BIOL 427 Lab “Ducks, Waterbirds and Fowl”
David Toews Lab: BioDiversity Room 060 Office: BioDiversity Room 116
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Pelecaniformes
Ciconiiformes “see-con-ee-ih-form-ees”
Procellariiformes “pro-cellar-ee-ah-form-ees”
Gaviiformes “gav-eh-ah-form-ees”
Podicipediformes “poh-de-ci-ped-eh-form-ees”
Galliformes
Anseriformes
(Hacke et al. 2008) Galliformes - Fowl-like Birds
terrestrial, “chicken like” birds
hind toe of pheasants is elevated and some have spurs (accentuated in cock figh ng)
ruffed grouse - sounds like a lawn mower!
(1) Lady Amherst's Pheasant (2) Red Junglefowl (3) Great Curassow (4) Vulturine Guineafowl (5) Sage Grouse quail’s regularly occur in “coveys” Anseriformes - Water Fowl
geese, ducks and swans
mainly aqua c with webbed feet
dense coat of waterproof feathers
sexes generally dimorphic
tend to form pairs on the wintering (1) Musk Duck (2) Smew (3) Black-necked Swan grounds (4) Mallard (5) Magpie Goose (6) Horned Screamer greater scaup
lesser scaup Eclipse Plumage
Males mallard bills are light olive green; females' are orange marked with black. Gaviiformes - Loons
large, heavy, birds spear-shaped bills
also have webbed feet
legs much further back compared to other ducks
long lived: 20-28 years form pair-bonds for life Podicipediformes - Grebes
claws on the toes fla ened, like fingernails stubby bill of pied-billed - primarily eats hard-shelled crustaceans elaborate courtship ....BBC. (1) Black-necked Grebe (2) Horned Grebe (3) Great Crested Grebe (4) Pied-billed Grebe (5) Western Grebe. BBC Life of Birds Procellariiformes - Tube-Nosed Seabirds pelagic birds, feed on surface of the sea all have tubular nostrils and hooked bill large gland that concentrates and excretes salt
petrel’s feeding on plankton; (1) Wandering Albatross (2) Cape Petrel dance on the surface (video) (3) Wilson’s Storm Petrel (4) Short-tailed Shearwater Pelicaniformes - Pelicans and Allies
to palmate feet - all four toes joined by webs
most have a pouch of skin on the lower mandible - catching fish and ma ng displays
external nostrils of (1) Red-footed Booby (2) Magnificent Frigatebird cormorants are closed (3) White-tailed Tropicbird (4) Anhinga (5) Brown Pelican nest in colonies (6) Guanay Cormorant Ciconiiformes - Herons and Bi erns
long-legged, long-necked birds that wade in shallow water
once seen, bi erns tend to remain mo onless, bill up, and try to blend in
(1) Eurasian Spoonbill (2) White Stork (3) Sacred Ibis (4) Great Blue Heron