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BZ 335 Colorado Species to Know 2
Bird ID for the 3rd midterm
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
04/17/2012

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Western Wood-Pewee


Order: Passeriformes

Sub-oscine Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)


sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

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Say's Phoebe

 


Order: Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)


sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

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Western Kingbird

 


Order: Passeriformes

Sub-oscine Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)


sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

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Eastern Kingbird

 


Order: Passeriformes

Sub-oscine Passeriformes

(simple syringeal muscles/simple calls/ear bone structure)

Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)


sally from perch; wide, flat bills with rictal bristles

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Loggerhead Shrike

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Laniidae (shrikes)


impale prey on thorns or barbed wire; wide black face mask

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Northern Shrike

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Laniidae (shrikes)


impale prey on thorns or barbed wire; narrow black face mask

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Warbling Vireo

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Vireonidae (vireos)


build hanging nests

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Gray Jay

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)


"camp robber"

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Steller's Jay

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)


big black crest

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Blue Jay

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)


blue crest

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Western Scrub Jay

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

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Clark's Nutcracker

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)


incredible spatial memory

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Black-billed Magpie

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

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American Crow

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

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Common Raven

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae (jays, crows, ravens, etc.)

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Horned Lark

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Alaudidae (old-world larks)

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Violet-green Swallow

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Hirunidinidae (swallows)

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Tree Swallow

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Hirunidinidae (swallows)

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Barn Swallow

 


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Hirunidinidae (swallows)

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Mountain Chickadee


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Paridae (chickadees)


alarm calls used to attract female passerines

 

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Black-capped Chickadee


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Paridae (chickadees)


alarm calls used to attract female passerines

 

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Red-breasted Nuthatch


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)


frequently face downward on trunks of trees

 

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White-breasted Nuthatch


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)


frequently face downward on trunks of trees

 

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Pygmy Nuthatch


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)


frequently face downward on trunks of trees

 

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Brown Creeper


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Certhiidae (creepers)


long, decurved bill; moves up tree, propping w/stiff retrices

 

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Canyon Wren


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Troglodytidae (wrens)


long, thin, decurved bill

 

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House Wren


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Troglodytidae (wrens)

 

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American Dipper


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Cinclidae (dippers)


dips head under water in cold, fast-moving streams; bobs on rocks beside water

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Golden-crowned Kinglet


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Regulidae (kinglets)

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Regulidae (kinglets)


ruby crown often not seen; white wing bar

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American Robin


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)

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Mountain Bluebird


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)


entirely blue

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Western Bluebird


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)


rufous breast

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Townsend's Solitaire


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)


white eye ring, buffy stripe on wings

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Hermit Thrush


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae (thrushes)


rufous tail, longer legs than a sparrow

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Gray Catbird


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Mimidae (thrashers)


rufous undertail

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Northern Mockingbird


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Mimidae (thrashers)

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Brown Thrasher


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Mimidae (thrashers)

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European Starling (breeding)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sturnidae (starlings)


change in plumage not due to molt (due to wear)

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European Starling (nonbreeding)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Sturnidae (starlings)


change in plumage not due to molt (due to wear)

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American Pipit


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Motacillidae (pipits)


breed in alpine tundra

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Cedar Waxwing


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Bombycillidae (waxwings)

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Orange-crowned Warbler


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)


drab olive green, weak eyeline

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Yellow Warbler (male)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)


rufous stripes on breast

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Yellow Warbler (female)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)


paler yellow than male

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Wilson's Warbler


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)


strong black/olive cap

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Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)


yellow throat

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Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)


white throat

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Common Yellowthroat


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Parulidae (new world warblers)


bold black mask, bright yellow underparts

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Western Tanager


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Thraupidae (tanagers)

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Spotted Towhee


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)


conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); entire head black

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American Tree Sparrow


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)


conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); rufous crown and eyeline

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Chipping Sparrow


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)


conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); rufous crown, black eyeline

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Lark Bunting


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)


conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); black with bold white wing bars

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Song Sparrow


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)


conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); brown striped crown

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White-crowned Sparrow


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)


conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); white crown, black stripes on either side, white supercilium

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Dark-eyed Junco


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae (new world sparrows)


conical bill, plump bodies (sparrows); black hood, pinkish beak

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Black-headed Grosbeak


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Cardinalidae (cardinals, grosbeaks)

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Lazuli Bunting


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Cardinalidae (cardinals, grosbeaks)

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Red-winged Blackbird (male)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

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Red-winged Blackbird (female)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)


reddish throat

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Brewer's Blackbird


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)


all black, smaller with smaller beak than common grackle

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Western Meadowlark


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

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Common Grackle


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

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Brown-headed Cowbird


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

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Bullock's Oriole


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Icteridae (blackbirds)

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Evening Grosbeak


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

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House Finch (male)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

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House Finch (female)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

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Red Crossbill


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)

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Pine Siskin


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)


small very streaky

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American Goldfinch


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae (finches)


bright yellow with black crown

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House Sparrow (male)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Passeridae (old-world sparrows)


black "bib"

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House Sparrow (female)


Order: Passeriformes

Oscine Passeriformes

Family: Passeridae (old-world sparrows)

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