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Chin-strap Penguin lay their eggs right on the ice? T/F
False, No Bird would
 Snow Petrel nest less than 100  kilometers inland. T/F
False
South Polar Skuas prey on Snow Petrels. T/F
True
Lives farther south than any other predator.
South Polar Skua
Arrive in the southern fall to begin breeding
Emperor Penguin
North Pole is a frozen Sea T/F
True
Eider ducks feed on _____
Mussels
Artic Hares are attracted to openings created by Muskoxen in the ice in the artic.
True
____Are major victims of global warming
Polar Bears
Polar bears have been seen swimming more than 60 miles from shoes.
True- GW is a bitch for those guys.
Polar bears feed heavily on dead fish washed up on a beach. T/F
False, they just kinda die.
Some penguin mothers without chicks compete for orphaned chicks.
True- They fucking want them so bad they will kill the chick in the fighting process.
Grass land covers more land than 1/5 of the earth's surface. T/F
False- it is 1/4
Great Plains shows the migration of as many as 2 million Bactrian Camels is show. T/F
False, It was Mongolian Gazelle.
Fire causes damage to the bases of grass plants. T/f
False bitch
ts part of the process of succession, and actually allows grasslands to exist. Grows from protected plant- almost industructible. Grass has advantage in fire scapes.
Grass feed more wildlife than any other terrestrial plant. t/f
TRUE
Red-Billed Queleas feed on ____
Grass- Most numerous birds on earth
Snow Geese winter _____________
Migrate to the Gulf of Mexico
Snow Geese Nest in the Arctic t/f
TRUE- Nest during the summer in Arctic Tundra.
Snow Geese Must Incubate their eggs for _____
3 weeks
Caribou travel as much as 2000 miles in a single summer t/f
True
Wolves actually do not feed on Caribou and rather they feed mostly on lemmings t/f
False- they eat them
There were once 60 million Bison on the Great Plains
True= now about 1000 after hunting and loss of habitat.
We see ____ fighting over territories on the Tibetan Plateau
Wild ASS
Pikas are the most numerous grazers on teh Tibetan Plateau t/f
True
African elephants rely on smell to find water.
False, Matriarch's memory.
In the movie the young African elephant is killed by_____
Lions
Each Male Emperor Penguins incubates 3-5 eggs throughout the Winter.
False- Just one
Nearly ____ of all polar bear cubs die the first year.
Half
Vytorin
ezetimibe/simvastatin
ee-ZET-ah-mybe
Tundra is treeless as there is not enough water for trees. t/f
False- THERE IS not enough sunlight, water is not a reason for their scarcity.
Taiga contains ____ of all trees on Earth.
1/3
Amur Leopard may scavenge on deer carcasses.t/f
False
Tropical forest covers ___ of the planets surface.
20% of it:

Have 50% of all life.
Canopy of a tropical forest is particularly rich in life forms. t/f
True
Off the Cape of S. Africa Great WHites gather to feed on breeding___
Seals- migrate thousands of miles to eat them.
Cape hunting dogs chase ____into a shallow lake and wait for it to come out.
Impalla
_____is the only source of Water for Bactrian Camels. (In the Arctic Desert they inhabit)
SNOW- Mongolian deserts have their snow sublime straight to water vapor.
Bactrian Camels breed in the SUmmer. t/f
False
Atacama in SA is the largest Desert in the world.
False= Sahara is.
In Africa___ uses its large ear to Radiate Heat (In the Desert).
Fennec Foxes
Atacama Desert of ____ is the driest on the Planet
Chile.
Saguaro Catus stems can store up to ___ of water.
5 tons- In Arizona Deserts
Gilia Woodpeckers nesting in stems of Desert Sycamores. t/f
TRue
Nubian Ibex that lose in fights with rival males may die t/f
True
Lack of food is what mostly kills animals in the Desert.
True- Not water or heat
Lions in deserts live in larger prides than their savannas.
False- Thats basic ecology based on primary productivity of the area.
Single Oryx can feed a desert pride of lions for a week.
True
Young Locusts follow the smell of _______
Sprouting grass= eggs on the ground for 20 years begin to hatch.
