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Bio 105 Test 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is your name? | DAvid |
| What are the traits of mocern birds? | Feathers, scales on legs, one ovary, endothermic. light air-filled skeleton. eggs with hard egg shell. parental care of young in most |
| Flightless birds: | ostriches, emus |
| Gallinaceous birds | quail, turkey, pheasants, grouse, etc. |
| Waterfowl: | Ducks, geese, swans |
| Woodpeckers: | sapsuckers |
| What are the Common Orders of birds (vernacular names): | 1. Flightless birds 2. Gallinaceous birds 3. Waterfowl 4. Woodpeckers 5. Macaws/Parrots 6. Hummingbirds 7. Owls 8. Pigeons 9. Wading Birds 10. Long-legged, large, Wading Birds 11. Penguins 12. Bird of prey 13. Goatsuckers 14. Perching birds |
| What order is the morning dove in? | Pigeon Order |
| What is the name for the pigeon common in many cities? | feral Domestic Pigeon |
| Which large flightless bird that lived near Madagascar became extinct in 1681? | Dodo bird |
| These small to medium-large birds include about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world mostly near water and eat invertabrates | Wading birds |
| Which majority of species of this order eat small invertebrates pick out of mud or exposed soil? | Shorebirds |
| These birds are good swimmers bur their walking appears clumsy. They have to flap their wings very fast in order to fly due to their short wings | Auks and Allies |
| Most nest in trees; some in swamps or on ground. They primarily occupy fresh water or terrestrial habitat. They feed mostly on fish, crustaceans, insects, and carrion. They are strong flyers with broad wings. | Long, legged, large Wading birds |
| These are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. | Penguins |
| What is the largest living penguin species | The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) |
| Most penguins feed on? | krill, fish, squid and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. |
| These animals half of their life on land and half in the oceans | Most penguins |
| This is a bird that hunts food primarily using its talons. | Bird of prey or raptor |
| Which birds are in the bird of prey order? | hawks, eagles, buzzards, kites, vultures, falcons |
| What is the fastest-moving creature on earth | Peregrine Falcons |
| Traditionally midway beetween owls and swifts (morphologically), they are nocturnal hunters and are excellent flyers with small, weak legs. | Goatsuckers |
| Also known as songbirds, these are one of the most diverse vertebrate orders with around 5400 species | perching birds |
| This bird has three toes directed forward w/o webbing and one toe directed backward | Perching bird |
| Name the Gallinaceous birds | quail, turkey, pheasants, grouse, domestic fowl |
| Most of these birds are solitary and nocturnal and hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds. They are characterized by their small beaks and wide faces. | Owls |
| What are the two family the owls are divided into? | typical and barn |
| They are the smallest of bird. | hummingbirds |
| These birds are the only groups with the ability to fly backwards. | hummingbirds |
| These birds of strong bills for drilling and drumming on trees and long sticky tongues for extracting food | woodpeckers |
| these birds have 4 toes: 2 forward and 2 backward | woodpeckers |
| these are adapted to an aquatic life with adaptations including webbed feet and oily feathers to repel water | waterfowl |
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