BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a...

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BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID. Then, you’ll see the full photo with the name and perhaps some

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Page 1: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

BIOL 4142 Photo QuizLab 1 Ornithology birds:

Anseriformes and Galliformes

First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID. Then, you’ll see the full photo with the name and perhaps some ID tips on specimens (not field ID)

Page 2: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 3: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

American Wigeon; Anatidae; Anseriformes

No other bird, much less other duck, has a whitish forehead with green on the face

Page 4: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 5: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Green-winged Teal; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Green face patch on reddish-chestnut head unique. Warning = that white mark on the sides of the breast sometimes hard to see in study skins

Page 6: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 7: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Blue-winged Teal; Anatidae; Anseriformes

No other bird, much less other duck, has a whitish crescent on face; pale blue secondary coverts are a bonus

Page 8: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 9: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Bufflehead; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Page 10: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Two species!

Page 11: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Canada Goose and Cackling Goose; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Check out the difference in bill shape: Cackling is disproportionately shorter, more triangular

Page 12: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 13: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Canvasback; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Reddish head, white back, black breast

Page 14: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 15: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Fulvous Whistling-Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

You can barely see the line of black feathers down the back of the neck; note the plain light-brown face

Page 16: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 17: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Northern Pintail; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Brown head, with clean white breast and white extending up sides of neck

Page 18: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 19: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Gadwall; Anatidae; Anseriformes

GRAY! But compare to N. Pintail and Green-winged Teal

Page 20: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 21: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Northern Bobwhite; Odontophoridae; Galliformes

Unmistakable; those wavy dark markings on the breast and belly are distinctive

Page 22: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 23: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck; Anatidae; AnseriformesNo other duck has plain face and solid black belly

Page 24: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 25: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Greater White-fronted Goose; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Either the irregular black markings on the breast and belly OR the white on the face is diagnostic (compare with Blue-winged Teal)

Page 26: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 27: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Mallard; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Green head, white neck ring, brown breast …

Page 28: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Tough one!

Page 29: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Snow Goose (blue phase); Anatidae; Anseriformes

Page 30: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 31: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Redhead; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Reddish head, black breast, gray back – compare to Canvasback

Page 32: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 33: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Hooded Merganser; Anatidae; Anseriformes

White patch on head diagnostic, but compare to Bufflehead

Page 34: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 35: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Lesser Scaup; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Blackish head and breast with paler back (varies almost white to fairly dark grayish, usually mottled)

Page 36: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 37: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Female Red-breasted Merganser; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Shaggy reddish-brown head, narrow bill (which will show serrations clearly in the specimen)

Page 38: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 39: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Northern Shoveler; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Expanded bill tip diagnostic

Page 40: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 41: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Wild Turkey; Phasianidae; Galliformes

Nothing else has those colors and patterns on the back or wings

Page 42: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
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Vaguely like a Mallard, but skinny serrated bill, and much “messier” overall

Red-beasted Merganser; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Page 44: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
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Dark head AND black back – contrast with Lesser Scaup

Ring-necked Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Page 46: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 47: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Ruddy Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Dark crown with clean white face

Page 48: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.
Page 49: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Wood Duck; Anatidae; Anseriformes

What else could it be?

Page 50: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Two species

Page 51: BIOL 4142 Photo Quiz Lab 1 Ornithology birds: Anseriformes and Galliformes First, you’ll see a photo showing just enough to allow you to clinch the ID.

Snow Goose & Ross’s Goose; Anatidae; Anseriformes

Check out the difference in bill shape: Ross’s is disproportionately shorter, more triangular