WIS 2552 Topic Choice Questions TOPIC 6-8

The ______ were African ratites introduced to Australia.

Dabbling Ducks characteristically feed in ______.

The ____ is an example of a perching duck that is native to South America.

Pelagic birds like the Tubenoses live ______.

The ____ is one species of bird with a keen sense of smell.

Ratite birds are characterized by having a _____.

About half the species of birds in the world belong to the order ________.

There are about ______ species of birds in the world.

Diving Ducks mostly feed on _______.

The ____ was once called the Pigeon Hawk.

The _____ are long-tailed, and short-winged acrobatic fliers that mostly feed on birds.

The ____ is considered a sea duck although it lives mostly inland.

The elephant bird was native to New Guinea.

Diving Ducks, and Dabbling Ducks tend to be plumage _____.

Grebes are loon-like birds with ______ feet.

Several captively bred California Condors have been released in ______.

Species in the Pelican- Cormorant (Pelecaniformes) group have ____ feet.

The Anhinga or snake bird is actually in the same order as the _____.

White pelicans differ from other members of the order in that they do not ______.

The ____ are an example of a diving duck.

Emus have ____ toe per feet.

Of the ratites only the ____ has just two toes.

In various species of grouse, the males come to a common site called a(n) ____ and there they attempt to attract mates by inflating sir sacs and chasing other males

The ______ has claws on its wings to help it climb through vegetation.

There are actually ____ species of kiwi.

The ____ are board winged soaring species

There are ____ species of Mergansers in North America.

Groove-billed Anis are related to the _____.

The _____ plover nests far inland on grasslands.

Woodpeckers have ____ feet, where two toes point forward and one or two point backward.

Gulls as a group are all chiefly scavengers.

The Hoopoe is a European and African species in the same group as the

A cere is a characteristic of the _____.

Galahs are a species of _____.

Most woodpecker species have three toes.

Galahs are native to _____.

American Bitterns are in the same group as the _____.

Numerous species of flightless ____ evolved on oceanic islands.

All owls are strictly nocturnal hunters.

Female _____ are brightly colored while the males have a duller plumage.

Kookaburras are related to the _______.

Owls have feet that are oriented like those of the ______.

The main food of Limpkins is ______.

Herons and Egrets feed chiefly on ______.

Hummingbirds are found only in the new world.

Wood storks and ____ both have un-feathered heads.

Whooping cranes originally nested only in _____.

As a group, sandpipers all have very long legs and beaks.

_____ are species that are related to Terns that feed by flying low with their lower mandible in the water.

A grey-tailed Mountain Gem is a species of

All plovers either lack or have vestigal (=reduced) ________.

In the American Southwest as many as _____ Hummingbird species are known to occur.

Roseate Spoonbills are in the same group as the ______.

The Dodos and Solitaires were native only to the ______.

Toucanets are related to ______.

Limpkins are in the same group as the ______.

The crested pigeon is native to

The tawny frogmouth is a common bird in _____.

The ____ are mostly pelagic species in the shorebird group that feed by diving for fish.

members of the heron and egret group are characterized by having ______.

The _____ are shorebirds that feed by spinning around in the water to stir up food items.

Jaegers and Skuas feed on mammals and birds and are actually closely related to _____.

Terns feed by _____.

According to one reference there are _____ species of Hummingbirds in Costa Rica alone.

In the eastern US there is ______ common species of Hummingbird.

The Nighthjars and Tawny Frogmouth are members of the group known as the ______.

Dodos were in the same group as the _______.

Nuthatches and Creepers are members of the same family

The yellow-bellied siskin is a type of

Currawongs are native to ______.

There are ______ species of waxwings worldwide.

Shrikes are found worldwide except for _____.

Mynas and Starlings belong to a family that is widespread on oceanic islands but absent from africa.

The new holland honey-eater is native to

The kinglets are a family found only in the old world

Three-wattled bellbirds are indigenous to the _____.

Horned Larks are not native to _______.

The _____ family is the largest family that is found just in the New World.

The _____ are passerine birds that forage by impaling small animals on thorns.

Thrushes are found woldwide except in _____.

Honey-eaters were not found naturally in Hawaii.

The _____ are passerine species that are similar to swifts

______ are common passerine birds that occur worldwide except for South America.

The Northern Mockingbird is most closely related to the ________.

Most tanagers are found in __________.

Redpolls are in the same group as the ________.

There is a native species of crow found only in Hawaii.

The _____ are sluggish insect gleaning foragers.

A brushy tongue is characteristic of the ______.

Titmice are in the same family as the _______

The ______ is a chickadee like species indigenous to the southwest and mexico, that belongs to a distinct family.

North American Gnatcatchers are in the same family as the _______.

The bobolink is related to the _______.