Lab # 6 BIOL 427 LAB EXAM IN TWO WEEKS • Cumulative, emphasis on birds from ID3 and 4 • Specimens and songs • Shorebirds out today • Go through the museum to see other specimens and check on shelf at back Passeriformes ORDERS FAMILY Cinclidae (Dippers) Strigiformes Regulidae (Kinglets) Turdidae (Thrushes) Caprimulgiformes Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) Sturnidae (Starlings) Apodoiformes Motacillidae (Pipits) Bombycillidae (Waxwings) Coraciiformes Calcariidae (Buntings) Piciformes Parulidae (Wood warblers) Emberizidae (Emberizids) Passeriformes Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Tanagers) Icteridae (Blackbirds) Fringillidae (Finches) Passeridae (Sparrows) Cinclidae (Dippers) • American dipper • Large gray songbird, short wings and tails, long legs, often near water, characteristic dipping behaviour Regulidae (Kinglets) • Two species • Smallest passerines, gray, white wing bars & eye rings • Crown and dark eye stripe to distinguish Turdidae (Thrushes) • 6 species • Ground feeding, medium sized birds with robust legs. • Colour of rump and amount of blue to distinguish Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) • Gray catbird • Medium sized, slate-gray birds with “meow-like” call Sturnidae (Starlings) • European starling • Introduced from Europe, cavity nesters and song mimics. Iridescent plumage with light spotting and yellow bill. Motacillidae (Pipits) • American pipit • Long tails they bob up and down, white outer tail feathers and long hallux claws Bombycillidae (Waxwings) • 2 species • Medium sized birds with crests, black eye masks and bibs. • Bright waxy colours on tips of secondaries and tail good for distinguishing. Calcariidae (Buntings) • Snow bunting Parulidae (Wood warblers) • Diverse clade (57 species; 8 to learn) with some major changes in genera names. • Use location of yellow and red patches to distinguish. Emberizidae (Sparrows, towhees and buntings) • 6 species • Ground dwelling, seed eaters • Use location of melanin based colours on face, head and breast to distinguish. Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Tanagers) • 2 species • Large billed, finch-like birds with more striking colours. Icteridae (Blackbirds) • 5 species • Long tapered bills. Fringillidae (Finches) • 7 species • Seed eaters with canonical bill, carotenoid based colours and forked tails. Note that some grosbeaks are in this family. Passeridae (Sparrows) • 1 species • Introduced from Europe, only old world sparrow. Songs to know • American dipper • Spotted towhee • Golden-crowned and • Fox, Song, White- Ruby-crowned kinglets crowned and Golden- • Swainson’s, Hermit and crowned sparrows Varied thrushes • Dark-eyed junco • American robin • Western tanager • Orange-crowned, Yellow, • Red-winged blackbird Yellow-rumped, • Western meadowlark Townsend’s and Wilson’s • warblers Brown-headed cowbird • • Common yellowthroat House finch • Pine siskin .