Bird Lab Practical

Family Pandionidae

the osprey

Order Anseriformes

waterfowl

Family Anatidae

geese, ducks, and mergansers

Tribe Cygnini

swans

Tribe Anserini

Geese

Tribe Mergini

sea ducks

Tribe Oxyurini

stiff-tailed ducks

Order Galliformes

Chicken-like" birds

Family Phasianidae

pheasants and allies

Family odontophoridae

new world quail

order podicipediformes

the grebes

family podicipedidae

the grebes

Order Suliformes

Frigatebirds, gannets, boobies, and anhingas

family Phalacrocoracidae

cormorants

order strigiformes

owls

family tytonidae

barn owls

family stigidae

the true owls

order accipitriformes

raptors

family cathartidae

new world vultures

family pandionidae

the osprey

family accipitridae

hawks and eagles

order falconiformes

caracaras and falcons

family falconidae

falcons

order gruiformes

rails, cranes, limpkin

family rallidae

rails, coots, and crakes

family gruidae

cranes

order Gaviiformes

loons

family Gaviidae

loons

order pelicaniformes

pelicans, herons, ibis, and others

family ardeidae

herons and bitterns

order coraciiformes

kingfishes, rollers, and toadies

family Alcedinidae

kingfishers

order charadriiformes

shorebirds and relatives

family charadriidae

plovers

family scolopacidae

sandpipers

family laridae

gulls and terns

order columbiformes

pigeons, doves, and dodos

family columbidae

pigeons and doves

order piciformes

woodpeckers

family picidae

woodpeckers

order caprimulgiformes

nightjars

family caprimulgidae

night jars

order apodiformes

swifts, tree swifts, and hummingbirds

family apodidae

swifts

family trochilidae

the humming birds

order cuculiformes

cuckoos and anis

family cuculidae

cuckoos and anis

order passeriformes

perching birds

family tyrannidae

tyrant flycatchers

family laniidae

shrikes

family vireonidae

vireos

family hirundindidae

swallows

family sylviidae

old world warblers and gnatcatchers

family corviidae

crows, ravens, magpies, and jays

family bombycillidae

waxwings

family paridae

tits and chickadees

family regulidae

kinglets and firecrests

family sittidae

nuthatches

family certhiidae

the tree creepers

family parulidae

wood warblers

family mimidae

mockingbirds, catbirds, and thrashers

family troglodytidae

wrens

family sturnidae

starlings

family cardinalidae

cardinals, grosbeaks, and tanagers

family icteridae

blackbirds, meadowlarks, and orioles

family turdidae

thrushes

family emberizidae

sparrows

family fringillidae

finches

family calcariidae

longspurs and buntings

family alaudidae

larks

family passeridae

old world sparrows