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Phylum: Chordata; Subphylum: Vertebrata 69 Classis: Birds - Aves Orders: grebes (Podicipediformes); “totipalmates (Pelecaniformes)”

 Sketch in the foot of crested grebe and cormorant. What is the difference?

 What are their adaptations to movement in water?

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Paraphyletic former order: 70 stork-like birds („Ciconiiformes“)

 Name shown specimens.

 How can herons be dangerous to humans when being handled?

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Order: 71 waterfowl (Anseriformes)

 Name shown specimens.

 Sketch in detail of beak and foot of mallard (wild duck).

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Name: group:

Order: 72 waterfowl (Anseriformes)

 Name shown specimens.

 Which species belong to diving ducks?

 What differences are between diving and dabbling ducks?

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Order: birds of prey (Falconiformes) 73 Family: Accipitridae (hawk family)

 Mark the names of shown specimens.

 Sketch in the difference in silhouettes of eagles (hawk family) and falcons (falcon family). What is the function of different silhouettes?

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Order: birds of prey (Falconiformes) 74 Family: falcons Falconidae

 Name shown specimens.

 Sketch in the beak of falcon and highlight the position of „tooth“ used for killing the prey. Mark the difference in the beaks of eagles and falcons!

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 ky:

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Order: 75 landfowl (Galliformes)

 Name shown specimens.

 What is the difference between precocious and altricious birds? Write 2 examples for each.

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Name: group:

Orders: 76 crane-like birds („Gruiformes“) and waders, gulls, auks (Charadriiformes)

coot Fulica atra

water rail Corn crake Crex crex Rallus aquaticus

Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

woodcock Scolopax Lapwing Vanellus vanellus rusticola

 What are other important species belonging to the groups „Gruiformes“ and Charadriiformes?

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Orders: 77 cockoos (Cuculiformes) and Coraciiformes

 Name shown specimens.

 What is the ancestral species to the domestic pigeon?

 Write 3 examples of bird species belonging to the order Coraciiformes.

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Orders: 78 parrots (Psittaciformes) and owls (Strigiformes)

 Name shown specimens.

 Find out to what zoogeographic regions shown parrots belong to.

 Sketch in zygodactylous foot.

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Order: 79 woodpeckers (Piciformes)

Greeen woodpecker Picus viridis Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major

Black woodpecker Dryocopus martius

 What impact on the ecosystem has way the woodpeckers prepare their nests?

 What is most common food of green woodpecker?

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Order: Perching birds (song-birds) (Passeriformes) 80 Swallows and martins, warblers, crows, waxwings

Not passerine! Common martin Barn swallow

Common swift

blackcap Eurasian wren

goldcrest

Bohemian waxwing Eurasian jay Hooded crow raven

 Which of shown species are migratory?

 Notes: rook

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Order: Perching birds (song-birds) (Passeriformes) 81

 Name shown specimens.

 What genus name was used as a base for the whole order – Passeriformes?

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Order: Perching birds (song-birds) (Passeriformes) 82 Thrushes, flycatchers, tits

Makroskopicky. Song thrush

fieldfare Common blackbird ♂

Spotted Common flycatcher blackbird ♀ Blue tit

European robin

nightingale Great tit

 Sketch the difference in shape of beaks between insectivorous and granivorous birds.

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Order: Perching birds (song-birds) (Passeriformes) 83 True finches

Makroskopicky. bullfinch chaffinch

hawfinch

brambling

European serin greenfinch

goldfinch

 Note the shapes of beaks in this family.

 Where comes the canary from?

 Notes:

Domestic canary