___of all trees are in the Taiga.
1/3
___is the very essence of wilderness.
Lynx
Wolverines are adapted to live in Taiga year round. t/f
True
The large body size of the Wolverine helps them broaden the menu. (No really they like honey badger)
True
Conifers reach their greatest potential in New Zealand. t/f
False- Pacific NA- Conifers are evergreen-non temperate trees
Confiers only grow ten times faster in the Pacific Northwest than in the Taiga. t/f
True
There is more living matter in a forest of giant conifers than in any rain-forest t/f
True
General SHerman is a Giant ____Tree
Sequoia
Seeds of Araucaria trees are eaten by ____.
Parakeets
Predator on the world's smallest deer is the ___
Pudu
We see ____ nestling drop to the ground from their tree hold nest in Russia.
Mandarin Duck
Adult Cicadas are eaten by mammals. t/f
True- virtually offer themselves because they have no defense. Feed and fertilize the forests.
The Teak forest of India are home to _______.
Amur Leopard -rarest cat in the world only 40 left in wild
World's smallest primate feeds on ______
Feed on Moths and Barbabs Nectar (MOSTLY MOTHS)
Endosymbiosis
this is the idea that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once descendants of free living prokaryotes that were engulfed and then engaged in a mutualistic symbiotic relationship in which the mitochondria/chloroplasts helped create energy for the cell and gained safety from within the host cell in return.
Period of 1st Vascular plants
Silurian
Who did the the experiment to show that meat didn't produce maggots by spontaneous generation with covered vs. Uncovered vials.
Francesco Redi
Multicellularity can arise form :
1. Incomplete cell division (explains same cell structure)
2. Coloniality (grouping of single celled as a colony)
Mitochondria
- two membranes- own DNA- sits where energy in simple sugars is converted to ATP- a useable form of energy for cells.Have 2 membranes and are sites of respiration.
Chloroplast
- Consists of stacks or folds of an inner membrane loaded with pigment molecules. Have 2 membranes and are not ONLY found in kingdom Plantae
Who boils water in a vial with a bent neck and only allowed bacteria to grow in the necks of the flasks but could not reach the sterile water.
Louis Pasteur
Earth is how old?
4.6 billion years old.
Pleistocene Epoch ended ____years ago
8000
_____ is the first period of the Cenozoic.
Tertiary
First hominids appeared at the end of the_______ Period
Tertiary
First Dinosaurs appeared during the
Triassic
DNA in Eukaryotes is complexed with _____
Proteins
Bony fish evolved in _____Period of the ______
Ordovician, Palezoic
Oparin converted elemental nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen to ________.
Amino Acids
Oparin did experiments in ________.
Chemical Evolution-
published a monograph in which he argued that the complex molecules of life such as amino acids could be formed by chemical evolution. Simple molecules could have formed from these raw materials and collected in a “soup”.
Shrew Moles are found in:
Old Growth forests
Old Growth evolved with ____ from mountains.
Orographic Effect
Stanley Miller combines methane and ________ in water, in his experiment, to make simple amino acids.
Ammonia
The ________ era/ period is broken down into Epochs. (Precambrian, Paleozoic,and Mesozoic were just broken down into periods)
Cenozoic era/ Quaternary period
Larry Harris is from:
UF
New World/ Old World Monkeys isolated since _____Epoch
Era: Then Period: Then Epoch
Eocene Epoch
Hombills found in:
Old Tropics
White-Headed Woodpeckers are:
not highly adaptive species, only found in Old Growth of Pac. NW.
Zoo-geographic
evolutionary basis-concerned with the geographic distribution of animal species and their attributes.
US imports $330 million of logs taken
from Indonesia
Buttresses
extensions of trunks in shallow soil for support structurally.
Badgers
prey on ground squirrels
Sloths
are true arboreal foliovores
Polar bears main prey is
Seals
Succession:
- the process by which after a disturbance new species move in and the ecosystem goes through stages of development in which its structure and function change to a the original climax community. Proceeds in the absence of any disturbance.
