Lab # 1 BIOL 427 Schedule
Sept 23/25 – ID 1 Sept 30/Oct 2 – ID 2 Oct 7/9 – Specimen prep Oct 14/16 – Quiz, ID 3 Oct 21/23 – Song analysis Oct 28/30 – Colour analysis Nov 4/6 – ID 4 Nov 18/20 – Lab exam What you need to know
Common! ORDER FAMILY GENUS SPECIES
Gaviaformes Gaviadae Gavia Common loon (Gavia immer)
Song sparrow Melospiza (Melospiza melodia )
Passeriformes Emberizidae White-crowned Zonotrichia Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) Sources of knowledge
UNBC • http://web.unbc.ca/~otterk/Master_Vir tual_Vertebrate_Collection/Index.html
Patuxent Bird Identification Center • http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/ • Click on Bird Identification InfoCenter
Bird topography Bird topography Birding-by-Ear
• iBird • Lab website • http://www.natureinstruct.org/dendroica/ – Login: [email protected] – Password: warbler Handling specimens
• Do not hold by stick • Support head on longer necked birds • Both hands on the wing • Move hands with feather • Don’t try to open wing, move legs… • Avoid getting grease on feathers Land birds Neoaves
Shore birds
Water birds
Galloanserae Ratites Paleognathea Diversity at the tropics ID #1 - Ducks, waterbirds and fowl ORDERS
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Procellariiformes
Pelicaniformes
Ciconiiformes
Anseriformes
Galliformes ORDERS FAMILY
Gaviiformes Gaviidae (Loons)
Podicipediformes
Procellariiformes
Pelicaniformes
Ciconiiformes
Anseriformes
Galliformes Gaviiformes (Loons)
• Stout, chisel shaped bills • Stocky necks and large heads • Webbed feet • Legs back on the body • One species ORDERS FAMILY
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes Podicipedidae (Grebes)
Procellariiformes
Pelicaniformes
Ciconiiformes
Anseriformes
Galliformes Podicipediformes (Grebes)
• Small head, slender neck and bill • Lobed toes with flattened claws • Short tail • Legs back on the body • Three species – pay attention to white and dark markings around face and throat Video ORDERS FAMILY
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Procellariiformes Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) Pelicaniformes Procellariidae Ciconiiformes (Shearwaters and petrels) Anseriformes Hydrobatidae (Storm- Galliformes petrels)
Procellariiformes (Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Petrels)
• Oceanic birds, nest on islands or coastal areas • “Tube-noses” – tubular nostrils for excreting salt • Like gulls with longer wings • Three families, one species in each ORDERS FAMILY
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Procellariiformes
Pelicaniformes Pelicanidae (Pelicans)
Ciconiiformes Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants) Anseriformes
Galliformes Pelicaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants)
• Totipalmate foot • Gular pouch • Two species of cormorant, one pelican ORDERS FAMILY
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Procellariiformes
Pelicaniformes
Ciconiiformes Ardeidae (Bitterns, Herons)
Anseriformes
Galliformes Ciconiiformes (Bitterns, Herons)
• Dagger-like bills • Long legs and neck • Splayed toes • Two species ORDERS FAMILY
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Procellariiformes
Pelicaniformes
Ciconiiformes
Anseriformes Anatidae (Swans, geese, ducks)
Galliformes Anseriformes (Swans, Geese, Ducks)
• Flattened bills • Webbed feet – palmate • Ducks are sexually dimorphic • Ducks are divided into subfamilies – Perching ducks (Wood duck) – Dabbling ducks (e.g. Mallards; iridescent speculum) – Pochards (or sea ducks; legs further back) – Mergansers (long, thin serated bills)
ORDERS FAMILY
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Procellariiformes
Pelicaniformes
Ciconiiformes Odontophoridae (New World Anseriformes Quails)
Galliformes Phasianidae (Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, Old World Quail)
Galliformes (Quails, Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys)
• Ground dwelling species • California quail is the only species in Odontophoridea - smaller, feather tufts on head
Songs to know
• American wigeon • Mallard • Ruffed grouse • Common loon