Bird Order Flashcards

This set of cards is designed to quiz on the order of birds in biology. Attempt these flashcard quizzes and check your knowledge.

14 cards   |   Total Attempts: 195
  

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Question 1
What Order has Song Birds in it?
e.g. sparrow, magpie, starling, robin, canary, crow, raven
Passeriformes
Question 2
What Order includes colorful tropic birds, with strong bills?
e.g. parrots, parakeets, cockatoos
Psittaciformes
Question 3
What Order includes Narrow-winged birds of prey?
e.g. kestrel, peregrine falcon
Falconiformes
Question 4
What order includes broad-winged birds of prey?
e.g. hawks, eagles, vultures
*HINT* the first part of the word is latin for hawk
Accipitriformes
Question 5
What order includes Nocturnal/crepuscular birds of prey?
e.g. screech owl, barn owl, great horned owl
Strigiformes
Question 6
What order includes large-headed fishing birds?
e.g. belted kingfisher
Coraciiformes
Question 7
What order includes woodpeckers?
Piciformes
Question 8
What order includes shore birds?
e.g. snadpipers, gulls, avocets, plovers, dunlins, killdeers
Charadriiformes
Question 9
What order includes Pelicans?

*HINT* the first part of the word means God of the Sea
Pelecaniformes
Question 10
What order includes hummingbirds?

*HINT* the first part of the word means without feet
Apodiformes
Question 11
What order includes Doves?

*HINT* first part of the word is the name of an explorer
Columbiformes
Question 12
What order includes long-legged wading birds?
e.g. flamingo, stork
Ciconiiformes
Question 13
What order includes gamebirds?
e.g. pheasants, quails, jungle fowl, chickens, turkeys, peacocks, and peahens
*HINT* the first word is kind of like the Galley of a ship where food is
Galliformes
Question 14
What order includes waterfowl?
e.g. swans, geese, ducks, waterfowl

*HINT* the curve of their neck is in a question thus they need an ANSWER
Anseriformes