Dust Bowl
a result of drought and poor farming
Old/New World Monkeys differ in ____
Noses
Old world
New WOrld
Grasslands in Africa are rich in
rich in large grazing herbivore species
Moloch resembles
Horned lizards
Sand Grouse-
- birds of Old World that fly long distances to soak up water in belly feathers
Maned wolf is from:
from South America
Convergent evolution-
similar environments can lead to similar species in terms of physiological traits. (Ichthyosaurus resembles sharks)
Platyrrhini are:
New WOrld Monkeys
Sonoma and Red Tree Voles
South of Columbus River
Steppe in old SOviet Union plowed cotton and irrigated water from _____, leading to its decreasing water levels and increasing salinity/dissication
ARAL SEA
Many bird species that nest in Temperate forests are :
Neotropical Migrants
Main trees in Temperate forests of Australia are
Evergreen conifers
Great Sandy Desert
Australia
Goannas
Giant lizards that roamed Australia.
Yahner is Eastern Deciduous forests that fall under ____categories
4
50 years up to 2002 Indonesia lost ___% of its forest cover
40%
Marmosets occur in :
South America
Spontaneous Generation
- Before 1864 people believed that animals came from nothing. Mice and rats came from grain. With this theory we would expect all vials to produce maggots, however only uncovered vials did so (Francesco Redi).
Analogous structures
are structures with similar functions but different embryological origins.
Homologous Structures
structures with similar origins but not necessarily similar functions.
Sexual selection works two ways
o female choice
o male to male competition
Natural selection
competition between species and scarce sources of energy choses the best members of a species to survive and breed.
Marmosets/Tamarins occur in
South America
____ _____ are causing widespread destruction of habitat in Tundra biome due to over population.
Snow Geese
Taiga does NOT occur in _______ and ____ and _____
South America but it does in Canada and Russia
There are many ______ _____ in Taiga Summers.
Biting INsects
Top predator in Siberian Taiga
Siberian Tiger- No shit
Gobi Desert is fucking____
Cold
___Species of conifers grow to heights in excess of 200 ft in Old Growth Forests
10
_____are insectivores with high metabolic rates in Eastern Deciduous Forests of N. Am
Shrews
____are sea ducks of high arctic that dive and feed on invertebrates
Eiders
Biomes are products of _____ and ______
Latitude and Elevation
Rufous Sided Towhee is a species declining due to protection of forests from ______and the process of ______.
FIres,Succesion
Myrmecopahgous mammals are those that eat chiefly
ants and termites
In Australia, the one humped camel population is
100,000
Harris found that 12 % of vertebrates in Old Growth are_______
Reptiles and amphibians
Seasonality is and important feature to this biome.
Temperate forest
Main tree in Old Growth forests is NOT the_____
Giant Sequoia
Stomata are
is a pore, found in the leaf and stem epidermis that is used for gas exchange.
____ _____ Wrote about communities of lizards around the world.
Eric Pianka
Crossbills from Taiga feed exclusively on _____ and have ____flights.
Pine Seeds, Irruptive
Numbats in Australia Feed on
Termites
There are ___ categories of N. America Grasslands
3- High, Medium, Low grass
____protects and buffers lakes from acid rain.
Liming
Colubus Monkeys are
Arboreal foliovores
Desert biomes occur ___degrees N/S of the Equator.
30 degrees N/S
Tundra's annual rainfall is
less than 25 cm a year.
____toed woodpecker is in Taiga Biome.
3
Dark feathers help to ____ ____ for game birds of the Taiga.
Absorb sunlight.
Arabian Oryx have
Pale fur to reflect the sun
Koalas are
arboreal foliovores
Deserts do not have high _____but lack _____.
Temperatures, but lack Rainfall
Howler Monkeys of New World are _____ _______
arboreal foliovores.
Conifers are pyramid shaped trees so they can shed_____.
Snow
Prehensile tails are typical of larger____ ____ _____
New WOrld Monkeys
Bower Birds are from ______
Australia
_____ _____ in 1870 had a major effect on land use Patterns in the Great Plains.
Barbed wire
Desert scrub & thorn forest- are sub biomes in
2 Sub biomes in Western Mexico
Catarrhini
Old World Monkeys
Grasslands in S. America have the fewest species of large_____ _______.
