IB 104 Lab Midterm 1 Flashcards

Common Loon
Order: GaviiformesFamily: Gaviidae
Characteristics: Straight, pointed bill; short pointed wings; webbed feet placed far back
Food: Mostly small fresh and saltwater fish

Clark's GrebeOrder: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Characteristics: Straight, usually sharp bill; rudimentary tail; short wings; compressed tarsi; lobed toes.
Food: Mostly small fish; some invertebrates

Brown Pelican
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecandidae
Characteristics: Long, straight, hooked bill with no nostrils; large gular sac; short tail; long, rounded wings; short and stout legs; compressed tarsi; all for toes webbed
Food: Small to medium coastal fishes; few crustaceans

Double Crested Cormorant
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Characteristics: Long, straight, hooked bill with no nostrils; small gular sac; long rounded tail; short rounded wings; all four toes webbed
Food: Mainly fishes; few crustaceans, amphibians; aquatic insects

Great Blue Heron
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ardeidae
Characteristics: Straight, pointed bill; long legs; long toes on same level; middle toe nail with comb
Food: Fish; amphibians; snakes; small mammals; crustaceans; insects

American Bittern
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ardeidae
Characteristics: Straight, pointed bill; long legs; long toes on same level; middle toe nail with comb
Food: Fishes, frogs, snakes, mollucks, and small rodents

Turkey Vulture
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Characteristics: Moderately hooks bill with large oval nostrils; long, broad and rounded wings; weakly raptorial feet; heads of adults without well-developed feathers
Food: Scavenger

Bufflehead
Order: AnseriformesFamily: AnatidaeCharacteristics: Bill broad and flattedned, serrated with nail-like hook; usually short and rounded tail; pointed or rounded wings; front toes webbedFood: Mainly animal food; insects, crusaceans, molluscs, some fish, some aquatic invertebrates, garbage

Red-tailed HawkOrder: FalconiformesFamily: AccipitridaeCharacteristics: Strongly hooked bill with small oval nostrils; long and usually broad wings; raptorial feetFood: Ground Squirrels, meadow mice, young cottontails, gophers; snakes birds fish

Cooper's HawkOrder: FalconiformesFamily: AccipitridaeCharacteristics: Strongly hooked bill with small oval nostrils; long and usually broad wings; raptorial feetFood: Medium and small birds; few mammals; rarely amphibians

Sharp-shinned HawkOrder: FalconiformesFamily: AccipitridaeCharacteristics: Strongly hooked bill with small oval nostrils; long and usually broad wings; raptorial feetFood: Mostly small birds; rarely small mammals and arthropods

Northern HarrierOrder: FalconiformesFamily: AccipitridaeCharacteristics: Strongly hooked bill with small oval nostrils; long and usually broad wings; raptorial feetFood: Rodents, frogs, snakes, birds and insects

American KestrelOrder: FalconiformesFamily: FalconidaeCharacteristics: Strongly hooked bill with upper mandible toothed near tip; nostrils circular, with bony tubercles; long pointed wings; raptorial feetFood: Insects (grasshoppers); birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians

California QuailOrder: GalliformesFamily: OdontophoridaeCharacteristics: Bill stout, arched in profile and with unfeathered nostrils; short tail; short, rounded wings; strong feet and legs; bare tarsi; elevated halluxFood: Seeds, grass and other foliage; fruit; a few insects

Clapper RailOrder: GruiformesFamily: RallidaeCharacteristics: Bills of variable length and shape; nostrils perforate; short tail; short rounded wings with inner secondaries often as long as primaries; moderately long legs, hallux not elevatedFood: Salt-marsh invertebrates: molluscs, crabs, worms