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WCON - Birds Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most common swan in USA | Cygnus columbianus |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Cygnus columbianus | Tundra Swan |
| White Fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Anser albifrons | White Fronted Goose |
| Most common goose in NA | Branta canadensis |
| Common urban problem animal | Branta canadensis |
| Canada goose | Branta canadensis |
| Branta canadensis | Canada Goose |
| Nest in arctic tundra | Branta hutchinsii |
| Similar to Canada goose, but shorter neck | Branta hutchinsii |
| Branta hutchinsii | Cackling Goose |
| Cackling goose | Branta hutchinsii |
| Has two color phases | Anser caerulescens |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens |
| Anser caerulescens | Snow goose |
| Wood duck | Aix sponsa |
| Aix sponsa | Wood duck |
| Winters farther south in greater numbers than any other duck in NA | Spatula discors |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors |
| Spatula discors | Blue-winged Teal |
| Filter feeders - modified bill | Spatula clypeata |
| Northern shoveler | Spatula clypeata |
| Spatula clypeata | Northern shoveler |
| Mareca strepera | Gadwall |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana |
| Mareca americana | American Wigeon |
| Very small and fast flying | Anas crecca |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| Anas crecca | Green-winged Teal |
| Most abundant and widely distributed duck in the Northern Hemisphere | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Popular game species | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard |
| Circumpolar | Anas platyrhnchos |
| numbers have been declining | Anas acuta |
| Anas acuta | Northern Pintail |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Aythya valisineria | Canvasback |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Aythya americana | Redhead |
| Eats higher percentage of plants than other diving ducks | Aythya americana |
| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis |
| Antigone canadensis | Sandhill Crane |
| Superficially resemble herons | Antigone canadensis |
| Numbers were low; recovered favorably | Antigone canadensis |
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana |
| Grus americana | Whooping Crane |
| Endangered | Grus americana |
| Tallest bird in North America | Grus americana |
| Superficially resemble egrets | Grus americana |
| One self sustaining population | Grus americana |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Zenaida macroura | Mourning Dove |
| very adaptable | Zenaida macroura |
| One of the most abundant and important game birds in US | Zenaida macroura |
| White-wing Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
| Zenaida asiatica | White-wing Dove |
| First successful introduction occurred in the Willamette Valley of Oregon in 1881 | Phasianus colchicus |
| Phasianus colchicus | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Polygynous | only males are hunted |
| Monogamous | males and females are hunted |
| Northen Bobwhite | Colinus vriginanus |
| Colinus virginanus | Northern Bobwhite |
| Occur in more open habitat than northern bobwhite | Callipepla squamata |
| Callipepla squamata | Scaled quail |
| Scaled quail | Callipepla squamata |
| Threatened in northern DPS; endangered in southern DPS | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus |
| DPS | distinct population segments |
| Lesser prairie chicken | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus |
| Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | Lesser prairie chicken |
| males have beards, spurs, iridescent feathers | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Meleagris gallopavo | Wild Turkey |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Polygynous birds | Meleagris gallopavo, Phasianus colchicus, Callipepla squamata |
| Largest of the waterfowl | Swans |
| Tip up to feed and rarely dive Can leap from the water into flight | Dabbling Ducks |
| Legs are placed near center of the body | Dabbling Ducks |
| Usually dive completely under water to feed Must run along surface of water to take flight | Diving ducks |
| Legs are placed near rear of body | Diving ducks |
| How many flyways in NA | 4 |
| Flyways in order | Pacific, Central, Mississippi, Atlantic |
| Determine the number of birds to be harvested and number of hunting days | Flyway council |
| Acts | Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Migratory Bird Stamp Act |
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