Birds Of The World Characteristics 4 - Eeb 433

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Rhynochetidae

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1 spp, Oceania, plumage loose and ashy gray barred with brown or darker grey, large head w/ long crest, powder downs

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Eurypygidae

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1 spp, Neotropical, heavily barred plumage, small body, long and slender bill and neck, long tail, bold wing pattern

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Phaethontidae

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Pantropical oceans, stout bill decurved with serrated cutting edge, white plumage with black in wings and head, wings long and pointed, elongated retrices, short legs

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Gaviidae

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Holarctic, dense plumage, dark above and light below, bill strong and tapered, first three toes webbed (not lobed like grebes), foot-propelled divers

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Spheniscidae

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Southern Hemisphere marine, plumage extremely dense and waterproof, very small apteria (featherless areas), thick short legs, wings paddle like w/ scaly remiges (incapable of folding)

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Hydrobatidae

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Oceans, bill slender grooved and hooked, nostrils tubular w/ single opening, wings long, tail moderately long, burrowing nesters

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Diomedeidae

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Oceans, wing span up to nearly 4 m, bill stout hooked and covered w/ plates, nostrils tubular (two tubes) separated by culmen, wing very long and narrow, more shading in plumage

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Procellariidae

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Oceans, thicker bills than albatross, bill hooked and covered w/ plates, tubular nose w/ one opening, short tail, burrow nesters

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Ciconiidae

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temperate and tropical latitudes, remiges typically black, remainder of plumage white or black, face head and neck often bare, bill massive and ungrooved, long neck held straight in flight, legs very long, toes basally webbed

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Fregatidae

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Pantropical, gular regions unfeathered, expanded and colorful in breeding males, bill long and strongly hooked, nostrils absent, wings very long narrow and pointed, tail forked

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Sulidae

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Oceans, bill and bare facial skin, unfeathered gular region, feet often brightly colored, stout and conical bill, nostrils absent, adults white w/ black or brown, aerial divers

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Phalacrocoracidae

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Marine and freshwater, plumage typically black w/ varying amounts of white and grey, bill bare facial skin, bill slender and hooked, neck and body long, tail long and stiff, glossy iridescent plumage, foot propelled divers

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Anhingidae

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Shallow freshwater, plumage dark, corrugated central tail feathers and tertials, feathers wettable to reduce bouyancy, bill long sharp and finely serrated, neck and body long and slender, soaring

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Threskiornithidae

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Temperate and tropical, Bill long and slender and decurved in Ibises, Spatulate in spoonbills, face and throat bare, toes basally webbed

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Ardeidae

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Worldwide, loose textured plumage w/ long filamentous plumes on head or back, powder-downs, bare lores, bill usually long and pointed, neck folded in flight, legs and toes long

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Scopidae

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Afrotropical, body brown w/ bill long and laterally compressed, maxilla slightly hooked, large head w/ crest (head looks like hammer)

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Balaenicipitidae

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Afrotropical, gray w/ short crest, bill large and broad w/ massive terminal hook, mottled pattern on beak, don't migrate b/c slow flyers

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Pelecanidae

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Aquatic Worldwide, long bill w/ terminal hook, extensive unfeathered gular pouch, flexible lower mandible, bare facial skin, broad wings (soar well), nest in large colonies