Grazing herbivores.
Australian tropics
Old monkeys
Switchgrass is what category of grass
Midgrass
African Pgymy elephant
similar to capybara
Flinthills of Kansas support
Tall grass
Thorny devil is from
Australia
Wettest spot on the Earth is
Tropical FOrest on an island.
Ruffed Grouse Society reported that woodcocks were declining due to
Forest maturation throughout Eastern Deciduous Forest
Notofagus if a common tree genus in
Temperate forests of SOuth AMerica
Fynbos occurs in
South Africa
Most woodpeckers have ____toes
4 (zygodactyl feet)
Calvin Cycle-
the basic form of Photosynthesis where sunlight energy is transformed into chemical energy as glucose.
Secondary succession
occurs in temperate forests following a fire or some other form of natural deforestation where new development is different than the original
Mountain beaver
represents world's most primitive living rodent
Gama grass
tall grass species
Arabian Oryx was reintroduced into
Reintroduced to Oman
Calvin Cycle-
the basic form of Photosynthesis where sunlight energy is transformed into chemical energy as glucose.
Secondary succession
occurs in temperate forests following a fire or some other form of natural deforestation where new development is different than the original
Mountain beaver
represents world's most primitive living rodent
Gama grass
tall grass species
Arabian Oryx was reintroduced into
Reintroduced to Oman
Acid rain affects all plants by changing acidity of the soil, but impacts _________biome more directly.
Temperate forest
Ecological pyramids reflect the amount of______ _____ in a ecosystem based on trophic levels.
Biomass amounts
Ecological efficiencies are usually about
10%
Plants take up water and then move it to the atmosphere by
Transpiration
Denitrificaiton occurs only when _____ is not available
O2
Ammonia gas is chem formula
NH3
Top predator in food chain is
Tertiary consumer
Denitrificaiton = conversion of
NO2 to N2
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow is a very ______ for its habitat.
Specialized
Tropics harbor more species with narrower
niches
Carbon stored as FF, Co2 and in vegetation. T/f
True
Amino acids back to NH3 is
Amomonification
Ecological pyramids that display trophic levels biomass were devised by
Charles Elton
Northern Mockingbirds were intorduced to
Hawaiian Islands
Conversion of N2 to NH3 is a ____reaction
Endergonic (not exergonic)
Autotrophs
Primary producers that use a source of energy and transform it into useful energy- Self Feeders
Rhizobium is a microorganism that
is found in the nodules in association with legume plants- are responsible for nitrogen fixation.
Everglade kite eat
apple snails
Photosynthesis
is the process by which plants take water and CO2 and sunlight to store as chemical energy- form of carbon fixation
Water moves through soil to groundwater by process of
percolation
Lightning can ______N2
Fix
Most gaseous Nitrogen in
Atmosphere
Ecological niche based on any
Temp, Moisture, soil type
CO2 is a GHG most affected by
humans
Through evolution, when a species becomes increasingly adapted to a narrow niche they become more
Rare
Animals are never
primary producers
Symbiotic relation between plant and Rhizobium is
Mutalistic
Plants take up inorganic nitrates and convert them to organic compounds through a process called
assimilation
Lower part of atmosphere is the
Troposphere
Temperate species are not more ecologically _______ than tropical counterparts
specialized
Ammonium ions turn to Nitrates during the
Nitrification process
Energy in biological systems are transmitted through _____
ATP
Darwin noted no native _____in Australian Grasslands
Rabbits
Bat wings are______ to penguin flippers
analogous
Darwin based theory partly on observation of
Farm animals
Darwin used evidence from __________ fossils to image the concept of Centers of Origin (the idea that most species have a common origin)
Giant Armadillo
Forelimb of tetrapods, radius is paired with
Ulna
Structures in different species such as wings of insects and bats are _____because they have different origins but similar functions
analogous
Darwin argued that individuals with more offspring were
naturally selected.
