ZO 501 Ornithology - Spring 2007 [ Home ] [ Course Information ] [ Lab Information ] [ Sightings ] [ Student List ] [ Question of the Week ] [ Bird List ] [ Photos ] [ Archived News ] [Web Links ] List of birds you are required to know: 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 marked with a on the list below. 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. Order Anseriformes: Waterfowl and Screamers Family Anatidae: Waterfowl Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross' Goose Anser rossii Brant Branta bernicla Canada Goose  Branta canadensis Wood Duck Aix sponsa Green-winged Teal Anas crecca American Black Duck Anas rubripes Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Garganey Anas querquedula Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Gadwall Anas strepera Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope American Wigeon Anas americana Canvasback Aythya valisineria Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Greater Scaup Aythya marila Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Common Eider Somateria mollissima King Eider Somateria spectabilis Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Black Scoter Melanitta nigra Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Common Merganser Mergus merganser Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Masked Duck Oxyura dominica Order Galliformes: Pheasants, Guineafowl,Cracids, etc. Family Phasianidae: Pheasants, Grouse, Quail and Turkeys Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Wild Turkey  Meleagris gallopavo Family Odontophoridae: New World Quail Northern Bobwhite     Colinus virginianus   Order: Gaviiformes Family Gaviidae: Loons Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica Common Loon Gavia immer Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata   Order: Podicipediformes Family Podicipedidae: Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis   Order Procellariiformes: Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Storm-Petrels, etc. Family Diomedeidae: Albatrosses Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris   Family Procellariidae: Shearwaters and Petrels Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri   Family Hydrobatidae: Storm-Petrels Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro   Order Pelicaniformes: Pelicans, Cormorants, Gannets, etc. Family Phaethontidae: Tropicbirds White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus   Family Sulidae: Gannets and Boobies Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Northern Gannet Morus bassanus   Family Pelicanidae: Pelicans American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis   Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus   Family Anhingidae: Anhingas Anhinga Anhinga anhinga   Family Fregatidae: Frigatebirds Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens   Order Ciconiiformes: Herons, Egrets,Storks, etc Family Ardeidae: Herons, Egrets and Bitterns American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Green Heron Butorides virescens Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea   Family Threskiornithidae: Ibis and Spoonbills White Ibis Eudocimus albus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja   Family Ciconiidae: Storks Wood Stork Mycteria americana   Family Cathartidae: New World Vultures Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Next list Back to Top