Sphenisciformes -Penguins
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-Tube-nosed seabirds -Hooked bill -Plumage dense, waterproof -3 front toes webbed -All oceans |
Procellariformes -Petrels, Shearwaters, Storm-Petrels, Albatrosses |
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-Aquatic, diving fish-eaters (foot propelled) -Legs far back on body -Tail reduced -Plumage ense, satiny, waterproof -Eat own feathers -Worldwide |
Podicipediformes -Grebes |
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-Wading birds, long legs and necks -Bill bent downward in middle, serrated edges -Movible maxilla, rigid mandible -Webbed front toes -Tropics |
Phoenicopteriformes -Flamingos |
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-Pelagic (open ocean) -Plunge-diving fish-eaters -Very long tails -Bills strong, stout -Largely White -Tropical |
Phaethontiformes -Tropicbirds |
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-Large, long legs and necks -Bill long, stout -Lack syrinx (mute) -Thermal soaring, gliding flight -Stick nests
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Ciconiiformes -Storks |
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-Medium to large aquatic birds -Webbed feet -Colonial Nesters -Worldwide |
Pelicaniformes -Threskiornithidae: Ibises, Spoonbills -Ardeidae: Herons, Bitterns, Egrets -Pelecanidae: Pelicans |
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-All four toes webbed (totipalmate) -Aquatic -Bare gular patch (throat sac) |
Suliformes -Fregatidae: Frigatebirds -Sulidae: Gannets & Boobies -Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants -Anhingidae: Anhinga |
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-Sharp, pointed, heavily curved culmens -Carnivorous -Cosmopolitan distribution |
Accipitriformes -Accipitridae: Hawks, Eagles -Cathartidae: New World Vultures |
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-Aquatic, shy, hard-to-see -No crop -Shared features of palate and skeleton -Worldwide |
Gruiformes -Cranes, Rails, Coots, Gallinules |
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-Waders, swimmers, divers -Palate, syringeal muscles, vertebral column -Bear no outward Resemblance to each other -Worldwide |
Charadriiformes -Scolopacidae: Sandpipers -Charadriidae: Plovers -Recurvirostridae: Avocets & Stilts -Laridae: Gulls & Terns -Alcidae: Puffins, Auks, Murres & Guillemots
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-Plump-bodes, small heads -Short bills, short legs -Large crop (produces milk) -Biparental care -Worldwide |
Columbiformes -Doves & Pigeons |
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-Vegetarian -Large crop (for fermentation of leaves) -Weak flier -Wing claws in young -S. America |
Opisthocomiformes -Hoatzin |
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-Slender, long tailed -Bill thick and down-curved -Zygodactyl feet -8-10 (vs 10-14) rectrices -Worldwide |
Cuculiformes -Cuckoos, Anis, & Roadrunners |
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-Nocturnal birds of prey -Heavily decurved bills -Strong feet with sharp claws, zygodactyl -Facial disks concentrate sounds -Feathered legs and toes -Worldwide |
Strigiformes -Strigidae: typical owls -Tytonidae: barn owls |
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-Nocturnal or crepuscular -Soft plumage -Long pointed wings, strong but erratic flight -Short weak legs and feet -Bill small with wide gape, long bristles -Worldwide |
Caprimulgiformes -Nightjars, Nighthawks and allies (Pauraque) |
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-Small with tiny feet -Accomplished fliers -Small humerus -10 long primaries, short secondaries
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Apodiformes -Apodidae: Swifts -Trochilidae: Hummingbirds |
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-Small, crested -Very long tails -Pamprodactyl (toes 1 and 4 reversible) -Africa |
Coliiformes -Mousebirds |
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-Bills short, wide -Fruit-eating -Short wings -Long tail -Small weak feet, heterodactyl (1&2 back, 3&4 up) -Pantropical |
Trogoniformes -Trogons & Quetzals |
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-Stocky, large head, small feet -Gregarious and noisey, brightly colored -Syndactyl (2&3 partially fused) -Long prominent bill -Carnivorous -Altricial young |
Coraciiformes -Kingfishers, Rollers, Bee-eaters, Motmots, Todies |
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-Zygodactyl (and unique tendon arrangement) -Barb-tipped tongues -Pointed, stiff rectrices -Altricial young -Worldwide |
Piciformes -Woodpeckers & Honeyguides, Toucans & Barbets, Jacamars & Puffinbirds |
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-Wings long and pointed (fast flight) -Bill short and hooked -Eye-ring bare -Diurnal birds of prey -Sharp, curved talons -Semiprecocial young |
Falconiformes -Falconidae: Falcons |
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-Large-headed, short-necked -Vocal -Heavy, hooked bills. Mobile maxilla -Short legs -Strong zygodactyl feet (perch and climb) -Pantropical |
Psittaciformes -Parakeets, Macaws, Parrots, Lories |
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-Largest order (half of world´s birds) -Anisodactyl (3 up and 1 back) -Enlarged and flexible hallus -Spiral-shaped sperm -High metabolism -Bony palate, reduced number of neck vertebrae -Superior learning (relatively large brain) |
Passeriformes -Perching Birds |