____Embryonic tissue layers
3- Ectoderm, Endoderm, Mesoderm
____ _____ _____ have colored air sacs as a sexually selected trait
Male Sage Grouse
Sea Lamprey is not a
Tetrapod
Inheritance of acquired traits =
Lamarck
Darwin found Fossils of Marine invertebrates at high elevations in the Andes, suggesting that_______
that the earth changed over time.
Darwin's theory of natural selection assumes individuals
Vary
Origin of species was published in
1859
Theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, individuals transformed following
Perceived environmental stress
Plumage dichromatism is an example of a ___________ in passerine birds
Sexually selected trait
Mid 19th century people believed that species were
Immutable
Erectile feathers on head are a sexually selected trait in
Prairie chickens
Upper bone in forelimbs of tetrapods
Humerus
Darwin saw no large herbivorous mammals on
oceanic islands
Caribou are a species of deer in which both males and females have
Antlers
Chagas disease is caused by a
protist
Gastrula
Developmental stage during which embryonic genes turn on
_______ is used as an anti-cancer agent
Paclitaxel
Native birds in Hawaii were infected with _______ transmitted by Mosquitoes
Malaria
Vascular plants evolved during the ______ _____
Paleozoic age
Fertilization
zygote forms (single cell)
All Chordata share
4 characteristics
Echinodermata
phylum of Deuterostomes
Protostomes have a _____cleavage
spiral
Archenteron forms from
blastocoelum
Zygote has 2 sets of
Chromosomes
Tetrahymena is a genus in Kingdom Protista, often used in
toxicology studies because it mitochondria are so similar to ours
Deuterostomes have ______cleavage
Radial
All Chordate characteristics are NOT seen throughout the lives of the
Individual
Bacteria play important role in
Nitrogen cycle (and decomposition)
_____ is a deadly poison produce by some mushrooms
Amanitin
______ characteristic of chordates
Pharygeal gills
There are ___ types of secondary cavities seen in animalia
2
The ____ ____ tree apparently produces paclitaxel
Pacific Yew
Most toxic modes of chemical often affect the______ in cells
Mitochondria
______ was a fungicide used widely in FL in the 1980-90s
Benlate
Class )_______has the greatest number of vertebrate species.
Osteichthyes
Intracellular digestion is a characteristic of
Sponges
Plathelminthes is AKA
Flatworm
Cells in morula (Do or do not) migrate and arrange themselves to form a hollow ball of cells
DO
Choanocytes are characteristic of
Sponges
Dorsal hollow nerve cord is in
Chordates
Malaria is caused by a
Protist
Pseudocoelom is typical of
nematodes
Monera is the kingdom of
prokaryotic cells that tend to be unicellular- AKA bacteria
Dinoflagellates are ____ that form____ ____
Protists, Red Tide
Bacteria chiefly play an important role in ____ in ecosystems
decomposition
Endoderm=
embryonic tissue layer that lines the emybryonic gut
Seeds evolved during the
Paleozoic age
Only species of vertebrates have
true bone
Hemichordates are
deuterostomes
Protostome blastophore =
Mouth
Duterostomes blastophore=
anus
Plants invaded land during
Paleozoic age
Ratfishes belong to teh same vertebrate class as the_____
sharks
Lewis Wolpert claims
Gastrulation was the most important event in life
Fungi characterized by having a cell wall made of
chitin
____ ______ highly toxic form of mercury that is formed b action of bacteria
Methyl mercury
African Sleeping sickness caused by
Protist
____is a compound produced by a certain plant (um)
Digitalin
In animal development, the _____ is the primary body cavity
archenteron
True Coelom not seen in ___ ____
round worms
Foraminiferans were organisms that formed the
White Cliffs of Dover
Giant salamander is ___ in length
1.6 m
Endemic frog family exists on ____ _____
Seychelles islands
Komodo dragon is a scavenger that will occasionally kill and eat
mammals.
____ species of Caecilians exist
165
Giant tortoises once occurred on all continents except ______
Australia
Geckos are lizards with ____ ____ for vertical climbing
Toe pads
Green Iguana is a
herbivorous lizard
Leatherback is the ____ of all sea turtle species
Largest
Boas are ____ bearing for their babies
Live
Salamanders reach highest diversity in the _____Hemisphere
Northern
An endemic family of frogs is found on a series of oceanic islands formed by ____ ______
Continental drift
Less evolutionary advanced salamanders are mostly ____- species
Aquatic
Development of young from unfertilized eggs
Parthenogenesis
Smaller lizards inhabit
Pinyon Juiper WOodland
Caecilians are not found in the tropics of ______
Australia
Poison Arrow Frog has _____ been introduced to Baltimore to reduce the number of cockroaches
NOT
In Florida, alligators are hunted
recreationally
TSD was discovered in a study of
Red Eared Turtles
Cone Nosed toads are adapted for
burrowing
Introduced Nile Monitor in FL may become a threat to
Burrowing Owls
Monitor Lizards feed on __________
eggs, small mammals, and birds
There are native species of _____ in Madagasscar
Chameleons
_____ snakes are seize and swallow type foragers
Garter
The ____ ___ is a common species introduced to Florida
Cuban Anole
___ species of crocodilians exist world wide
23
Desert Iguana is indigenous to the
America Southwest
Only the ______ ___ turtle is chiefly herbivorous
Green sea turtle
Dorsal part of a turtle shell is a
carapace
America crocodiles are not widespread and abundant in Florida. T/F
TRUE
All turtles are ____ _____. (In relation to reproduction)
Egg layers
Nile crocodile is the ______
largest species in Africa
Parthenogenesis is seen in about 1/3 of the species in lizard genus
Cnemidophorous
There are roughly ___ species of salamanders
310
___ ____ has been introduced to the Everglades and is becoming established and competing with gators
Burmese Python
Snake venom is made of
Proteins
Modern order squamata likely descended from fossil reptile group
Archosauria
Plastron refers to part of a
turtle shell.
Amphibia several species are Not adapted for feed on plants as
Adults
_____ viper has heat detecting pit between eye and nostril
Eyelash Viper
Spadefoot toads are native to
N. AMerica
Terrestrial Caecilians mostly adapted for
burrowing
American Crocodile is still found on various islands of the ________.
Caribbean.
Chameleons change color because of specialized cells called
Chromatophores
A species of Chameleons has been introduced to ______
Florida
Largest salamanders are native to
Japan
Mediterranean gecko is a common introduced lizard in
Gainesville, Fl
____ are very fast predators that feed by running down prey
Whiptails
Mexican parrot snake eats with the
Seize and swallow technique
Species in Pelican- Cormorant group have
Totipalmate feet
Albatrosses grouped with
Shearwaters
Hoatzin has claws on its ___ to help it climb through vegetation
wings
Various species of grouse, have their males come to a common site called a ____ to mate. (make booming noises)
Lek
______ are long tailed, short winged acrobatic fliers that mostly feed on birds
Accipiters
_____ are African Ratites introduced to Australia
Ostriches
Diving ducks feed on )))))))
Invertebrates
Collecting bird nests and eggs was once a popular
once a popular hobby among wealthy people
Loons have suffered declines in their breeding grounds due to
ACID RAIN
Swans and Geese tend to have a plumage that is
Monochromatic (one color)
___ is a perching duck native to S. AMerica
Muscovy
Ratite birds are characterized by having a
Flat Sternum
White pelicans different from other members of the order because they
Don't Dive from air for food.
Several captively bred California Condors have been released in
Arizona
Mallards are
Dabbling Ducks
Of the ratities, only the Ostrich has
Two toes
Elephant birds is not native to
New Guinea
___ species of birds in the world
9700
Birds descended from subclass _____ off fossil reptiles
Archosauria
1/2 species of birds are in the order
Passeriformes
Scaup is a
diving duck
Pelagic birds like Tubernoses live
Far out at sea
Common Goldeneye is a sea duck although it lives mostly
inland
Milton Weller wrote a book called
The Island Waterfowl
Hoatzin
Native to South AMerica
Diving and Dabbling ducks have )______plumage
Dichromatic
Rheas have __ toes per foot
3
Anhinga or snake bird is actually in the same order as the
Pelicans
_____ are broad winged soaring spcies
Buteos
There are ___ species of Mergansers in N. America
3
Emus have ___ toes per foot
3
Ostriches have 2
Merlin was once called the
Pigeon Hawk
Dabbling ducks feed in _____water
Shallow
___ species of Kiwi exist
3
Petrels are related to
Shearwaters
Whistling ducks are called
Tree ducks
Divers= British name for
Loons
Turkey Vulture has a keen sense of _____
SMell!
