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 .