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. Previous list Order Falconiformes: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, etc. Family Accipitridae: Hawks, Eagles and Kites Osprey Pandion haliaetus Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Red-tailed Hawk  Buteo jamaicensis Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos   Family Falconidae: Falcons and Caracaras American Kestrel Falco sparverius Merlin Falco columbarius Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus     Order Gruiformes: Rails, Cranes, Bustards, etc. Family Rallidae: Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris King Rail Rallus elegans Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus American Coot Fulica americana     Family Aramidae: Limpkin Limpkin Aramus guarauna     Family Gruidae: Cranes Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Order Charadriiformes Gulls, Terns, Alcids, Sandpipers, etc. Family Charadriidae: Plovers and Lapwings Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominicus Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Killdeer  Charadrius vociferus     Family Haematopodidae: Oystercatchers American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus     Family Recurvirostridae: Avocets and Stilts Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus American Avocet Recurvirostra americana     Family Scolopacidae: Sandpipers, Phalaropes, & Allies Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Little Stint Calidris minuta Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima Dunlin Calidris alpina Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Ruff Philomachus pugnax Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria     Family Laridae: Gulls and Terns Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Great Skua Catharacta skua South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan Little Gull Larus minutus Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Mew Gull Larus canus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis California Gull Larus californicus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Royal Tern Sterna maxima Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Least Tern Sterna antillarum Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata Black Tern Chlidonias niger Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Black Skimmer Rynchops niger     Family Alcidae: Alcids Dovekie Alle alle Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Razorbill Alca torda Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Next list Back to Top