Kingdom = Animalia ? Phylum = Chordata ? Class = Aves

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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Gaviformes
Groups Loons
Range Circumpolar in Northern Hemisphere
Characteristics Webbed feet, tarsi compressed,
legs posterior on body, laterally compressed bill
Common Loon Gavia immer
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Gaviformes
Groups Loons
Range Circumpolar in Northern Hemisphere
Characteristics Webbed feet, tarsi compressed,
legs posterior on body, laterally compressed bill
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Podicipediformes
Groups Grebes
Range World-wide
Characteristics Sleek plumage legs posterior
on body, lobed feet toenails flattened
Western Grebe
Clarks Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Procellariiformes
Groups Albatrosses, shearwaters, fulmars,
petrels
Range Oceanic world-wide
Characteristics Slightly hooked beak tubular
nostrils long, narrow wings
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Pelecaniformes
Groups Pelicans, cormorants
Range World-wide (temperate / tropical regions)
Characteristics Bill with gular sack
totipalmate feet (4 toes w/ 3 webs)
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Ciconiiformes
Groups Long-legged waders
Range World-wide
Characteristics Long legs long bills long,
broad wings neck folded in S shape in flight
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Groups Waterfowl
Range World-wide
Characteristics Broad, flat, lamellated /
serrated bill 4 toes with 2 webs
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Surf Scoter
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Mallard
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Groups Waterfowl
Range World-wide
Characteristics Broad, flat, lamellated /
serrated bill 4 toes with 2 webs
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
Tundra (Whistling) Swan Cygnus columbianus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Falconiformes
Groups Birds of Prey
Range World-wide
Characteristics Hooked bill nostrils located
in basal cere feet raptorial ? larger than ?
Kestrel
Turkey Vulture
Golden Eagle
Canada Goose
Surf Scoter
Osprey
American Wigeon
Red-tailed Hawk
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Falconiformes
Groups Birds of Prey
Range World-wide
Characteristics Hooked bill nostrils located
in basal cere feet raptorial ? larger than ?
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Falconiformes
Groups Birds of Prey
Range World-wide
Characteristics Hooked bill nostrils located
in basal cere feet raptorial ? larger than ?
Coopers Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Groups Fowl-like birds
Range World-wide (except Polynesia)
Characteristics Short, curved bill short,
rounded wings Strong legs scratching feet
California Quail Callipepla californica
Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
Ring-neck Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Groups Fowl-like birds
Range World-wide (except Polynesia)
Characteristics Short, curved bill short,
rounded wings Strong legs scratching feet
Merriams Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Chukar Alectoris chukar
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Groups Fowl-like birds
Range World-wide (except Polynesia)
Characteristics Short, curved bill short,
rounded wings Strong legs scratching feet
Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Groups Fowl-like birds
Range World-wide (except Polynesia)
Characteristics Short, curved bill short,
rounded wings Strong legs scratching feet
Greater Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Groups Cranes, rails, coots
Range World-wide
Characteristics Bill, neck, and legs long (but
variable) fly with neck extended
Coot
Sandhill Crane
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Groups Shorebirds, gulls, auks
Range World-wide
Characteristics Bill often long heavy
(variable) legs / feet small (feet often webbed)
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Common Snipe
American Avocet
Western Gull
Marbled Murrelet
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Columbiformes
Groups Pigeons, doves
Range World-wide
Characteristics Small, slender bill with
prominent cere Wings / tails long broad
plumage dense
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Cuculiformes
Groups Cuckoos, roadrunners
Range World-wide
Characteristics Zygodactyl feet, underside of
tail black / white, bills slightly hooked /
decurved
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Strigiformes
Groups Owls
Range World-wide
Characteristics Strong, hooked beak (cere)
raptorial feet large, forward-facing eyes broad
wings
Spotted Owl
Burrowing Owl
Great-horned Owl
Barn Owl
Screech Owl
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Caprimulgiformes
Groups Goatsuckers
Range World-wide
Characteristics Short, weak bill Large eyes
Weak feet Long, pointed wings
Common Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Apodiformes
Groups Swifts, hummingbirds
Range World-wide
Characteristics Long, decurved bill or long,
delicate bill small, weak feet long, narrow
wings
Common Nighthawk
Rufous Hummingbird
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Coraciiformes
Groups Kingfishers, bee-eaters, hornbills,
motmots, rollers
Range World-wide (tropical / sub-tropical)
Characteristics Large-headed large-billed
metallic bright plumage syndactylous toes
Common Nighthawk
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Piciformes
Groups Woodpeckers, barbets, honey-guides,
toucans
Range World-wide
Characteristics Long, straight, chisel-like
bill tail stiff with graduated feather lengths
long wings feet strong
zygodactylous
Common Nighthawk
Northern Flicker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Groups Perching Birds (70 families)
Range World-wide
Characteristics Simple perching feet (3 toes
forward / 1 toe back) medium to small size
Sturnidae
Hirundinidae
Paridae
Troglodytidae
Common Nighthawk
European Starling
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Corvidae
Common Nighthawk
Stellars Jay
Common Raven
Black-billed Magpie
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Groups Perching Birds (70 families)
Range World-wide
Characteristics Simple perching feet (3 toes
forward / 1 toe back) medium to small size
Turdidae
Bombycillidae
Parulidae
Common Nighthawk
Robin
Western Bluebird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Thraupidae
Emberizidae
Common Nighthawk
Spotted Towhee
Western tanager
Oregon Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
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Kingdom Animalia ? Phylum Chordata ?
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Groups Perching Birds (70 families)
Range World-wide
Characteristics Simple perching feet (3 toes
forward / 1 toe back) medium to small size
Icteridae
Common Nighthawk
Red-wing Blackbird
Brewers Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Passeridae
Fringillidae
Common Nighthawk
American Goldfinch
Purple Finch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow