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Marine Birds Taxonomy + Ecology

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Belted Kingfisher
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Cormorants
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Species: Double-crested Cormorant, Brandt's Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant
Loons
Order: Gaviiformes
Family: Gaviidae
Species: Common Loon, Pacific Loon
Bald Eagle
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Sandpipers
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Species: Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Red-necked Phalarope
Waterfowl
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Species: Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Harlequin Duck
Oystercatchers
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Haematopodidae
Species: Black Oystercatcher
Great Blue Heron
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Auks and Puffins
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
Species: Tufted Puffin, Rhinoceros Auklet, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Murre, Marbled Murrelet
Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae Species: Red-necked Grebe, Horned Grebe
Surface Feeding
Dipping: gulls, turns
Surface seizing: Phalarope
Plunge-diving
Hit water @ super high speeds head first to catch prey
Ex: Pelican
Aerial Feeding
feed in mid-air; Kleptoparisitism, wait for prey to jump
EX: Jäger
Diving
wing/foot-propelled diving & swim back up
Wing-propelled: Guillemot
Feet-propelled: Cormorant, Loons, Grebes, Ducks (Scoters, Harlequin, Mergansers)
Bottom-feed:
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