birds flashcards

Terms	Definitions
american kestral	falconiformes, black tears
merlin	in tube! falconiformes
osprey	crunchy tail, falconiformes
bald eagle	juvenile, huge feet, falconiformes
sharp shinned hawk	flat bottomed tail, falconiformes
coopers hawk	long c tail, falconiformes
red shouldered hawk	tail is fallen off, falconiformes
broad winged hawk	thick striped tail, falconiformes
rough legged hawk	falconiformes
wood duck	anseriformes
green winged teal	anseriformes
blue winged teal	not white belly, anseriformes
mallard	white on either side of purple, anseriformes
northern pintail	blue beak, green stripe on wing, anseriformes
gadwall	anseriformes
american wigeon	green eyeshadow and blue beak, anseriformes
canvasback	red head, light gray back, anseriformes
ring necked duck	cinnamon collar, anseriformes
greater scaup	green tint neck, anseriformes
lesser scaup	purple tint neck, anseriformes
common eider	greenish neck on male, brown/tiger female, anseriformes
long tailed duck	orange on beak, brown patch on female head, anseriformes
black scoter	anseriformes
surf scoter	white patch on male forehead, anseriformes
white winged scoter	anseriformes
bufflehead	anseriformes
hooded merganser	anseriformes
common merganser	anseriformes
red breasted merganser	feathery mohawk, anseriformes
ruddy duck	anseriformes
red throated loon	rusty throat Gaviiformes
common loon	gaviiformes
pied billed grebe	thicker bill podicipediformes
horned grebe	podicipediformes white cheeks, dark cap
red necked grebe	podicipediformes peg leg, gray cheek
northern fulmar	tube nose, procellariiformes
greater shearwater	collar, tube nose, curvy beak like claw, procellariiformes
wilsons storm petrel	in tube, rounded tail, procellariiformes
leachs storm petrel	forked tail, gross, in tube, procellariiformes
northern gannet	white, yellow head, pelicaniformes
great cormorant	white chin spot, pelicaniformes
double crested cormorant	pelicaniformes
pomarine jaeger	yellow neck, charadriiformes
parasitic jaeger	hook in head, charadriiformes
laughing gull	charadriiformes, smiles, dark end of beak
common black headed gull	charadriiformes
bonapartes gull	beak tied together, brown streak in wing, charadriiformes
ring billed gull	charadriiformes
herring gull	white tail, black wing tips, charadriiformes
iceland gull	dark beak, no legs, charadriiformes
glaucous gull	dark tipped beak, charadriiformes
great black backed gull	big! one adult, one juvenilebrown), charadriiformes
dovekie	charadriiformes, littlest, stubby beak
common murre	charadriiformes, little white wing tips
thick billed murre	charadriiformes, lighter wings, white chin
razorbill	white stripe on beak, puffin like beak, charadriiformes
black guillemot	white spots on wings, short tail, charadriiformes
red headed woodpecker	red head, white half wings, piciformes
pileated woodpecker	tube, bug, red mohawk, piciformes
red bellied woodpecker	tube, red mullet, slightly red belly, black and white stripes, piciformes
yellow bellied sapsucker	red cap and beard, yellowish belly, piciformes
downy woodpecker	tiny, piciformes
hairy woodpecker	red ear spots, tube, piciformes
three toed woodpecker	yellow cap, tube, piciformes (pretend the yellow is on the forehead)
black backed woodpecker	tube, white along edge of wing, piciformes
northern flicker	black whiskers and polka dot belly, gold tail, piciformes
common pheasant	galliformes
wild turkey	bald, galliformes
spruce grouse	on a stick, orange and brown, galliformes
ruffed grouse	black markings, galliformes
northern bobwhite	white chin and eye stripes, galliformes
common pigeon	gray, columbiformes
mourning dove	brown, columbiformes
turkey vulture