Ornithology - Morphology

Front 1

Beak shape

Back 1

Long

Hint 1

Heron

Front 2

Bill shape

Back 2

Short

Hint 2

Finch

Front 3

Bill shape

Back 3

Spatulate

Hint 3

Shoveler

Front 4

Beak shape

Back 4

Conical

Hint 4

Cardinal

Front 5

Bill shape

Back 5

Bent

Hint 5

Flamingo

Front 6

Tip of beak

Back 6

Hooked

Front 7

Tip of beak

Back 7

Crossed

Front 8

Tip of beak

Back 8

Acute

Hint 8

Warbler

Front 9

Tip of beak

Back 9

Chisel

Hint 9

Woodpecker

Front 10

Tip of beak

Back 10

Nail

Hint 10

Ducks. Used to break eggs

Front 11

Commissure

Back 11

Angle at which maxilla and mandible meet

Front 12

Commissure

Back 12

Straight

Hint 12

Heron

Front 13

Commissure

Back 13

Decurved

Hint 13

Creeper, curlew

Front 14

Commissure

Back 14

Recurved

Front 15

Tomia

Back 15

Cutting edge of beak

Front 16

Tomia

Back 16

Toothed

Hint 16

Notch on mandible

Front 17

Tomia

Back 17

Notched

Hint 17

At the tip, Robin, thrushes

Front 18

Tomia

Back 18

Lamellate

Front 19

Tomia

Back 19

Serrate

Hint 19

Merganser

Front 20

Cross section

Back 20

Terete

Hint 20

Circular, songbird

Front 21

Cross section

Back 21

Compressed

Hint 21

Loon

Front 22

Cross section

Back 22

Depressed

Hint 22

Duck

Front 23

Nostrils

Back 23

Tubular

Hint 23

Shearwatee

Front 24

Nostrils

Back 24

Linear

Hint 24

Gull

Front 25

Tarsal covering

Back 25

Reticulate

Hint 25

Goose, parrot

Front 26

Tarsal covering

Back 26

Scutellate

Hint 26

Overlapping

Front 27

Tarsal covering

Back 27

Booted

Hint 27

Continuous plate

Front 28

Toe arrangement

Back 28

Anisodactyl

Hint 28

3 forward 1 back

Front 29

2-3 forward 1-4 backward

Back 29

Zygodactyl

Hint 29

Woodpecker

Front 30

Two toes fused

Back 30

Syndactyl

Hint 30

Kingfisher

Front 31

4 toes forward

Back 31

Pamprodactyl

Hint 31

Swift

Front 32

Toe arrangement

Back 32

Hallux incumbent

Hint 32

Toes all on same level

Front 33

Toe arrangement

Back 33

Hallux elevated

Hint 33

Cranes

Front 34

Toe membrane

Back 34

Palmate

Hint 34

Duck

Front 35

Toe membranes

Back 35

Semimembrane

Hint 35

Sandpipers

Front 36

Toe membrane

Back 36

Totipalmate

Hint 36

Fully webbed cormorant

Front 37

Toe membranes

Back 37

Lobate

Hint 37

Grebes

Front 38

Toe membranes

Back 38

Fringed

Hint 38

Hobbit feet!

Front 39

Toe nails

Back 39

Acute

Hint 39

Sharp!

Front 40

Toe nails

Back 40

Lengthened

Hint 40

Long toe

Front 41

Toe nails

Back 41

Pectinate

Hint 41

Herons serrated middle toe

Front 42

Toe nails

Back 42

Flattened

Hint 42

Grebes

Front 43

Toe nails

Back 43

Obtuse

Hint 43

Blunt

Front 44

Tail shapes

Back 44

Pointed

Hint 44

Pheasant

Front 45

Tail shapes

Back 45

Square

Front 46

Tail shapes

Back 46

Emarginate

Hint 46

Tree swallow

Front 47

Tail shapes

Back 47

Forked

Hint 47

Barn swallow

Front 48

Tail shape

Back 48

Rounded

Hint 48

Blue jay

Front 49

Tail shape

Back 49

Graduated

Hint 49

Cuckoo

Front 50

Beak

Back 50

Culmen

Front 51

Foot

Back 51

Tarsus ("leg")

Front 52

Line extending from beak

Back 52

Malar

Front 53

Back

Back 53

Mantle

Front 54

Stripe above eye

Back 54

Superciliary

Front 55

Back of head

Back 55

Nape

Front 56

Top of head

Back 56

Crown

Front 57

Area between eye and beak

Back 57

Lores