As a group, sandpipers Don't all have very long legs and beaks. T/F
True
Kookaburras related to
Kingfishers
American Bitterns in same group as
Herons
Woodstorks and vultures
unfeathered heads
All Plovers either lack or have vestigial (reduced)
Hallux- big toe
Pollex
thumb
Not all owls are nocturnal hunters. T/F
True
Phalaropes are shorebirds that feed by
SPinning in water
Mountain Plover nests far inland on
Grasslands
Galahs is a species of
parrot
Owls feet like
WOodpeckers-zygodactyl
Flightless rails evolved on
Oceanic islands
Heron/Egret have naked
Lores
Skimmers related to
Terns (they fly low_
Nightjars/Tawny Frogmouth AKA
Goat Suckers
Most Woodpeckers have ___ zygodactyl toes
4
Alcids are
Pelagic (dive for fish)
Female Phalaropes are
bright while males remain pale colors
Jaegers/Skuoas eat
Mammals/ Shore birds
Terns feed by
Diving from air for fish
Hummingbirds only in
New WOrld
Woodpeckers have
Zygodactyl feet (two forward and one or two back)
Dodos/Solitaries native only to
Masarenes
Limpkin main food is
Mollusks
Grey tailed moutainn Gem is a type of
Hummingbird
Gulls as a group are
Scavengers
Cere- a soft, fleshy swelling found on the beaks of certain birds. Characteristic of
Parrots
___ species of hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone
51
Roseate Spoonbills
Heron Group
Heron/Egrets eat
Fish
Toucanets related to
Woodpeckers
American SW home to ____ species of hummingbirds
17
Hoopoe is a
European/African Species, same group as Kingfishers
Eastern Us has ___ common hummingbird species
1
Crested Pigeons native to
Australia
Tawny Frogmouth are from
Australia
Galahs are native to
Australia
Groove billed Anis related to
Cuckoos
Dodos is in the ____ group
Pigeon
Whooping cranes originally nested in
Canada
Limpkins in the same group as
Rails
Currawong natives to_____
Australia
Horned Larks are not native to _______
Australia
There is a native species of crow only in
Hawaii
Verdin is a chickadee like species indigenous to ___ ___ ___
SW and Mexico
There are only ____ species of Waxwings worldwide
3
Thrushes are found worldwide except in
New Zealand
Shrikes forage by _____ small animals on _____ or _____
impaling, on thorns orfences
Mynas are Starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but Not absent from
Africa
Kinglets are family not found only
Old World
Crows are common passerines that occur worldwide except in
South America
Three Wattled Bellbirds indigenous to
Neotropics
Yellow bellied siskin is a type of ____
Finch
Redpolls are related to
Red Crested Cardinals
New Holland Honeyeater is native to
Native to Australia
Shrikes are found worldwide except for _____
Australia
Brushy tongue Characteristic of
Honey Eaters
Tyrannidae is the largest family only in_____
New World
Mynas are Starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but Not absent from
Africa
Kinglets are family not found only
Old World
Crows are common passerines that occur worldwide except in
South America
Three Wattled Bellbirds indigenous to
Neotropics
Yellow bellied siskin is a type of ____
Finch
Redpolls are related to
Red Crested Cardinals
New Holland Honeyeater is native to
Native to Australia
Shrikes are found worldwide except for _____
Australia
Brushy tongue Characteristic of
Honey Eaters
Tyrannidae is the largest family only in_____
New World
Nuthatches and creepers are not members of teh same family T/f
True
Kinglets are not found only in the
Old WOrld
Swallows similar to
Swifts
Honey Eaters are found naturally in
Hawaii
Most Tanagers found in
South America
Bobolink related to
Black birds
Northern mockingbird is closely related to
Thrashes
Vireos are
sluggish insect gleaning foragers