Ornithology 2009 2010 Practice Powerpoint Order family common

Ornithology 2009 -2010 Practice Powerpoint

• Order, family, common name/species • How does the male attract females or establish territory? • Describe its habitat.

• Order, family, common name/species • Describe this bird’s habitat. • What type of feet does this bird have?

A C D B • Identify the largest native North American bird. • Give its family, order, and common name. • What does its call sound like?

• Order, family, common name/species • What does this bird eat? What are some adaptations that can tell you this? • Where does this bird nest? What color are its eggs?

• Order, family, common name/species • What unique substance do members of this order ingest and feed to their young? • What characteristic does the genus name represent? (It makes the bird awkward on land) • Bonus: What sort of plant is the one in the left picture in?

• Give the order and family name of both birds. • Which bird is more common, especially in the Southern US? Give its common name. • When does the bird on the left hunt? How does it locate its prey? • What adaptations allow the bird on the left to exhibit the behavior in the above questions?

• Order, family, common name/species • What does this bird eat? • How does it get food?

A • What is the common name of Bird A? • What does Bird A’s call sound like? • What is Bird B’s range? B

• Order, family, common name/species • What behavior does this bird exhibit that is likened to piracy? • What is special about the male’s reddish patch?

B A • Which of the birds does not belong to the same order as the others? To which order does the oddball belong? • To which family does E belong? C D • What gives A its common name? • What gives E its common name? E • How does B react when approached?

• Order, family, common name/species (Not a Stantiozand) • What gives this bird its common name? • What do its eggs look like? What does its nest look like?

• Order, family, common name/species • Where does this bird nest? • What type of feet does this bird have? How do you know?

• Order, family, common name/species • When can the bird reach maximum speed? What is significant about this speed? • This bird gained endangered species status after what? What biological phenomenon led to this problem? • Where does this bird nest?

• Order, family, common name/species • Where is this bird found? • Describe this family’s flight.

A B • Order, family, common name/species of both birds • Describe bird A’s bill shape. What does this tell you about its diet? • Describe bird A’s flight pattern. • What does bird B’s song sound like?

• Order, family, common name/species • In which US state(s) is this bird found? • What does this bird eat? What adaptations does it have to suit its lifestyle?