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ZO 501 Ornithology - Spring 2007
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By the end of the semester you must know the order and family and be able to identify by sight all of the species on the list from Gaviiformes to Passeriformes. Each week about 10 new species will be added to the current species list. You are responsible for knowing species once they are added to the list. Birds on the current species list will be shown below and marked with a
on the main list. There will be about 150 species on the list by the end of the semester. In addition, you will be expected to learn the vocalization for the 30 species labeled with a
symbol. Birds marked with this symbol
were seen during lab.
Falconiformes to Charadriiformes
Current Species List:
Species in bold are new additions to the list:
Tundra Swan, Snow Goose, Brant, Canada Goose, Green-winged Teal, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Black-browed Albatross, Wilson's Storm Petrel, Northern Gannet, American White Pelican, Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga, American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Coopers Hawk, American Kestrel, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, American Oystercatcher, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Whimbrel, Red Knot, Sanderling, Least Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Wilsons Snipe, American Woodcock, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Forsters Tern, Black Skimmer, Atlantic Puffin, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Great-horned Owl, Barred Owl, Chimney Swift, Belted Kingfisher, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Pheobe, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Tree Swallow, Carolina Chickadee, Eastern Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Carolina Wren, Sedge Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Boat-tailed Grackle, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Bullock's Oriole, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow
